rack

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Wikipedia

Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Verb 1.5 Etymology 4 1.5.1 Verb 1.6 Etymology 5 1.6.1 Verb 1.7 References 1.8 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ræk/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -æk

[edit] Etymology 1

Middle English

[edit] Noun

rack (plural racks)

1. a series of one or more shelves, stacked one above the other
2. a frame on which to hang various items.
3. a device used to torture victims by stretching them beyond their natural limits.
4. a pair of antlers (as on deer, moose or elk).
5. a cut of meat involving several adjacent ribs

   I bought a rack of lamb at the butcher's yesterday.

6. (billiards, snooker, pool) a hollow triangle used for aligning the balls at the start of a game.

   See [1]

7. (slang) a woman's breasts.

   She's so perfect, man. Her personality, her looks- speaking of which, you should see her 'rack. Not only are her tits amazing, but her mom's are, too!'.

8. (rock-climbing, caving) a friction device for abseiling, consisting of 5 or more metal bars on a frame, around which the rope is threaded. Also rappel rack, abseil rack.

[edit] Derived terms

• bike rack
• cheese rack/cheese-rack
• spice rack
• roof rack
• toast rack

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to rack (third-person singular simple present racks, present participle racking, simple past and past participle racked)

1. To place in or hang on a rack
2. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table.
3. (slang) To strike a male in the groin with the knee.

[edit] Etymology 2

Old English reċċan

[edit] Verb

to rack (third-person singular simple present racks, present participle racking, simple past and past participle racked)

1. stretch joints of a person

[edit] Derived terms

• rack one's brain

[edit] Etymology 3

Probably from Old Norse reka (“‘to be drifted, tost’”)^[1]

[edit] Verb

to rack (third-person singular simple present racks, present participle racking, simple past and past participle racked)

1. To fly, as vapour or broken clouds

[edit] Etymology 4

This definition is lacking an etymology or has an incomplete etymology. You can help Wiktionary by giving it a proper etymology.

[edit] Verb

to rack (third-person singular simple present racks, present participle racking, simple past and past participle racked)

1. To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.

[edit] Etymology 5

Middle English rakken

[edit] Verb

to rack (third-person singular simple present racks, present participle racking, simple past and past participle racked)

1. To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.

[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ rack in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: ackr
• cark