rackings

Meanings

Verb

• go at a rack
• stretch to the limits
• put on a rack and pinion
• obtain by coercion or intimidation
• run before a gale
• fly in high wind
• draw off from the lees
• torment emotionally or mentally
• work on a rack
• seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block
• torture on the rack

Noun

• plural of racking

Synonyms

excruciate, extort, gouge, rack, scud, single-foot, squeeze, torment, torture, wring