| rack | (noun) a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately | Synonyms: single-foot |
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| (noun) a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body | - |
| (noun) a support for displaying ot holding various articles | Synonyms: stand |
| (noun) an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims | Synonyms: wheel |
| (noun) the destruction or collapse of something | Synonyms: wrack |
| (noun) rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton | - |
| (verb) torture on the rack | - |
| (verb) seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block | - |
| (verb) place in a rack | Synonyms: rack up |
| (verb) work on a rack | - |
| (verb) stretch to the limits | - |
| (verb) torment emotionally or mentally | Synonyms: excruciate, torment, torture |
| (verb) go at a rack | Synonyms: single-foot |
| (verb) draw off from the lees | - |
| (verb) run before a gale | Synonyms: scud |
| (verb) fly in high wind | - |
| (verb) obtain by coercion or intimidation | Synonyms: extort, gouge, squeeze, wring |
| (verb) put on a rack and pinion | - |
| racker | (noun) an attendant who puts pool or billiard balls into a rack | - |
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| racket | (noun) an illegal enterprise (such as extortion or fraud or drug peddling or prostitution) carried on for profit | Synonyms: fraudulent scheme, illegitimate enterprise |
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| (noun) a sports implement (usually consisting of a handle and an oval frame with a tightly interlaced network of strings) used to strike a ball (or shuttlecock) in various games | Synonyms: racquet |
| (noun) the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience | Synonyms: dissonance, noise |
| (noun) a loud and disturbing noise | - |
| (verb) hit (a ball) with a racket | - |
| (verb) make loud and annoying noises | - |
| (verb) celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities | Synonyms: jollify, make happy, make merry, make whoopee, revel, wassail, whoop it up |
| racketeer | (noun) someone who commits crimes for profit (especially one who obtains money by fraud or extortion) | - |
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| (verb) carry on illegal business activities involving crime | - |
| racketeering | (noun) engaging in a racket | - |
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| racketiness | (noun) the auditory effect characterized by loud and constant noise | Synonyms: noisiness |
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| rackety | (adjective) uncontrollably noisy | Synonyms: rip-roaring, uproarious |
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| racking | (adjective) causing great physical or mental suffering | Synonyms: wrenching |
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