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
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  • 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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  • The city is also sheltering at least 100,000 people who fled violence elsewhere in the country.
    — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • Cleaning Up Leaves in Early Spring Just like other pollinators, fireflies and their larvae also use fallen leaf litter as sheltering spots in spring.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 July 2026
Definition of sheltering
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  • And the Ithacan more than lives up to his reputation as the most obstinate hero in history, regularly taunting Poseidon (Miles Anderson) despite knowing the god will delay his return home.
    — Elaina Patton, IndieWire, 24 July 2026
  • This incident highlights a pattern of controversial behavior, from racist chants to taunting opponents, which has damaged their global image.
    — Shann Biglione, Forbes.com, 23 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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  • In 2023, he was found napping across a Hobart driveway for hours, blocking a local woman from getting to work, and was relocated after people and dogs began harassing him at another beach.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • The group has since agreed to dissolve its nonprofit status, following a lawsuit filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James accusing its members of harassing Palestinians.
    — Jake Offenhartz, Fortune, 15 July 2026
Definition of harassing
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  • The city already refers those found sleeping or camping outside to area services, such as emergency housing, case management and food assistance.
    — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
  • More states are passing anti-camping laws Williams was one of two people arrested in the park on June 28 and charged under Tennessee's no-camping law — the only one in the country to make sleeping on public property a felony.
    — Marissa J. Lang, NPR, 21 July 2026
Definition of camping
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  • 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
  • The character, Günter Van Ellis (Ivan Sherry), is seen pestering Oh Father (Daveed Diggs) and Homelander at the White House.
    — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 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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