English-Thai Dictionary
rack
N กลุ่ม เมฆ ที่ โดน ลม พัด กระจาย ไป cloud klu-meak-ti-don-lom-pad-kra-jai
rack
N การ ก้าว เท้า อย่างรวดเร็ว ของ ม้า single-foot kan-kao-tao-yang-ruad-reo-kong-ma
rack
N การ ทำลาย ความหายนะ wrack and ruin kan-tam-lai
rack
N ชั้น หิ้ง ราง framework shelf chan
rack
N เครื่อง ทรมาน ดึง แขนขา instrument of torture krueng-tor-ra-man-duang-kan-ka
rack
VT ขูดรีด strain kud-rid
rack
VT ทำให้ เจ็บปวด ทำให้ ทรมาน torture tam-hai-jeb-puad
rack
VT เขากวาง คู่ หนึ่ง kao-kwang-ku-nuang
rack against time
IDM รีบ ทำให้ เสร็จ ตรงเวลา rib-tam-hai-sed-trong-we-la
rack one's brains
IDM คิดหนัก เกี่ยวกับ kid-nak-kiao-kab
rack up
PHRV ชก (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ ต่อย จน ร่วง chok
rack up
PHRV ทำให้ พ่ายแพ้ ราบคาบ (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ tam-hai-pai-pare-rab-kab
rack up
PHRV ได้ ชัยชนะ (การกีฬา (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ dai-chai-cha-na
rack with
PHRV ทำให้ ทุกข์ แสน สาหัส จาก tam-hai-tuk-san-sa-had
rack-rent
N ค่าเช่า ที่ แพง เกินไป ka-cho-ti-pang-koen-pai
rack-rent
VI คิด ค่าเช่า แพง เกินไป ขูดรีด ค่าเช่า kid-ka-chow-pang-koen-pai
rack-rent
VT คิด ค่าเช่า แพง เกินไป ขูดรีด ค่าเช่า kid-ka-chow-pang-koen-pai
rackabones
N คน ผอม มาก ม้า ที่ ผอม มาก
racket
N กิจกรรม ที่ ผิดกฎหมาย (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ การ หลอกลวง การ ติดสินบน การ ขู่เข็ญ fraud kid-ja-kam-ti-pid-kod-mai
racket
N ธุรกิจ (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ งาน อาชีพ business tu-ra-kid
racket
N รองเท้า หิมะ รูปทรง ไม้เทนนิส rong-tao-hi-ma-rub-song-mai-ten-nis
racket
N เสียง อึกทึกครึกโครม เสียง เอะอะโวยวาย dim noise siang-auk-ka-tuek-kruk-krom
racket
N ไม้ ตี ลูก ใน การเล่นกีฬา (เช่น เทนนิส แบดมินตัน ฯลฯ racquet mai-te-luk-nai-kan-len-ki-la
racketeer
N ผู้ ที่ หาเงิน จาก กิจกรรม ที่ ผิดกฎหมาย gangster mafioso phu-ti-ha-ngen-jak-kid-ja-kam-ti-pid
racketeer
VI หาเงิน จาก กิจกรรม ที่ ผิดกฎหมาย หลอกลวง ฉ้อโกง finagle ha-ngen-jak-kid-ja-kam-ti-pid-kod-mai
rackety
ADJ อึกทึกครึกโครม เอะอะโวยวาย rowdy auk-ka-tuk-kuak-kom
rackrent
N ค่าเช่า ที่ เท่ากับ หรือ เกือบ เท่ากับ ค่า ทรัพย์สิน ใน หนึ่ง ปี
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
RACK
n.[Eng. to reach. See Reach and Break. ] 1. An engine of torture, used for extorting confessions from criminals or suspected persons. The rack is entirely unknown in free countries.
2. Torture; extreme pain; anguish.
A fit of the stone puts a king to the rack and makes him as miserable as it does the meanest subject.
3. Any instrument for stretching or extending any thing; as a rack for bending a bow.
4. A grate on which bacon is laid.
5. A wooden frame of open work in which hay is laid for horses and cattle for feeding.
6. The frame of bones of an animal; a skeleton. We say, a rack of bones.
7. A frame of timber on a ship's bowsprit.
RACK
n.[Eng. crag. ] The neck and spine of a fore quarter of veal or mutton.
[The two foregoing words are doubtless from one original. ]
RACK
n.[See Reek. ] Properly, vapor; hence, thin flying broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor in the sky.
The winds in the upper region, which move the clouds above, which we call the rack -
The great globe itself, yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, and, like this unsubstantial pageant, faded, leave not a rack behind.
It is disputed however, whether rack in this passage should not be wreck.
RACK
n.[for arrack. See Arrack. ] Among the Tartars, a spirituous liquor made of mare's milk which has become sour and is then distilled.
RACK
v.i.[See the noun. ] 1. Properly, to steam; to rise, as vapor.
