thrack

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/θɹæk/

verb

To load or burden.

OriginMiddle English *threkken ← Old English þryccan →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person thracks · participle present thracking · participle past thracked · past thracked

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo 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 corruptions

    1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London

Origin

  1. Old Englishþryccan“to press, oppress, afflict”
  2. Middle English*threkken
  3. Englishthrack

From Middle English *threkken, thrucchen, from Old English þryccan (“to press, oppress, afflict”). More at thrutch.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with thrack

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Anagrams

Kracht
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Chicago

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