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nerve-rack

nerve-rack is the alternative form of nerve rack.

Meaning of nerve rack

Noun

nerve rack (plural nerve racks)

  1. A state of extreme emotional distress from a nerve-racking experience.
    • A hypodermic will secure much needed rest and promptly relieve bone ache and nerve rack.1903, Burnside Foster, Saint Paul Medical Journal - Volume 5, page 372

Forms of nerve-rack

pluralnerve-racks

Questions about nerve-rack

What is nerve-rack the alternative form of?
Nerve-rack is the alternative form of nerve rack.

Words near nerve-rack in the dictionary

  1. nerve trunks
  2. nerve up
  3. nerve wrack
  4. nerve wracks
  5. nerve-jangling
  6. nerve-rack
  7. nerve-racked
  8. nerve-racking
  9. nerve-rackingly
  10. nerve-racks
  11. nerve-shredder

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