[See Reek, which is the word used. ]
2. To fly, as vapor or broken clouds.
RACK
v.t.[from the noun. ] 1. To torture; to stretch or strain on the rack or wheel; as, to rack a criminal or suspected person, to extort a confession of his guilt, or compel him to betray his accomplices.
2. To torment; to torture; to affect with extreme pain or anguish; as racked with deep despair.
3. To harass by exaction.
The landlords there shamefully rack their tenants.
4. To stretch; to strain vehemently; to wrest; as, to rack and stretch Scripture; to rack invention.
The wisest among the heathens racked their wits -
5. To stretch; to extend.
RACK
v.t. To draw off from the lees; to draw off, as pure liquor from its sediment; as, to rack cider or wine; to rack off liquor.
RACKED
pp. 1. Tortured; tormented; strained to the utmost.
2. Drawn off, as liquor.
RACKER
n.One that tortures or torments; one that racks.
RACKET
n.[This word belong to the root of crack. See Rocket. ] 1. A confused, clattering noise, less loud than uproar; applied to the confused sounds of animal voices, or such voices mixed with other sound. We say, the children make a racket; the racket of a flock of fowls.
2. Clamor; noisy talk.
RACKET
v.i.To make a confused noise or clamor; to frolic.
RACKET
n. The instrument with which players at tennis strike the ball.
RACKET
v.t.To strike as with a racket.
RACKETY
a.Making a tumultuous noise.
RACKING
ppr. 1. Torturing; tormenting; straining; drawing off.
2. a. Tormenting; excruciating; as a racking pain.
RACKING
n. 1. Torture; a stretching on the rack.
2. Torment of the mind; anguish; as the rackings of conscience.
3. The act of stretching cloth on a frame for drying.
4. The act of drawing from the sediment, as liquors.
RACKING-PACE
n.The racking-pace of a horse is an amble, but with a quicker and shorter tread.
RACK-RENT
n.An annual rent of the full value of the tenement or near it.
RACK-RENTED
a.Subjected to the payment of rack-rent.
RACK-RENTER
n.One that is subjected to pay rack-rent.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
RACK
RACK Rack, n.
Defn: Same as Arrack.
RACK
Rack, n. Etym: [AS. hracca neck, hinder part of the head; cf. AS. hraca throat, G. rachen throat, E. retch. ]
Defn: The neck and spine of a fore quarter of veal or mutton.
RACK
Rack, n. Etym: [See Wreck. ]
Defn: A wreck; destruction. [Obs. , except in a few phrases.] Rack and ruin, destruction; utter ruin. [Colloq. ] -- To go to rack, to perish; to be destroyed. [Colloq. ] "All goes to rack. " Pepys.
RACK
Rack, n. Etym: [Prob. fr. Icel. rek drift, motion, and akin to reka to drive, and E. wrack, wreck. .]
Defn: Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor in the sky. Shak. The winds in the upper region, which move the clouds above, which we call the rack, ... pass without noise. Bacon. And the night rack came rolling up. C. Kingsley.
RACK
RACK Rack, v. i.
Defn: To fly, as vapor or broken clouds.
RACK
Rack, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Racked; p. pr. & vb. n. Racking. ] Etym: [See Rack that which stretches, or Rock, v.]
Defn: To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace; -- said of a horse. Fuller.
RACK
RACK Rack, n.
Defn: A fast amble.
RACK
Rack, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OF. vin raqué squeezed from the dregs of the grapes.]
Defn: To draw off from the lees or sediment, as wine. It is in common practice to draw wine or beer from the lees (which we call racking ), whereby it will clarify much the sooner. Bacon. Rack vintage, wine cleansed and drawn from the lees. Cowell.
RACK
Rack, n. Etym: [Probably fr. D.rek, rekbank, a rack, rekken to stretch; akin to G. reck, reckbank, a rack, recken to stretch, Dan. række, Sw. räcka, Icel. rekja to spread out, Goth. refrakjan to stretch out; cf. L. porrigere, Gr. Right, a., Ratch. ]
1. An instrument or frame used for stretching, extending, retaining, or displaying, something. Specifically: (a ) An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated; -- formerly used judicially for extorting confessions from criminals or suspected persons. During the troubles of the fifteenth century, a rack was introduced into the Tower, and was occasionally used under the plea of political necessity. Macaulay.
(b ) An instrument for bending a bow. (c ) A grate on which bacon is laid. (d ) A frame or device of various construction for holding, and preventing the waste of, hay, grain, etc. , supplied to beasts.(e ) A frame on which articles are deposited for keeping or arranged for display; as, a clothes rack; a bottle rack, etc. (f ) (Naut. ) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes; -- called also rack block. Also, a frame to hold shot. (g ) (Mining ) A frame or table on which ores are separated or washed. (h ) A frame fitted to a wagon for carrying hay, straw, or grain on the stalk, or other bulky loads.(i ) A distaff.
