frack

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɹæk/ === Etymology 1 === From an abbreviated form of fracture. Also found in English hydrofracking. ==== Verb ==== frack (third-person singular simple present fracks, present participle fracking, simple past and past participle fracked) (oil industry, ambitransitive) To employ hydraulic fracturing (fracking). ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === Original and alternative spelling for English frak. See frak. ==== Alternative forms ==== frac, frak ==== Verb ==== frack (third-person singular simple present fracks, present participle fracking, simple past and past participle fracked) (slang, euphemistic) Fuck. Synonyms: eff, feck, frak, frig; see also Thesaurus:copulate, Thesaurus:copulate with === Etymology 3 === ==== Adjective ==== frack (comparative more frack, superlative most frack) Alternative form of freck. === Further reading === hydraulic fracturing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Frack”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC. == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Frack. First attested in 1735. === Noun === frack c a tailcoat ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== smoking (“tuxedo; dinner jacket”) === References === “frack”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “frack”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “frack”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)