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barracking

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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.

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

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.

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

barrack·er n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.barrackingbarracking - 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"
Translations
barracking [ˈbærəkɪŋ] (esp Brit) Nabucheo m
barracking [ˈbærəkɪŋ] n (British) to give sb a barracking (= heckle) [+ speaker, performer] → chahuter qn
barracking1
n (Mil) → Kasernierung f

barracking2
nPfeifen nt, → Zischen nt, → Buhrufe pl; to get a barrackingausgepfiffen werden
barracking [ˈbærəkɪŋ] n (Brit) to give sb a barrackingsubissare qn di grida e fischi
barracking [ˈbærəkɪŋ] n (Brit) to give sb a barrackingsubissare qn di grida e fischi


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The undiplomatic boos and barracking which greeted American and British leaders at the Johannesburg Summit in September demonstrated how deeply these divisions are felt not just on the streets, but in the corridors of power.
While the Government-UNITA dialogue had been maintained, the military situation had been stable and progress had been achieved with the partial barracking of the FM and the rapid reaction police, "the overall achievements fall well short of what the Security Council had been led to expect", the Secretary-General reported.
The undiplomatic boos and barracking which greeted American and British leaders at the Johannesburg Summit in September demonstrated how deeply these divisions are felt not just on the streets, but in the corridors of power.
 
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