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nerve racks

nerve racks is the plural 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

Questions about nerve racks

What is nerve racks the plural of?
Nerve racks is the plural of nerve rack.

Words near nerve racks in the dictionary

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

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