英英字典: racking
Overview of verb rack
The verb rack has 11 senses
- single-foot, rack -- (go at a rack; "the horses single-footed")
- rack -- (stretch to the limits; "rack one's brains")
- rack -- (put on a rack and pinion; "rack a camera")
- extort, squeeze, rack, gouge, wring -- (obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to the company boss"; "They squeezed money from the owner of the business by threatening him")
- scud, rack -- (run before a gale)
- rack -- (fly in high wind)
- rack -- (draw off from the lees; "rack wine")
- torment, torture, excruciate, rack -- (torment emotionally or mentally)
- rack -- (work on a rack; "rack leather")
- rack -- (seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block)
- rack -- (torture on the rack)
Overview of adj racking
The adj racking has 1 sense
- racking, wrenching -- (causing great physical or mental suffering; "a wrenching pain")
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