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stacking Synonyms & Antonyms

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Common synonyms for stacking are build up, stack up and gerrymander.

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Stacking as a Noun

1

The act by which something is stacked.

the number of possible stackings of eight boxes

2

Sport stacking.

3

A stacked arrangement of often aromatic molecules, adopted due to interatomic interactions.

4

Making claims for a single incident on multiple insurance policies.

5

An image processing technique to reduce noise or add special effects.

6

A technique for keeping a captive audience by grouping together programs with similar appeal.

Stacking as a Verb

1

present participle and gerund of stack

2

To arrange in a stack, or to add to an existing stack.

Please stack those chairs in the corner.

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3

To arrange the cards in a deck in a particular manner.

This is the third hand in a row where you've drawn four of a kind. Someone is stacking the deck!

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4

To take all the money another player currently has on the table.

I won Jill's last $100 this hand; I stacked her!

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5

To deliberately distort the composition of (an assembly, committee, etc.).

The Government was accused of stacking the parliamentary committee.

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6

To crash; to fall.

Jim couldn′t make it today as he stacked his car on the weekend.

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7

To operate cumulatively.

A magical widget will double your mojo. And yes, they do stack: if you manage to get two magical widgets, your mojo will be quadrupled. With three, it will be octupled, and so forth.

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8

To place (aircraft) into a holding pattern.

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9

To collect precious metal in the form of various small objects such as coins and bars.

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Stacking in a Sentence

the number of possible stackings of eight boxes

Please stack those chairs in the corner.

This is the third hand in a row where you've drawn four of a kind. Someone is stacking the deck!

I won Jill's last $100 this hand; I stacked her!

The Government was accused of stacking the parliamentary committee.

Jim couldn′t make it today as he stacked his car on the weekend.

A magical widget will double your mojo. And yes, they do stack: if you manage to get two magical widgets, your mojo will be quadrupled. With three, it will be octupled, and so forth.

Word Forms & Grammar

stacking (countable and uncountable, plural stackings)

stacking

Words That Rhyme With Stacking

Origin of Stacking

By surface analysis, stack +‎ -ing. Compare Middle English stakkynge.

Word Facts for Stacking

Part of speechnoun, verb
MeaningThe act by which something is stacked
Synonymsbuild up, stack up and gerrymander
Pluralstackings