2. (Mech. )
Defn: A bar with teeth on its face, or edge, to work with those of a wheel, pinion, or worm, which is to drive it or be driven by it.
3. That which is extorted; exaction. [Obs. ] Sir E. Sandys. Mangle rack. (Mach. ) See under Mangle. n. -- Rack block. (Naut. ) See def. 1 (f ), above. -- Rack lashing, a lashing or binding where the rope is tightened,and held tight by the use of a small stick of wood twisted around. -- Rack rail (Railroads ), a toothed rack, laid as a rail, to afford a hold for teeth on the driving wheel of locomotive for climbing steep gradients, as in ascending a mountain. -- Rack saw, a saw having wide teeth. -- Rack stick, the stick used in a rack lashing. -- To be on the rack, to suffer torture, physical or mental. -- To live at rack and manger, to live on the best at another's expense. [Colloq. ] -- To put to the rack, to subject to torture; to torment. A fit of the stone puts a kingto the rack, and makes him as miserable as it does the meanest subject. Sir W. Temple.
RACK
RACK Rack, v. t.
1. To extend by the application of force; to stretch or strain; specifically, to stretch on the rack or wheel; to torture by an engine which strains the limbs and pulls the joints. He was racked and miserably tormented. Pope.
2. To torment; to torture; to affect with extreme pain or anguish. Vaunting aloud but racked with deep despair. Milton.
3. To stretch or strain, in a figurative sense; hence, to harass, or oppress by extortion. The landlords there shamefully rack their tenants. Spenser. They [landlords ] rack a Scripture simile beyond the true intent thereof. Fuller. Try what my credit can in Venice do; That shall be racked even to the uttermost. Shak.
4. (Mining )
Defn: To wash on a rack, as metals or ore.
5. (Naut. )
Defn: To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc. To rack one's brains or wits, to exert them to the utmost for the purpose of accomplishing something.
Syn. -- To torture; torment; rend; tear.
RACKABONES
RACKABONES Rack "a *bones `, n.
Defn: A very lean animal, esp. a horse. [Colloq. U. S.]
RACKAROCK
RACKAROCK Rack "a *rock `, n. [Rack to stretch, strain + a + rock. ]
Defn: A Sprengel explosive consisting of potassium chlorate and mono- nitrobenzene.
RACKER
RACKER Rack "er, n.
1. One who racks.
2. A horse that has a racking gait.
RACKET
Rack "et, n. Etym: [F. raquette; cf. Sp. raquets, It. racchetta, which is perhaps for retichetta, and fr. L. rete a net (cf. Reticule ); or perh. from the Arabic; cf. Ar. raha the palm of the hand (used at first to strike the ball ), and OF. rachette, rasquette, carpus, tarsus. ] [Written also racquet. ]
1. A thin strip of wood, having the ends brought together, forming a somewhat elliptical hoop, across which a network of catgut or cord is stretched. It is furnished with a handle, and is used for catching or striking a ball in tennis and similar games.Each one [of the Indians ] has a bat curved like a crosier, and ending in a racket. Bancroft.
2. A variety of the game of tennis played with peculiar long-handled rackets; -- chiefly in the plural. Chaucer.
3. A snowshoe formed of cords stretched across a long and narrow frame of light wood. [Canada ]
4. A broad wooden shoe or patten for a man horse, to enable him to step on marshy or soft ground. Racket court, a court for playing the game of rackets.
RACKET
RACKET Rack "et, v. t.
Defn: To strike with, or as with, a racket. Poor man [is ] racketed from one temptation to another. Hewyt.
RACKET
Rack "et, n. Etym: [Gael. racaid a noise, disturbance. ]
1. confused, clattering noise; din; noisy talk or sport.
2. A carouse; any reckless dissipation. [Slang ]
RACKET
Rack "et, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Racketed; p. pr. & vb. n. Racketing.]
1. To make a confused noise or racket.
2. To engage in noisy sport; to frolic. Sterne.
3. To carouse or engage in dissipation. [Slang ]
RACKETER
RACKETER Rack "et *er, n.
Defn: One who makes, or engages in, a racket.
RACKETT
Rack "ett, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain. ] (Mus. )
Defn: An old wind instrument of the double bassoon kind, having ventages but not keys.
RACKET-TAIL
RACKET-TAIL Rack "et-tail n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Steganura, having two of the tail feathers very long and racket- shaped.
RACKET-TAILED
RACKET-TAILED Rack "et-tailed `, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having long and spatulate, or racket-shaped, tail feathers.
RACKETY
RACKETY Rack "et *y, a.
Defn: Making a tumultuous noise.
RACKING
RACKING Rack "ing, n. (Naut. )
Defn: Spun yarn used in racking ropes.
RACK-RENT
RACK-RENT Rack "-rent `, n.
Defn: A rent of the full annual value of the tenement, or near it; an excessive or unreasonably high rent. Blackstone.
RACK-RENT
RACK-RENT Rack "-rent `, v. t.
