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Rax

//ɹæks// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    barracks slang

    "Eventually they just broke our base and took out every single one of our raxes."

Verb
  1. 1
    To stretch; stretch out. Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive

    "Shoeless, he stood naked on his toes, his arms raxed upwards."

  2. 2
    To reach out; reach or attain to. Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
  3. 3
    To extend the hand to; hand or pass something. Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive

    "Please rax me the pitcher."

  4. 4
    To perform the act of reaching or stretching; stretch oneself; reach for or try to obtain something Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive
  5. 5
    To stretch after sleep. Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English raxen, rasken (“to stretch oneself”), from Old English raxan, racsan (“to stretch oneself after sleep”), probably alteration, with formative s, of Old English rǣċan, ræċċan, reċċan (“to stretch, extend”), from Proto-Germanic *rakjaną (“to stretch”), from Proto-Indo-European *reǵ- (“to make straight”). Related to Dutch rekken (“to stretch”), German recken (“to stretch”), Swedish räcka (“to suffice, reach, pass, last”).

Etymology 2

Shortening of barracks.

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