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Definition: Barracking |
BarrackingNoun1. Shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: BarrackingSynonym: heckling (n). (additional references) |
| "Barracking" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 55.00% of the time. "Barracking" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 55% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 40% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (proper) | 5% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 20 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "barracking": no-barracking. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "barracking"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 喝'采. (various references) | |
German | kasernierend. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 応援 (aid, assistance, cheering, help, reinforcement, rooting, support). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おうえ" (aid, assistance, cheering, chrome yellow, help, reinforcement, rooting, support). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arrackingbay.(various references) | |
Swedish | buanden, visslingar, missnöjesyttring. (various references) | |
Ukranian | осміяння (derision, mock, mockery, ridicule). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Barracking" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: baracchini, barrackings, barrassing. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-c-g-i-k-n-r-r" | |
-2 letters: ringbark. | |
-3 letters: arcking, arraign, backing, bargain, barking, barrack, barring, bracing, braking, carabin, carbarn, carking, racking. | |
-4 letters: acinar, agaric, airbag, arabic, arcing, arnica, arrack, baaing, baking, baring, caking, carina, caring, crania, racing, raking, raring. | |
-5 letters: abaci, aback, acari, acing, again, agria, bairn, baric, brain, brank, briar, brick, bring, brink, cabin, cairn, cigar, crank, garni, gnarr, grain, grana, kabar, kiang, naira, naric, rabic. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-c-g-i-k-n-r-r" | |
+4 letters: quarterbacking. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 61 72 72 61 63 6B 69 6E 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- .-. .-. .- -.-. -.- .. -. --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100001 01110010 01110010 01100001 01100011 01101011 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B a r r a c k i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0061 0072 0072 0061 0063 006B 0069 006E 0067 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36678484676977758073 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Derivations 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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