Defn: To subject to rack-rent, as a farm or tenant.
RACK-RENTER
RACK-RENTER Rack "-rent `er, n.
1. One who is subjected to playing rack-rent.
2. One who exacts rack-rent.
RACKTAIL
RACKTAIL Rack "tail `, n. (Horol.)
Defn: An arm attached to a swinging notched arc or rack, to let off the striking mechanism of a repeating clock.
RACKWORK
RACKWORK Rack "work `, n.
Defn: Any mechanism having a rack, as a rack and pinion.
New American Oxford Dictionary
rack
rack 1 |rak ræk | ▶noun 1 a framework, typically with rails, bars, hooks, or pegs, for holding or storing things: a spice rack | a magazine rack. • an overhead shelf on a bus, train, or plane for stowing luggage. • a vertically barred frame or wagon for holding animal fodder: a hay rack. • a set of antlers. • informal a bed. 2 a cogged or toothed bar or rail engaging with a wheel or pinion, or using pegs to adjust the position of something: a steering rack. 3 (the rack ) historical an instrument of torture consisting of a frame on which the victim was stretched by turning rollers to which the wrists and ankles were tied. 4 a triangular structure for positioning the balls in pool. Compare with frame ( sense 5 of the noun ). • Brit. a single game of snooker. 5 a digital effects unit for a guitar or other instrument, typically giving many different sounds. 6 vulgar slang a woman's breasts: Arnie's woman is kinda bossy, but she's got a nice rack. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 (also wrack ) cause extreme physical or mental pain to; subject to extreme stress: he was racked with guilt. • historical torture (someone ) on the rack. 2 place in or on a rack: the shoes were racked neatly beneath the dresses. 3 chiefly archaic raise (rent ) above a fair or normal amount. PHRASES go to rack (or wrack ) and ruin gradually deteriorate in condition because of neglect: fall into disrepair. [ rack from Old English wræc ‘vengeance ’; related to wreak . ] off the rack (of clothes ) ready-made rather than made to order. on the rack suffering intense distress or strain. rack (or wrack ) one's brains (or brain ) make a great effort to think of or remember something. PHRASAL VERBS rack something up accumulate or achieve something, typically a score or amount: Japan is racking up record trade surpluses with the U.S. ORIGIN Middle English: from Middle Dutch rec, Middle Low German rek ‘horizontal bar or shelf, ’ probably from recken ‘to stretch, reach ’ (possibly the source of sense 1 of the verb ). usage: The relationship between the forms rack and wrack is complicated. The most common noun sense of rack, ‘a framework for holding and storing things,’ is always spelled rack, never wrack. In the phrase rack something up, the word is also always spelled rack. Figurative senses of the verb, deriving from the type of torture in which someone is stretched on a rack, can, however, be spelled either rack or wrack: thus, racked with guilt or wracked with guilt; rack your brains or wrack your brains. In addition, the phrase rack and ruin can also be spelled wrack and ruin .
rack
rack 2 |ræk rak | ▶noun a horse's gait in which both hoofs on either side in turn are lifted almost simultaneously, and all four hoofs are off the ground together at certain moments. ▶verb [ no obj. ] (of a horse ) move with such a gait. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin.
rack
rack 3 |ræk rak | ▶noun a large cut of meat, typically lamb, that includes the front ribs. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: of unknown origin.
rack
rack 4 |ræk rak | ▶verb [ with obj. ] draw off (wine, beer, etc. ) from the sediment in the barrel: the wine is racked off into large oak casks. ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from Provençal arracar, from raca ‘stems and husks of grapes, dregs. ’
rack
rack 5 |ræk rak |(also wrack ) ▶noun a mass of high, thick, fast-moving clouds: there was a thin moon, a rack of cloud. ▶verb [ no obj. ] archaic (of a cloud ) be driven before the wind. ORIGIN Middle English (denoting a rush or collision ): probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian and Swedish dialect rak ‘wreckage, ’ from reka ‘to drive. ’
rack-and-pinion
rack-and-pin ion |ˈˌræk ən ˈpɪnjən | ▶adjective [ attrib. ] denoting a mechanism, as for a car steering system, using a fixed cogged or toothed bar or rail engaging with a smaller cog.
racket
rack et 1 |ˈrakit ˈrækət |(also racquet ) ▶noun a type of bat with a round or oval frame strung with catgut, nylon, etc. , used esp. in tennis, badminton, and squash. • a snowshoe resembling such a bat. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from French raquette (see rackets ).
racket
rack et 2 |ˈrækət ˈrakit | ▶noun 1 [ in sing. ] a loud unpleasant noise; a din: the kids were making a racket . • archaic the noise and liveliness of fashionable society. 2 informal an illegal or dishonest scheme for obtaining money: a protection racket. • a person's line of business or way of life: I'm in the insurance racket. ▶verb ( rackets, racketing, racketed ) [ no obj. ] make a loud unpleasant noise: trains racketed by. • (racket around ) enjoy oneself socially; go in pursuit of pleasure or entertainment. DERIVATIVES rack et y adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: perhaps imitative of clattering.
