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rack time

rack time noun: any amount of free time to sleep or rest.

Noun

rack time (uncountable)

  1. (informal) Any amount of free time to sleep or rest.
    • After fifty-two hours awake, it sure will feel good to get some rack time!

Origin of rack time

Most probably coined in the military. Compare rack, a nautical term for a bunk bed.

Questions about rack time

What does rack time mean?
Rack time means any amount of free time to sleep or rest.
What part of speech is rack time?
Rack time is a noun.

Words near rack time in the dictionary

  1. rack rates
  2. rack rent
  3. rack rents
  4. rack rod
  5. rack rods
  6. rack time
  7. rack unit
  8. rack units
  9. rack up
  10. rack-and-pinion railway
  11. rack-mountable

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