dusting

noun5

1. •
   The act of removing dust from the furniture, as a household chore.

   • Tuesday is the day when I do the dusting.
2. •
   A light snowfall.

   • The rooves are covered with a dusting of snow.
3. •
   A light covering of something.

   • Cover the cake with a dusting of confectioner's sugar.
4. •
   (informal) A beating.
5. •
   A maintenance or comfort behaviour in which a bird flushes fine dirt through the feathers; dustbathing.