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racking off

racking off is the present participle and gerund of rack off.

Meaning of rack off

Verb

rack off (third-person singular simple present racks off, present participle racking off, simple past and past participle racked off)

  1. (Australia, imperative, informal, often) To go away; to sod off.
    • The gorgeous mad Argentinian who came flying in like a whirlwind before racking off until the next day told me that my face is Argentinian. I hope that′s good.2002, Lydia Laube, Llama for Lunch, published 2010, unnumbered page
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rack, off.
    • They do not, however, make use of their cider-spirit till they have racked off their cider, about the first of January.1824, Thomas Greene Fessenden, The New England Farmer, volume 2, page 89

Questions about racking off

What is racking off the present participle and gerund of?
Racking off is the present participle and gerund of rack off.

Words near racking off in the dictionary

  1. rackin'
  2. racking
  3. racking bend
  4. racking bends
  5. racking in
  6. racking off
  7. racking one's brain
  8. racking one's brains
  9. racking up
  10. rackingly
  11. rackings

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