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nerve rack

nerve rack noun: a state of extreme emotional distress from a nerve-racking experience.

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
    • Prayer has been abundantly answered in my case, and I desire your further intercessions that right soon all nerve rack and strain may pass away and that I may be once more full of power and vigor for the work of the Lord.1917, The Christian Workers Magazine - Volume 18, page 420

Forms of nerve rack

pluralnerve racks
alternative formnerve-rack
alternative formnerverack
alternative formnerve wrack
alternative formnerve-wrack
alternative formnervewrack

Questions about nerve rack

What does nerve rack mean?
Nerve rack means a state of extreme emotional distress from a nerve-racking experience.
What part of speech is nerve rack?
Nerve rack is a noun.
What is the plural of nerve rack?
The plural of nerve rack is nerve racks.

Words near nerve rack in the dictionary

  1. nerve nets
  2. nerve of the pterygoid canal
  3. nerve of Wrisberg
  4. nerve out
  5. nerve palsy
  6. nerve rack
  7. nerve racks
  8. nerve trunk
  9. nerve trunks
  10. nerve up
  11. nerve wrack

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