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noun | verb rackrack1 /ræk/ ●●○ S3 noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYrack1Origin: (1, 2, 4, 5) 1300-1400 Middle Dutch rec frame ► a book/magazine/newspaper rack Celia stood in front of the magazine rack. 1 something that you use for storing or hanging things on, usually a small frame with shelves, bars, or hooks: a spice rack a bicycle racka book/magazine/newspaper rack Celia stood in front of the magazine rack. → see also luggage rack, roof-rack2a wire shelf that you put food on while it cooks or while it gets cool3a rack of lamb/ribs a fairly large piece of meat from the side of an animal4the rack a piece of equipment used in the past to make people suffer severe pain by stretching their bodies5a three-sided frame used for arranging the balls at the start of a game of pool6go to rack/wrack and ruin to gradually get into a very bad condition as a result of not being taken care of7off the rack if you buy clothing off the rack, you buy it in a store rather than having it specially made [Origin: (1, 2, 4, 5) 1300–1400 Middle Dutch rec frame] noun | verb rackrack2 verb VERB TABLErack |
Present | I, you, we, they | rack | | he, she, it | racks | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | racked | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have racked | | he, she, it | has racked | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had racked | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will rack | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have racked |
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Present | I | am racking | | he, she, it | is racking | | you, we, they | are racking | Past | I, he, she, it | was racking | | you, we, they | were racking | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been racking | | he, she, it | has been racking | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been racking | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be racking | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been racking |
1another spelling of wrack → see also nerve-racking2[transitive] (also rack up) to put the balls in the rack at the beginning of a game of poolrack something ↔ up phrasal verb informal to increase the number or amount of points, experiences, debt, etc. that you have over a period of time: Mullin racked up 41 points in last night’s game. |