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fracker

fracker noun: a person or organization employed in fracking.

Noun

fracker (plural frackers)

  1. A person or organization employed in fracking.
    • Slowly, they marched toward a bigger role in the fracking industry. When competing Texas frackers looked to freeze the brothers out from the companies that distribute the sand needed to drill, the siblings opened their own sand quarry to thrive.2015 July 25, Theodore Schleifer, “First on CNN: Billionaire brothers give Cruz super PAC $15 million”, in CNN
    • Conoco on Monday announced a $9.7 billion all-stock takeover of Concho Resources (CXO), a fracker squarely focused on the Permian Basin, the massive West Texas oilfield at the heart of the shale revolution.2020 October 19, Matt Egan, “The oil industry is in crisis. ConocoPhillips is doubling down”, in CNN Business

Forms of fracker

pluralfrackers

Origin of fracker

From frack + -er.

Questions about fracker

What does fracker mean?
Fracker means a person or organization employed in fracking.
What part of speech is fracker?
Fracker is a noun.
What is the plural of fracker?
The plural of fracker is frackers.

Words near fracker in the dictionary

  1. fracid
  2. fracing
  3. frack
  4. frackable
  5. fracked
  6. fracker
  7. frackers
  8. fracking
  9. frackings
  10. fracks
  11. fracktivist

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