barracking

bar·rack ¹  (brk)

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

To house (soldiers, for example) in quarters.

n.

1. A building or group of buildings used to house military personnel. Often used in the plural.

2. A large, unadorned building used for temporary occupancy. Often used in the plural.

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[From French baraques, barracks, from Spanish barracas, soldiers' tents or huts.]

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bar·rack ²  (brk)

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.

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

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barrack·er n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

barracking - shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree heckling 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"

Translations

barracking [ˈbærəkɪŋ] (esp Brit) N → abucheo m

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

barracking¹

n (Mil) → Kasernierung f

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barracking²

n → Pfeifen nt, → Zischen nt, → Buhrufe pl; to get a barracking → ausgepfiffen werden

barracking [ˈbærəkɪŋ] n (Brit) to give sb a barracking → subissare qn di grida e fischi

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barracking [ˈbærəkɪŋ] n (Brit) to give sb a barracking → subissare qn di grida e fischi