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barracking

bar·rack 1

 (băr′ək)

tr.v. bar·racked, bar·rack·ing, bar·racks

To house (soldiers, for example) in quarters.

n. often barracks

1. A building or group of buildings used to house military personnel.

2. A large, unadorned building used for temporary occupancy.

[From French baraque, hut made of planks, barrack, from Middle French barraque, ultimately (via Old Provençal baraca Old Spanish barraca) from Catalan barraca, hut, perhaps partly from a source akin to Spanish varga, thatched hut (of unknown origin) and partly from medieval Andalusian Arabic *barrāka, perhaps meaning "hut for resting beasts of burden" (from Arabic barraka, to make (a camel) kneel; akin to Akkadian birku and Hebrew berek, knee).]

bar·rack 2

 (băr′ək)

v. bar·racked, bar·rack·ing, bar·racks

v.intr.

1. Chiefly British To jeer or shout at a player, speaker, or team.

2. Australian To shout support for a team.

v.tr. Chiefly British

To shout against; jeer at.

[Perhaps from Irish dialectal barrack, to brag; akin to brag.]

bar′rack·er n.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun1.barracking - shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagreebarracking - shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree

disruption, interruption, gap, break - an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity; "it was presented without commercial breaks"; "there was a gap in his account"

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Translations

barracking

[ˈbærəkɪŋ] (esp Brit) N → abucheo m

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barracking

[ˈbærəkɪŋ] n (British) to give sb a barracking (= heckle) [+ speaker, performer] → chahuter qn

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barracking

1

n (Mil) → Kasernierung f

barracking

2

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