Definitions
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- verb Present participle of
barrack .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun shouting to interrupt a speech with which you disagree
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Examples
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The SNP is just getting the same kind of barracking it dishes out to others for the benefit of the headlines.
Empty chairs at empty tables Jeff 2007
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A slight tendency towards "barracking" on the part of the crowd was quickly stifled, however, by a brilliant effort from James, who by means of all-round play built up an attractive break of
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-21 Various
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"barracking" of the crowd were supremely diverting.
Some Everyday Folk and Dawn Miles Franklin 1916
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Intimidation and bureaucratic barracking soon followed.
Patrick Galey: History Provides Comfort for Beleaguered UN Court Patrick Galey 2010
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Miliband decided to risk serious barracking by telling the TUC he could not support the strikes, even though industrial action was sometimes a necessary last resort.
Ed Miliband endures rough ride at TUC after criticism of pension strike action 2011
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Not barracking, not trying to score points, but chatting to each other because their private conversations were more interesting than anything he might be saying.
You cannot be serious, Mr Cameron | Simon Hoggart's sketch 2011
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Others seek their Independence through bullets, bombs and barracking.
There ain't no cure for these SNP blues? Alan Smart 2009
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Intimidation and bureaucratic barracking soon followed.
Patrick Galey: History Provides Comfort for Beleaguered UN Court Patrick Galey 2010
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The noisiest barracking came from 75-year-old Sir Edward Elgar.
A stage of her own: Elisabeth Scott and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre 2011
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Although unashamedly barracking for “Team Jacob”, she will attempt to avoid any other media brainwashing about the movie.
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