racket abuse
racket abuse ▶noun [ mass noun ] Tennis aggressive or unsportsmanlike behaviour by a player in which the racket is thrown or struck against something.
racketeer
rack et eer |ˌrakiˈti (ə )r ˌrækəˈtɪ (ə )r | ▶noun a person who engages in dishonest and fraudulent business dealings. DERIVATIVES rack et eer ing noun
rackets
rack ets |ˈrakits ˈrækəts | ▶plural noun [ treated as sing. ] a ball game for two or four people played with rackets in a plain, four-walled court, distinguished from squash in particular by the use of a solid, harder ball. ORIGIN late Middle English (also in the singular ): from French raquette, via Italian from Arabic rāḥa, rāḥat - ‘palm of the hand. ’
racket-tail
racket-tail (also racquet-tail ) ▶noun a South American hummingbird with long racket-shaped tail feathers. ●Genera Ocreatus and Loddigesia, family Trochilidae: two species. • any of a number of other birds, in particular certain parrots, drongos, and motmots, with racket-shaped tails.
Rackham, Arthur
Rackham, Arthur |ˈrakəm | (1867 –1939 ), English illustrator, noted for his illustrations of books such as the Grimm brothers' Fairy Tales (1900 ) and Peter Pan (1906 ).
rack mounting
rack mounting ▶noun [ mass noun ] [ usu. as modifier ] the use of standardized racks for supporting electrical or electronic equipment. DERIVATIVES rack-mount adjective, rack-mounted adjective
rack railway
rack rail way ▶noun another term for cog railway.
rack rate
rack rate ▶noun the official or advertised price of a hotel room, on which a discount is usually negotiable.
rack rent
rack rent ▶noun an extortionate or very high rent, esp. an annual rent equivalent to the full value of the property to which it relates. ▶verb (rack-rent ) [ with obj. ] exact an excessive or extortionate rent from (a tenant ) or for (a property ). DERIVATIVES rack-rent er noun ORIGIN late 16th cent. (as rack-rented ): from the verb rack 1 (in the sense ‘cause stress ’) + the noun rent 1 .
Oxford Dictionary
rack
rack 1 |rak | ▶noun 1 a framework, typically with rails, bars, hooks, or pegs, for holding or storing things: a spice rack | a letter rack. • an overhead shelf on a coach, train, or aircraft for stowing luggage. • a vertically barred frame for holding animal fodder: a hay rack. • N. Amer. informal a bed. 2 a cogged or toothed bar or rail engaging with a wheel or pinion, or using pegs to adjust the position of something: a steering rack. 3 (the rack ) historical an instrument of torture consisting of a frame on which the victim was stretched by turning rollers to which the wrists and ankles were tied. 4 a triangular structure for positioning the balls in pool. • a single game of pool. 5 N. Amer. a set of antlers. 6 a digital effects unit for a guitar or other instrument, typically giving many different sounds. 7 N. Amer. informal a woman's breasts: that chick's got a nice rack. ▶verb [ with obj. ] 1 (also wrack ) cause extreme pain, anguish, or distress to: he was racked with guilt. • historical torture (someone ) on the rack. 2 [ with obj. and adverbial of place ] place in or on a rack: the shoes were racked neatly beneath the dresses. 3 move by a rack and pinion. 4 chiefly archaic raise (rent ) above a fair or normal amount. See also rack rent. • oppress (a tenant ) by exacting excessive rent. PHRASES go to rack (or wrack ) and ruin gradually deteriorate in condition because of neglect; fall into disrepair. [ rack from Old English wræc ‘vengeance ’; related to wreak . ] off the rack North American term for off the peg (see peg ). on the rack suffering intense distress or strain. rack (or wrack ) one's brains (or brain ) make a great effort to think of or remember something. PHRASAL VERBS rack something up accumulate or achieve something, typically a score or amount: Japan is racking up record trade surpluses with the United States. ORIGIN Middle English: from Middle Dutch rec, Middle Low German rek ‘horizontal bar or shelf ’, probably from recken ‘to stretch, reach ’ (possibly the source of sense 1 of the verb ). usage: The relationship between the forms rack and wrack is complicated. The most common noun sense of rack, ‘a framework for holding and storing things ’, is always spelled rack, never wrack. In the phrase rack something up the word is also always spelled rack. Figurative senses of the verb, deriving from the type of torture in which someone is stretched on a rack, can, however, be spelled either rack or wrack: thus racked with guilt or wracked with guilt; rack your brains or wrack your brains. In addition, the phrase rack and ruin can also be spelled wrack and ruin .
rack
rack 2 |rak | ▶noun a horse's gait in which both hoofs on either side in turn are lifted almost simultaneously, and all four hoofs are off the ground together at certain moments. ▶verb 1 [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] (of a horse ) move with a rack gait. 2 [ no obj., in imperative ] (rack off ) Austral. informal go away. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin.
