wracking
/R AE1 K IH0 NG/- 1
To place in or hang on a rack.
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To torture (someone) on the rack.
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To cause (someone) to suffer pain.
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To stretch or strain; to harass, or oppress by extortion.
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To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table.
syn:rack up - 6
To strike a male in the testicles.
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To (manually) load (a round of ammunition) from the magazine or belt into firing position in an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
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To move the slide bar on a shotgun in order to chamber the next round.
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To wash (metals, ore, etc.) on a rack.
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To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc.
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(structural engineering) Tending to shear a structure (that is, force it to move in different directions at different points).
โPost-and-lintel construction racks easily.โ
syn:shear
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To stretch a person's joints.
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To drive; move; go forward rapidly; stir
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To fly, as vapour or broken clouds
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To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.
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(of a horse) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace.
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To execute vengeance; avenge.
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To worry; tease; torment.
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To wreck, especially a ship (usually in passive).
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