Main Entry:

²stack

Function:

verb

Date:

14th century

transitive verb

1 a: to arrange in a stack : pile b: to pile in or on <stacked the table with books> <stack the dishwasher>2 a: to arrange secretly for cheating <stack a deck of cards> b: to arrange or fix so as to make a particular result likely <the odds are stacked against us> <will stack juries to suit themselves — Patrice Horn>3 a: to assign (an airplane) by radio to a particular altitude and position within a group circling before landing b: to put into a waiting line <another dozen rigs are stacked up and waiting — P. H. Hutchins, Jr.>4: compare —used with against<such a crime is nothing when stacked against a murder — Pete Censky>intransitive verb: to form a stack

— stack·er noun