racking

Meanings

• Verb

  The act of arranging or storing items in racks or shelves.

• Noun

  A type of physical punishment involving the use of rods or cables to inflict pain.

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Synonyms

rack up , shear

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with racking
hacking , packing , tracking

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Variants

List of all variants of racking that leads to same result
rack , racked , racker , rackers , racking , rackingly , racks , nerve-racking , nerve-wracking , rack up , racked up , racking up , racks up , re-rack , re-racked , re-racking , re-racks , rerack , reracked , reracking , reracks

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Forms

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racks, rack's, racking, racks up

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Etymology

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Old English hreccan ‘to move to and fro, rock’, from hreccan ‘to shake, agitate, move’. Related to rack ‘a frame for holding or torturing’.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'racking' is also used in computing to describe the process of rearranging data in a database or file.

2. The Guinness World Record for the largest rack of ribs weighed over 3,000 pounds.

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Related Concepts

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1. Shelving: The process of installing and organizing shelves for storage.

2. Rack and pinion: A system of mechanical transmission that uses a rack and pinion gear to translate rotational motion into linear motion.

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Culture

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In literature, 'racking' is used metaphorically to describe intense emotional or physical pain. In art, it can refer to the technique of creating texture by applying layers of paint and then scraping it off. In music, it can refer to the technique of distorting and manipulating sound.

How to Memorize "racking"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a large warehouse filled with shelves and workers racking items.
   - Visualize a person being tortured using a rack.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the sound of items being placed on shelves.
   - Associate the word with physical pain or punishment.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember the word by visualizing a rack of ribs being cooked.
   - Remember the word by associating it with the sound of a rack of balls being rolled.

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