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thracking

thracking is the present participle and gerund of thrack.

Meaning of thrack

Verb

thrack (third-person singular simple present thracks, present participle thracking, simple past and past participle thracked)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To load or burden.
    • But certainly we shall one day find , that the strait gate is too narrow for any man to come bustling in , thrack'd with great possessions, and greater corruptions1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London

Questions about thracking

What is thracking the present participle and gerund of?
Thracking is the present participle and gerund of thrack.

Words near thracking in the dictionary

  1. Thracians
  2. thraciid
  3. thraciids
  4. thrack
  5. thracked
  6. thracking
  7. thrackle
  8. thrackles
  9. thracks
  10. thrackscat
  11. Thraco-

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