rack
rack 3 |rak | ▶noun a joint of meat, typically lamb, that includes the front ribs. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: of unknown origin.
rack
rack 4 |rak | ▶verb [ with obj. ] draw off (wine, beer, etc. ) from the sediment in the barrel: the wine is racked off into large oak casks. ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from Provençal arracar, from raca ‘stems and husks of grapes, dregs ’.
rack
rack 5 |rak | ▶noun variant spelling of wrack 3. ▶verb [ no obj., with adverbial of direction ] archaic (of a cloud ) be driven before the wind. ORIGIN Middle English (denoting a rush or collision ): probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian and Swedish dialect rak ‘wreckage ’, from reka ‘to drive ’.
rack-and-pinion
rack-and-pinion ▶adjective denoting a mechanism (e.g. for a car steering system ) using a fixed cogged or toothed bar or rail engaging with a smaller cog.
racket
racket 1 |ˈrakɪt |(also racquet ) ▶noun a bat with a round or oval frame strung with catgut, nylon, etc. , used especially in tennis, badminton, and squash: a squash racket. • chiefly N. Amer. a snowshoe resembling a racket. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from French raquette (see rackets ).
racket
racket 2 |ˈrakɪt | ▶noun 1 [ in sing. ] a loud unpleasant noise; a din: the kids were making a racket. • archaic the noise and liveliness of fashionable society. 2 informal an illegal or dishonest scheme for obtaining money: a protection racket. • a person's line of business or way of life: I'm in the insurance racket. ▶verb ( rackets, racketing, racketed ) [ no obj., with adverbial ] 1 make or move with a loud unpleasant noise: trains racketed by. 2 (racket about /around ) enjoy oneself socially; go in pursuit of pleasure or entertainment. DERIVATIVES rackety adjective ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: perhaps imitative of clattering.
racket abuse
racket abuse ▶noun [ mass noun ] Tennis aggressive or unsportsmanlike behaviour by a player in which the racket is thrown or struck against something.
racketball
rac ¦ket |ball ▶noun variant spelling of racquetball.
racketeer
rack ¦et |eer |rakɪˈtɪə | ▶noun a person who engages in dishonest and fraudulent business dealings. DERIVATIVES racketeering noun
rackets
rack |ets |ˈrakɪts | ▶plural noun [ treated as sing. ] a ball game for two or four people played with rackets in a plain four-walled court, distinguished from squash in particular by the use of a solid, harder ball. ORIGIN late Middle English (also in the singular ): from French raquette, via Italian from Arabic rāḥa, rāḥat - ‘palm of the hand ’.
racket-tail
racket-tail (also racquet-tail ) ▶noun a South American hummingbird with long racket-shaped tail feathers. ●Genera Ocreatus and Loddigesia, family Trochilidae: two species. • any of a number of other birds, in particular certain parrots, drongos, and motmots, with racket-shaped tails.
Rackham, Arthur
Rackham, Arthur |ˈrakəm | (1867 –1939 ), English illustrator, noted for his illustrations of books such as the Grimm brothers' Fairy Tales (1900 ) and Peter Pan (1906 ).
rack mounting
rack mounting ▶noun [ mass noun ] [ usu. as modifier ] the use of standardized racks for supporting electrical or electronic equipment. DERIVATIVES rack-mount adjective, rack-mounted adjective
rack railway
rack rail |way ▶noun a railway with a toothed rail between the bearing rails which engages with a cogwheel under the locomotive, for very steep slopes.
rack rate
rack rate ▶noun the official or advertised price of a hotel room, on which a discount is usually negotiable.
rack rent
rack rent ▶noun an extortionate or very high rent. ▶verb (rack-rent ) [ with obj. ] dated exact an excessive or extortionate rent from (a tenant ) or for (a property ). DERIVATIVES rack-renter noun ORIGIN late 16th cent. (as rack-rented ): from the verb rack 1 (in the sense ‘cause stress ’) + the noun rent 1 .
American Oxford Thesaurus
rack
rack noun put the cake on a wire rack: frame, framework, stand, holder, trestle, support, shelf. ▶verb she was racked with guilt: torment, afflict, torture, agonize, harrow; plague, bedevil, persecute, wrack, trouble, worry. PHRASES on the rack these latest allegations are keeping the Church on the rack: under pressure, under stress, under a strain, in distress; in trouble, in difficulties, having problems. rack one's brains I've racked my brain, but I still can't think of his name: think hard, concentrate, try to remember; informal scratch one's head. EASILY CONFUSED WORDS rack, wrack The most common noun sense of rack, ‘a framework for holding and storing things,’ is always spelled rack, never wrack. The figurative senses of the verb, deriving from the type of torture in which someone is stretched on a rack, can, however, be spelled either rack or wrack: thus, racked with guilt or wracked with guilt; rack your brains or wrack your brains. In addition, the phrase rack and ruin can also be spelled wrack and ruin. These notes clear up confusion between similar-looking pairs.
racket
racket noun 1 the engine makes such a racket: noise, din, hubbub, clamor, uproar, tumult, commotion, rumpus, pandemonium, babel; informal hullabaloo. 2 informal a gold-smuggling racket: scheme, fraud, swindle; informal rip-off, shakedown.
