barracking

verb

Definition of barrackingnext
present participle of barrack
1
as in heckling

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2
as in sheltering

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barracking
  1. sheltering
  2. harassing
  3. boarding
  4. bestowing
  5. harboring
  6. accommodating
  7. lodging
  8. teasing
Verb
  • Although much of Malibu was under evacuation orders, sheltering in place was the university’s primary plan during wildfires, developed in consultation with fire officials, said Michael Friel, a university spokesman.
    Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
  • At the end of 2023, 117,000 additional dogs and cats were in the animal sheltering system compared to the same time the year before.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of sheltering
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  • So what’s her message to bad-faith actors harassing others in her name?
    Sean Gregory, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Government agents were harassing the family because Manuel and his wife had participated in anti-government protests a few years earlier.
    Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of harassing
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  • In 1987, the Tribune reported the farm had appeared on a wish list of $100 million worth of land acquisitions drawn up by the Forest Preserve District, raising concerns by the Bolger family and equestrians who were boarding their horses on the property.
    Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Before boarding your next flight this holiday season, scoop up this plush two-in-one travel blanket and pillow.
    Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of boarding
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  • Apfel, known for her modernist-Rocco flair, is no doubt gazing down on author Ari Seth Cohen and his new book Advanced Pets, bestowing her approval.
    R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The act of bestowing someone with a name or appellation.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of bestowing
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  • White Mountain Apache police said the inmate could be with other people who are possibly harboring or assisting him.
    Olivia Rose, The Arizona Republic, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Under federal law, knowingly harboring undocumented migrants is a felony.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of harboring
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  • In accommodating a young family, Ainscough’s brief meant carving out special—and sometimes small—spaces.
    Katherine Burns Olson, Architectural Digest, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Without accommodating multiple actors—HTS, Kurdish communities, local notables—no economic arrangement can endure.
    Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of accommodating
Verb
  • This approach aims to increase productivity by over 50 percent, enabling the company to expand its product range to mid-rise townhouses, multi-family homes, and lodging facilities.
    Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 10 Dec. 2024
  • In county governments across the country, officials who fear elections are vulnerable to fraud have been taking matters into their own hands, lodging protests and investigations.
    Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of lodging
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  • Their jacket flaps include marketing copy designed to entice a browser to buy (and, ideally, read) them, teasing the details of their plot, their mood, or the flavor of their prose.
    Tajja Isen, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2024
  • While the pop star typically wears her hair in big, bombshell curls, this set was especially fluffy and voluminous, definitely the result of some Velcro rollers, a teasing comb, and a large-barrel curling iron.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of teasing
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