Unscramble racking

Definition of racking

adjective:

• causing great physical or mental suffering; "a wrenching pain". Synonyms: wrenching.

verb:

• go at a rack; "the horses single-footed". Synonyms: rack, single-foot.
• stretch to the limits; "rack one's brains". Synonyms: rack.
• put on a rack and pinion; "rack a camera". Synonyms: rack.
• 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". Synonyms: extort, gouge, rack, squeeze, wring.
• run before a gale. Synonyms: rack, scud.
• fly in high wind. Synonyms: rack.
• draw off from the lees; "rack wine". Synonyms: rack.
• torment emotionally or mentally. Synonyms: excruciate, rack, torment, torture.
• work on a rack; "rack leather". Synonyms: rack.
• seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block. Synonyms: rack.
• torture on the rack. Synonyms: rack.

Related words

bleed.

Words nearby

backing, cracking, lacking, packing, racing, ranking, sacking, tacking, tracking.

Rhymes with

attacking, backing, cracking, lacking, packing, sacking, smacking, tacking, tracking, whacking, whacking.