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racking
rack 1 R0007200 (răk)n.1. a. A framework or stand in or on which to hold, hang, or display various articles: a trophy rack; a rack for baseball bats in the dugout; a drying rack for laundry.b. Games A triangular frame for arranging billiard or pool balls at the start of a game.c. A receptacle for livestock feed.d. A frame for holding bombs in an aircraft.2. Slang a. A bunk or bed.b. Sleep: tried to get some rack.3. A toothed bar that meshes with a gearwheel, pinion, or other toothed machine part.4. a. A state of intense anguish.b. A cause of intense anguish.5. An instrument of torture on which the victim's body was stretched.6. A pair of antlers.7. Vulgar Slang A woman's breasts.tr.v. racked, rack·ing, racks 1. To place (billiard balls, for example) in a rack.2. also wrack To cause great physical or mental suffering to: Pain racked his entire body. See Synonyms at afflict.3. To torture by means of the rack.Phrasal Verbs: rack out Slang To go to sleep or get some sleep. rack up Informal To accumulate or score: rack up points.Idioms: off the rack Ready-made. Used of clothing. on the rack Under great stress. rack (one's) brains/brain To try hard to remember or think of something.
[Middle English rakke, probably from Middle Dutch rec, framework; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]
rack′er n.
rack 2 R0007200 (răk)n. A fast, flashy, four-beat gait of a horse in which each foot touches the ground separately and at equal intervals.intr.v. racked, rack·ing, racks To go or move at a rack.
[Origin unknown.]
rack 3 also wrack R0007200 (răk)n. A thin mass of wind-driven clouds.
[Middle English rak, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish rak, wreckage.]
rack 4 R0007200 (răk)n. Variant of wrack1.
rack 5 R0007200 (răk)n. & v. Variant of wrack2.
rack 6 R0007200 (răk)tr.v. racked, rack·ing, racks To drain (wine or cider) from the dregs.
[Middle English rakken, from Old Provençal arracar, from raca, stems and husks of grapes.]
rack 7 R0007200 (răk)n.1. a. A wholesale rib cut of lamb or veal between the shoulder and the loin.b. A retail rib cut of lamb or veal, prepared for roasting or for rib chops.2. The neck and upper spine of mutton, pork, or veal.
[Probably from rack.]
wrack 1 also rack R0007200 (răk)n. Destruction or ruin. Used chiefly in the phrase wrack and ruin.
[Middle English, from Old English wræc, punishment (influenced by Middle Dutch wrak, shipwreck).]
wrack 2 also rack R0007200 (răk)n.1. a. Wreckage, especially of a ship cast ashore.b. Chiefly British Violent destruction of a building or vehicle.2. a. Seaweed that has been cast ashore or dried.b. Any of various brown algae, especially rockweed or kelp.v. wracked, wrack·ing, wracks also racked or rack·ing or racks v.tr. To cause the ruin of; wreck.v.intr. To be wrecked.
[Middle English wrak, from Middle Dutch.]
wrack 3 R0007200 (răk)tr.v. wracked, wrack·ing, wracks Variant of rack1..Idiom: wrack (one's) brains/brain To try hard to remember or think of something.
[Influenced by wrack.]
wrack 4 R0007200 (răk)n. Variant of rack3.racking (ˈrækɪŋ) adjcausing or indicating mental sufferingcausing or indicating physical sufferingThesaurus| Adj. | 1. | racking - causing great physical or mental suffering; "a wrenching pain"wrenchingpainful - causing physical or psychological pain; "worked with painful slowness" |
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racking[′rak·iŋ] (civil engineering) Setting back the end of each course of brick or stone from the end of the preceding course. (metallurgy) Suspending work from a frame that holds and conducts current to one or more electrodes for electroplating and other electrochemical operations. (petroleum engineering) During oil well drilling, placing stands of pipe in an orderly fashion in the derrick while hoisting pipe out of the well bore. (textiles) Lateral movements of the needles or needle bed of a knitting machine in order to compact a fabric and enable it to hold its shape. racking1. The distortion or movement of a frame. 2. The out-of-plumbness of a structure, or any of its components, that are a result of seismic stress or wind acting on the structure; may also result from thermal expansion and contraction.rackingAn arrangement in which avionics are installed in boxes and attachments of standard dimensions.LegalSeeRackracking
Related to racking: racking upSynonyms for rackingadj causing great physical or mental sufferingSynonymsRelated Words |