Oxford Thesaurus
rack
rack noun turn the cake out on to a wire rack to cool: framework, frame, stand, holder, shelf, form, trestle, support, bin, box, bunker, container, structure. PHRASES on the rack under pressure, under stress, under a strain, in distress; suffering, going through torture, in agony, in pain, racked with pain; in trouble, in difficulties, having problems. ▶verb she was racked with guilt | the pain racked his whole body: torment, afflict, torture, pain, agonize, cause agony /suffering /pain to, harrow, pierce, stab, wound, crucify; plague, bedevil, persecute, harass, distress, trouble, worry; convulse; literary rend. PHRASES rack one's brains she racked her brains, but there was nothing she could tell him: think hard, put one's mind to something, give much thought to something, concentrate, try to remember, puzzle over something, cudgel one's brains, furrow one's brow; informal scratch one's head. rack up informal the privately-held chain racks up sales of $3.3 million: achieve, attain, accomplish, gain, earn, win, succeed in making, reach, make, get, obtain; accumulate, amass; score, tally, record, register, log; informal chalk up, clock up, knock up, notch up, turn in, bag.
racket
racket noun 1 the engine makes the most incredible racket: noise, din, hubbub, clamour, row, uproar, hullabaloo, tumult, commotion, rumpus, fracas, pandemonium, clangour, brouhaha, disturbance; crash, clatter, clash, babble, shouting, yelling, babel; W. Indian bangarang. 2 informal he was accused of masterminding a gold-smuggling racket: criminal activity, illegal scheme /enterprise, fraud, fraudulent scheme, swindle, bit of sharp practice; informal game, scam, rip-off; Brit. informal ramp; N. Amer. informal shakedown.
Duden Dictionary
Rack
Rack Substantiv, Neutrum , das |rɛk englisch ræk |das Rack; Genitiv: des Racks, Plural: die Racks englisch rack = Regal, Gestell regalartiges Gestell zur Unterbringung von Elementen einer Stereoanlage
Racke
Ra cke Substantiv, feminin , die |R a cke |lautmalend (in mehreren Arten vorkommender ) etwa taubengroßer Singvogel mit buntem Gefieder
Rackelhuhn
Ra ckel huhn Substantiv, Neutrum , das |R a ckelhuhn |
Rackelwild
Ra ckel wild Substantiv, Neutrum , das |R a ckelwild |
Racker
Ra cker Substantiv, maskulin , der |R a cker |der Racker; Genitiv: des Rackers, Plural: die Racker älter = Henkersknecht, aus dem Niederdeutschen < mittelniederdeutsch racker = Abdecker, Schinder jemand (besonders ein Kind ), der gern Streiche ausheckt, Unfug anstellt; Schlingel du [kleiner ] Racker !
Rackerei
Ra cke rei Substantiv, feminin umgangssprachlich , die |Racker ei |[ständiges ] Rackern
rackern
ra ckern schwaches Verb umgangssprachlich |r a ckern |schwaches Verb; Perfektbildung mit »hat « eigentlich = wie ein Racker (= Abdecker ) arbeiten schwer arbeiten 1a , sich abmühen für jemanden schuften und rackern | schwer rackern
Racket
Ra cket Substantiv, Neutrum , das Rakett |ˈrɛkət englisch ˈrækɪt |das Racket; Genitiv: des Rackets, Plural: die Rackets englisch racket < französisch raquette, eigentlich = Handfläche, zu arabisch rāḥa h Tennisschläger
Racket
Ra cket Substantiv, Neutrum , das |ˈrɛkət englisch ˈrækɪt |das Racket; Genitiv: des Rackets, Plural: die Rackets englisch Verbrecherbande in Amerika
Racketeer
Ra cke teer Substantiv, maskulin , der |rækəˈtiə |der Racketeer; Genitiv: des Racketeers, Plural: die Racketeers englisch Gangster, Erpresser
Rackett
Ra ckett, Ra cket Substantiv, Neutrum , das Rankett Racket |Rack e tt Rack e t |das Rackett; Genitiv: des Racketts, Plural: die Rackette das Rackett; Genitiv: des Racketts, Plural: die Rackette Herkunft ungeklärt Holzblasinstrument des 16. bis 18. Jahrhunderts mit einem doppelten Rohrblatt und einer langen, in neun Windungen in einer Holzbüchse eingepassten Röhre mit elf Grifflöchern
Rackjobber
Rack job ber , Rack-Job ber Substantiv, maskulin Wirtschaft , der Rack-Jobber |ˈrækˈdʒɔbɐ ˈrækˈdʒɔbɐ |der Rackjobber; Genitiv: des Rackjobbers, Plural: die Rackjobber der Rack-Jobber; Genitiv: des Rack-Jobbers, Plural: die Rack-Jobber englisch rack-jobber, aus: rack (Rack ) und jobber = (Zwischen )händler Großhändler oder Hersteller, der die Vertriebsform des Rackjobbing anwendet
Rackjobbing
Rack job bing , Rack-Job bing Substantiv, Neutrum Wirtschaft , das Rack-Jobbing |ˈrækd͜ʃɔbɪŋ ˈrækd͜ʃɔbɪŋ |das Rackjobbing; Genitiv: des Rackjobbing [s ] das Rack-Jobbing; Genitiv: des Rack-Jobbing [s ] englisch rack-jobbing, zu: to job = in Kommission geben Vertriebsform, bei der ein Großhändler o. Ä. beim Einzelhändler eine Verkaufsfläche mietet, um in Ergänzung des vorhandenen Sortiments Waren anzubieten
French Dictionary
rack
rack FORME FAUTIVE Anglicisme pour étagère, présentoir, galerie, support.
