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
Definition of heckling
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  • The other half of the floor is then an empty vestibule for sheltering all kinds of gear and luggage.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The midday heat is stifling, even more so for Eilyn Solano, who has been sheltering in a tent for over 100 days.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of sheltering
Verb
  • At the trial, Hreljanovic’s lawyers sought to introduce the videos of DeFalco taunting their client — but the judge didn’t allow it.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Yet there Culkin is, taunting the District tributes and putting on a show for the Capitol elites in the trailers for the upcoming film.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of taunting
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  • Head down, the deer came closer, quartering across the field.
    — Don J. Dinndorf, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Which amendment prohibits quartering of troops in homes during peacetime?
    — Arthur Jones II, ABC News, 2 July 2026
Definition of quartering
Verb
  • However, Fox’s family didn’t feel satisfied with the way that FedEx handled Fox’s complaints to HR about her colleagues harassing her and filed a lawsuit against the company.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2026
  • As the divide between union members and Medieval Times loyalists deepened, anonymous troll accounts surfaced and began posting content harassing those on the picket line.
    — Alessandra Schade, Vanity Fair, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of harassing
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  • Three summers ago, over Father’s Day weekend, my family and I went camping in the Lincoln National Forest, just a few hours drive north of our home in El Paso, Texas.
    — Cengiz Yar, ProPublica, 3 Nov. 2026
  • With a few exceptions, practices for base-camping teams weren’t open to fans, which could have altered their decision to remain in Kansas City.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of camping
Verb
  • Andrew Dismukes as Sam-I-Am is pestering the unnamed breakfast hater (Mikey Day).
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Children became the sales force, pestering their parents for the latest product.
    — Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 31 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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