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