Meanings
verboverrack (third-person singular simple present overracks, present participle overracking, simple past and past participle overracked)
present singular third person overracks · participle present overracking · participle past overracked · past overracked
- archaictransitiveTo torture beyond bearing.
Origin
From over- + rack. Not apparently continuing Old English oferreċċan.
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APA
overrack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overrack
MLA
“overrack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overrack. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overrack,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overrack.
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