barracking

barracking is the present participle and gerund of barrack.

Noun

barracking (plural barrackings)

An act of jeering or heckling.
- It's the sort of mindset in which you don't take in the words of praise, only the boss's criticism and the barrackings of the crowd.2012, Rob White, Julie Welch, The Ghost: In Search of My Father the Football Legend, page 106
(Australia, New Zealand) The act of cheering for or supporting a team.
- The only really unique aspect of Australian barracking is its idiom, the distinctive language and humour involved.1988, J. A. Mangan, editor, Pleasure, Profit, Proselytism: British Culture and Sport at Home and Abroad 1700-1914, page 266
- I had by then explained to him my custom of occasionally listening to Australian Rules Football on our shortwave radio of a Saturday afternoon; how, despite my barracking for Essendon, I thought a player from Geelong, Gary Ablett, the best I had ever seen.2009, Roger Averill, Boy He Cry: An Island Odyssey, page 115

barrack (third-person singular simple present barracks, present participle barracking, simple past and past participle barracked)

(transitive) To house military personnel; to quarter.
- Where the men were barracked alone, unnatural crime prevailed : where the women were barracked, contrivances were made to render such a place a brothel.1825, Richard Carlile, The Republican, volume 11, page 276
(intransitive) To live in barracks.

barrack (third-person singular simple present barracks, present participle barracking, simple past and past participle barracked)

(UK, transitive) To jeer and heckle; to attempt to disconcert by verbal means.
- I knew that he had been barracked at times, but I did not realise that he was so sensitive.1934, Herbert Chapman, Herbert Chapman on Football, page 140
Synonyms:

badger, jeer, tease, make fun of, gird, heckle, roast, taunt
(Australia, New Zealand, intransitive) To cheer for or support a team.
- The only really unique aspect of Australian barracking is its idiom, the distinctive language and humour involved.1988, J. A. Mangan, editor, Pleasure, Profit, Proselytism: British Culture and Sport at Home and Abroad 1700-1914, page 266
Synonyms:

cheer, root for, acclaim, acclamate, applaud, hail, beclap, cheer on, clap, encheer

plural	barrackings

What does barracking mean?: Barracking means an act of jeering or heckling.
What is barracking the present participle and gerund of?: Barracking is the present participle and gerund of barrack.
What part of speech is barracking?: Barracking is a noun.
What is the plural of barracking?: The plural of barracking is barrackings.

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