fracking

/ˈfɹækɪŋ/

fracking noun: hydraulic fracturing.

Noun

fracking (usually uncountable, plural frackings)

(usually, oil industry) Hydraulic fracturing.
- Still, environmentalists look to the U.S., where drilling with fracking is now a “megatrend” and where thousands of wells dot the landscape in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Colorado. They worry about higher greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional natural gas—because of the energy used to get the...2010 July 25, Andrew Chung, “Quebec between a rock and a hard place on gas from shale”, in Toronto Star, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2010, retrieved 26 Jul 2010
- There is strong resistance in much of Europe to fracking, the practice of forcing liquid and sand into wells to release trapped oil and gas. France has a ban on fracking, Germany has imposed a moratorium, and opposition has cropped up and sometimes delayed shale exploration in Eastern European...2014 November 9, Stanley Reed, “Britain Plans for Future of Shale Oil and Gas Industry”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 18 Jan 2022

fracking (not comparable)

(euphemistic, slang) Fucking.
- He's a fracking hawk the likes of which Hopkins never imagined — he's a blue darter.1991, James Whitehead, Joiner, →ISBN, page 79
- As we said before, will someone please agree on a fracking dual videocard standard?2006 January, “Best Pentium Chipset”, in Maximum PC, page 27

फ्रैकिंग, फ्रेकिंग

ஃப்ராக்கிங், ஃப்ராகிங், ஃபிராக்கிங்

फ्रॅकिंग, फ्रेकिंग

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Still, environmentalists look to the U.S., where drilling with fracking is now a “megatrend” and where thousands of wells dot the landscape in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Colorado.2010 July 25, Andrew Chung, “Quebec between a rock and a hard place on gas from shale”, in Toronto Star, archived from the original on 28...
There is strong resistance in much of Europe to fracking, the practice of forcing liquid and sand into wells to release trapped oil and gas.2014 November 9, Stanley Reed, “Britain Plans for Future of Shale Oil and Gas Industry”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the...
Slowly, they marched toward a bigger role in the fracking industry.2015 July 25, Theodore Schleifer, “First on CNN: Billionaire brothers give Cruz super PAC $15 million”, in CNN:
The fracking boom has been fuelled mostly by overheated investment capital, not by cash flow.2018 August 30, Bethany McLean, “How America's ‘most reckless’ billionaire created the fracking boom”, in The Guardian:

From frack (“fracture”) + -ing.

From frack + -ing.

What does fracking mean?: Fracking means hydraulic fracturing.
What is fracking in Hindi?: Fracking in Hindi is फ्रैकिंग, फ्रेकिंग. See Fracking meaning in Hindi.
How do you use fracking in a sentence?: Still, environmentalists look to the U.S., where drilling with fracking is now a “megatrend” and where thousands of wells dot the landscape in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Colorado.
What part of speech is fracking?: Fracking can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce fracking?: Fracking is pronounced /ˈfɹækɪŋ/.
What is the plural of fracking?: The plural of fracking is frackings.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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