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US
/ˈbæɹək, ˈbɛɹək/
]
[ UK /bˈæɹək/ ]
[ UK /bˈæɹək/ ]
VERB
-
laugh at with contempt and derision
The crowd jeered at the speaker - lodge in barracks
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spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers
NOUN
- a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel
How To Use barrack In A Sentence
- They will certainly enjoy some respite from the negative headlines which have been barracking them in recent weeks, which maybe renders the result palatable for all.
- He is also considering converting an army barracks and possibly a mental hospital into new open prisons. Times, Sunday Times
- He is also considering converting an army barracks and possibly a mental hospital into new open prisons. Times, Sunday Times
- Contemporary drawings show that the cookhouse was badly cracked as was the barracks and one of the caponiers had completely detached itself.
- He and his fellow squaddies are not the only new recruits to arrive in the barracks. Times, Sunday Times
- Miliband decided to risk serious barracking by telling the TUC he could not support the strikes, even though industrial action was sometimes a necessary last resort. Ed Miliband endures rough ride at TUC after criticism of pension strike action
- These imports are used to feed patients in hospitals, learners in schools and soldiers in the army barracks.
- Barrack Obama was named after his Kenya immigrant father and the given name means " blessed.
- He was affected badly by the barracking that he got from the crowd.
- The conditions in these barracks are not condonable but they are better than living in a tent and sleeping on the ground. Decrepit Army Barracks Exposed on YouTube - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com
