barracking

verb

present participle of barrack
1
as in heckling

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2
as in sheltering

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for barracking
  1. heckling
  2. sheltering
  3. taunting
  4. quartering
  5. harassing
  6. camping
  7. pestering
  8. rooming
Verb
  • Eventually, Sinclair partisans took matters into their own hands by heckling the fake newsreels and disrupting screenings.
    — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Earlier this year, a fan at a Detroit Pistons-Cleveland Cavaliers game was ejected from Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena for heckling comments directed at Cavaliers guard Dennis Schröder.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 Sep. 2026
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  • Her family planned to ride out the storm at home, roughly a half-mile from shore, sheltering indoors alongside their flock of chickens.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The Virgin acts as both midwife and priest, sheltering the pregnant pilgrim from the storm and washing away her sins so that she, too, can be delivered.
    — Ellen O’Connell Whittet, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of sheltering
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  • After jawing with Oregon players, the junior linebacker was seen taunting the Oregon sideline and celebrating on his way back to USC’s side of the field.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Afroman went on to publish songs and music videos taunting the deputies, including one called Lemon Pound Cake that mocked the portly deputy for his apparent interest in the cake.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
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  • Which amendment prohibits quartering of troops in homes during peacetime?
    — Arthur Jones II, ABC News, 2 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, break the cauliflower into small florets, halving or quartering the larger ones, and rinse well.
    — Carole Kotkin, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026
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  • Kirschner said that his staff has been overwhelmed with homeless individuals causing property damage and harassing customers.
    — Melody Xu, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The host played an alcoholic cop hosting a talk show, harassing his guests and violating their civil liberties along with his partner, Mikey Day.
    — Charu Sinha, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of harassing
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  • The new Pickupmate Trunk from Chinese car camping specialist Wild Land is an impressive piece of truck camping kit that fuses several different products into one.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Corthell offered to introduce me to Tyler Hughes, who was also camping in the gayborhood.
    — David Alm, Longreads, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of camping
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  • Children became the sales force, pestering their parents for the latest product.
    — Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026
  • In the clip shared on social media, the bird appears poised to go after a second player before veering off at the last moment, then continues pestering several others on the field until the referee is forced to pause the game.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of pestering
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  • There wasn’t much original detail left from the era of merchant families; during the rooming-house years, details were stripped and fireplaces boarded over.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Through the course of rooming together in dorms at rookie minicamp, doing community service work, taking group trips to Braves games and, of course, navigating practices, the Falcons’ rookie class formed a tight bond.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of rooming
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