fracking

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɹækɪŋ/ === Etymology 1 === From frack (“fracture”) +‎ -ing. ==== Alternative forms ==== fraccing, fracing ==== Noun ==== fracking (usually uncountable, plural frackings) (oil industry) Hydraulic fracturing. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → German: Fracking → Korean: 프래킹 (peuraeking) → Spanish: fracking ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From frack +‎ -ing. ==== Adjective ==== fracking (not comparable) (slang, euphemistic, bowdlerization) Fucking. === Further reading === hydraulic fracturing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English fracking. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfɾakin/ [ˈfɾa.kĩn] Rhymes: -akin === Noun === fracking m (uncountable) fracking ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.