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View usage for: (bærək) Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense barracks, present participle barracking, past tense, past participle barrackedverbIf people in an audience barrack public speakers or performers, they interrupt them, for example by making rude remarks. [British] Fans gained more enjoyment barracking him than cheering on the team. [VERB noun] Wherever he travelled he was barracked by protesters. [VERB noun] Synonyms: heckle, abuse, mock, bait More Synonyms of barrack barracking uncountable noun He was affected badly by the barracking that he got from the crowd. barrack in British English 1 (ˈbærək) verbto house (people, esp soldiers) in barracks barrack in British English 2 (ˈbærək) verb British, Australian and New Zealand informal1. to criticize loudly or shout against (a player, team, speaker, etc); jeer 2. (intransitive; foll by for) to shout support (for) Derived forms barracker (ˈbarracker) noun barracking (ˈbarracking) noun, adjective Word origin C19: from northern Irish: to boast barrack in American English 1 (ˈbærək; ˈbɛrək) noun1. Rare an improvised hut 2. [pl., often with sing. v.]a. a building or group of buildings for housing soldiers b. a large, plain, often temporary building for housing workmen, police, etc. verb transitive, verb intransitive Word origin Fr baraque < Sp barraca, cabin, mud hut < barro, clay, mud < VL * barrum, clay barrack in American English 2 (ˈbærək; ˈbɛrək) verb transitive, verb intransitive Chiefly Austral to jeer or shout at (a player, team, performer, etc.) Examples of 'barrack' in a sentencebarrack Word lists withbarrack homeDefinition to criticize loudly or shout against (a team or speaker) (informal) Fans gained more enjoyment barracking him than cheering on the team. Synonyms mock boo shout down diss (slang) flame (informal) Additional synonymsDefinition to speak insultingly or cruelly to He alleged that he was verbally abused by other soldiers. Synonyms insult, injure, offend, curse, put down, smear, libel, slate (informal, British), slag (off) (slang), malign, scold, swear at, disparage, castigate, revile, vilify, slander, diss (slang), defame, upbraid, slight, flame (informal), inveigh against, call names, traduce (formal), calumniate, vituperateDefinition to persecute or tease He delighted in baiting his friends. Synonyms tease, provoke, annoy, irritate, guy (informal), bother, needle (informal), plague (informal), mock, rag, rib (informal), wind up (British, slang), hound, torment, harass, ridicule, taunt, hassle (informal), aggravate (informal), badger, gall, persecute, pester, goad, irk, bedevil, take the mickey out of (informal), take the piss out of (taboo, slang), chaff, gibe, get on the nerves of (informal), nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang), be on the back of (slang), piss you off (taboo, slang), get in the hair of (informal), get or take a rise out of, hack you off (informal) Definition to find fault with His mother had rarely criticized him or any of her children. Synonyms find fault with, censure, disapprove of, knock (informal), blast, pan (informal), condemn, slam (slang), flame (informal), carp, put down, slate (informal), have a go (at) (informal), throw shade (at) (slang), disparage, tear into (informal), diss (slang), nag at, lambast(e), roast (informal), pick holes in, excoriate (literary), pick to pieces, give (someone or something) a bad press, animadvert on or upon, pass strictures upon, nit-pick (informal) - barn
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