praccy

English

Etymology

A shortening of practice +‎ -y (“forming diminutive nouns”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɹæki/

Noun

praccy (countable and uncountable, plural praccies)

1. (slang, chiefly sports) Practice.
   • 1999 April 6, Rob Crossland, “Re: How to join a Clan? etc”, in uk.games.computer.quake2‎^[1] (Usenet):

     Check out this and other ng's for clan ad's. Most will request a trial to test you out etc. Commitment wise? Depends on the size of the clan and your availability really. We have two praccies a week, various friendlies and savage league games. It can get pretty hectic but if the clan is big enough it shouldn't be too bad.

   • 2019, Olly Postanin, Jacob Ardown, The Fundies: The Essential Hockey Guide from On the Bench:

     The fundies take time to learn, and you're going to want to praccy everything we're teaching you. But here we're talking about team praccy, boys. As natural athletes, we don't have to praccy at all.

   • 2021 March 10, Kyle Cantlon, “Darryl Sutter bag-skates Flames into oblivion during first practice”, in Yahoo! Sports‎^[2]:

     For surreal competitors like most of these guys are though, these high-energy, no-nonsense practices delivered from a coach as decorated as Sutter are often welcomed with open arms and viewed as a necessary part of their turnaround. / Some of Calgary's top players echoed that sentiment after its short but exhausting pracky.

Verb

praccy (third-person singular simple present praccies, present participle praccying, simple past and past participle praccied)

1. (slang, chiefly sports) To practise.
   • 2008, Nutters with Putters, page 130:

     The continental breakfast takes a bit of getting used to but, like the duvet, I think I could learn to love it. Blasted off to the course chauffeured by Jouni and started praccying at 8am.

   • 2019, Olly Postanin, Jacob Ardown, The Fundies: The Essential Hockey Guide from On the Bench:

     The fundies take time to learn, and you're going to want to praccy everything we're teaching you. But here we're talking about team praccy, boys. As natural athletes, we don't have to praccy at all.