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
  • In this era of the manosphere, avoidable wars, and UFC heckling on the White House lawn, that feels healthy.
    — Amrit Dhir, New York Daily News, 11 July 2026
  • At that very course, Rory McIlroy and other members of Team Europe were the subject of taunts and heckling that got in the way of the Ryder Cup this past summer.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026
Definition of heckling
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  • Animals sheltering underground or in water would have had a better chance of surviving the initial heat pulse.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Many people are sheltering in Bordeaux, which is France’s sixth-most populous metropolitan area.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 27 July 2026
Definition of sheltering
Verb
  • Gunther once again took his attention away from Aldis by taunting Aldis’ wife—WWE Hall of Famer Mickie James—and his son Donovan.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The ancient namesake ammunition detailed by researchers at Spain’s Autonomous University of Barcelona is only the latest example of Roman soldiers’ penchant for taunting their enemies from afar.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 July 2026
Definition of taunting
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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
Definition of quartering
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  • Moreno asked the Ohio judge overseeing the case to grant a restraining order that would prohibit Miller from harassing, physically touching, and/or verbally or electronically threatening Moreno’s counsel.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026
  • Baldoni denied ever harassing Lively or retaliating against her.
    — Martha Ross, Mercury News, 31 July 2026
Definition of harassing
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  • The 39-year-old was camping with wife Hayley Hubbard, who came to the rescue, and their three children, Olivia Rose, 8, Luca Reed, 6 and Atlas Roy, 5, when the trip took a painful turn.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026
  • The flash flood, triggered by a period of sudden heavy rainfall, hit a scenic area in the province's Weiyuan county in the afternoon and trapped some tourists who were camping.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 July 2026
Definition of camping
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  • 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
  • Bonner brought the bull market with him to CSUF, bringing his pressing, pestering and passionate style of play to a fanbase starved for success.
    — Brian Robin, Oc Register, 8 June 2026
Definition of pestering
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  • 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
  • The couple takes in a boarder, Herald Loomis, whose search for his missing wife draws the house into a reckoning with forces — both human and supernatural — that haunt everyone who is rooming there.
    — Zak Cheney-Rice, Vulture, 13 May 2026
Definition of rooming
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