rack à vélos
rack à vélos FORME FAUTIVE Anglicisme pour support à vélos, arceau à vélos.
racket
racket FORME FAUTIVE Anglicisme pour vol, escroquerie.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
rack
rack 1 /ræk /〖語源は 「手足を伸ばす 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-s /1 C 〖しばしば複合語で 〗棚 , 台 , …掛け , …立て ▸ a hat rack 帽子掛け ▸ a plate rack 水切り用皿立て 2 〖the ～〗(中世の )拷問台 〘台に体を縛り手足を反対方向に引っ張って関節をはずした 〙.3 C ｟米 ｠ラック 〘ビリヤードで玉をそろえる三角形の (木 )枠 〙.4 C 〘機 〙ラック , 歯ざお .5 C ｟米俗 ｠ベッド .a r à ck of l á mb [p ó rk ]子羊 [豚 ]のあばら肉 .off the r á ck ｟米 ｠〈衣類が 〉既製の [で ](｟英 ｠off the peg ).on the r á ck (肉体的 [精神的 ]に )苦しんで .動詞 他動詞 1 〈人 〉を拷問にかける ; 〖be ～ed 〗〈人が 〉 «…で » (肉体的 精神的に )ひどく苦しむ «by , with » ▸ Darwin was racked by conflicting emotions .ダーウィンは相反する感情に苦しんでいた 2 〈小作人など 〉を搾取する, 〈地代 家賃など 〉を法外に取り立てる .r à ck A ú p [ú p A ] ｟くだけて ｠1 ｟米 ｠〈人 会社などが 〉A 〈利益 得点 損失など 〉を (徐々に )大量に得る [被る ].2 ｟米 ｠A 〈人 物 〉を傷つける, だめにする .3 A 〈貨幣価値など 〉を上げる .4 Aを棚 [台 ]に載せる .
rack
rack 2 名詞 U ちぎれ雲 .
rack
rack 3 名詞 U (建物などの )荒廃, 破壊 ▸ go to rack and ruin 〈場所 建物などが 〉 (放置されて )徐々に朽ちる .
rack-and-pinion steering
r à ck-and-p ì nion st é ering 名詞 U 〘機 〙(車を操縦するための )ラックアンドピニオン .
racket
rack et 1 rac quet /rǽkɪt /〖語源は 「手のひら 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-ts /C 1 〖しばしば複合語で 〗(テニスなどの )ラケット ▸ a tennis racket テニスラケット 2 〖～s; 単数扱い 〗ラケットボール 〘四面を壁に囲まれたコートで球を壁に跳ね返らせて行う球技 〙.3 (ラケット形の )雪靴 , かんじき (snowshoes ).
racket
rack et 2 名詞 ｟くだけて ｠1 U C 〖単数形で 〗(不快な )騒音, 大騒ぎ (noise, din )▸ make quite a [a lot of, an awful ] racket かなりの [大きな, ひどい ]騒音を出す 2 C (ゆすり たかり 密輸などの )違法な金もうけ ▸ drugs [extortion, gambling ] rackets 薬物 [ゆすり, 博打 （ばくち ）]での不正な金もうけ 3 C ｟俗 ｠商売, 飯 （めし ）の種 .動詞 自動詞 浮かれ騒ぐ, 騒ぎ回る (around, about ).
racketeer
rack et eer /ræ̀kətɪ́ə r /名詞 C 違法な手段で金もうけをする人, たかり, ゆすり .動詞 自動詞 他動詞 (〈人 〉を )ゆする, たかる, 脅迫する .
racketeering
r à ck et é er ing /-tɪ́ ə rɪŋ /名詞 U 不正な金もうけ ; ゆすり, たかり .
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