Racking

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rack \Rack\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Racked} (r[a^]kt); p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Racking}.] [See {Rack} that which stretches, or
     {Rock}, v.]
     To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the
     body; to pace; -- said of a horse. --Fuller.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Racking \Rack"ing\, n. (Naut.)
     Spun yarn used in racking ropes.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  racking
       adj : causing great physical or mental suffering; "a wrenching
             pain" [syn: {wrenching}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "racking":
     acute, afflictive, agonizing, atrocious, barbarous, biting,
     consuming, cramping, cruel, desolating, distressing, excruciating,
     ferocious, fierce, gnawing, grave, griping, hard, harrowing, harsh,
     heartbreaking, heartrending, heartsickening, heartwounding,
     hurtful, hurting, inhuman, painful, paroxysmal, piercing, poignant,
     pungent, rending, savage, severe, sharp, shooting, spasmatic,
     spasmic, spasmodic, stabbing, stinging, tearing, tormenting,
     torturing, torturous