frack

fræk

Definition

Conjugation

Definition of frack - Reverso English Dictionary

Verb

oil industry

intr.

use hydraulic fracturing to extract oil or gas

intr.

The company plans to frack in the new site.

drill

extract

hydraulic fracturing

clean substitute

tr.

Slang

use as a euphemism for a vulgar term

tr.

Slang

I don't give a frack about it.

censor

sanitize

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Origin of frack

English, blend of frack (fracture)

Examples of frack in a sentence

Environmentalists are concerned about the impact of fracking.
Why the frack did you do that?
He doesn't frack around when it comes to deadlines.

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French:fracturer, ficher, ...
German:fracken, nicht kümmern, ...
Italian:fratturare, infischiarsene, ...
Spanish:fracturar, demonios, ...
Portuguese:fraturar, ligar, ...
Chinese:进行水力压裂, 理会, ...
Japanese:水圧破砕を行う, 気にしない, ...
Arabic:كَسَّرَ هيدروليكياً, استخدم تعبيرًا ملطفًا لكلمة بذيئة, ...
Hebrew:לְבַצֵּעַ פְּרַקִינְג, לְהִשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ בְּמִלָּה כְּתַחְלִיף מְנוּמָס לְמִלָּה גַּסָּה, ...
Russian:заниматься гидроразрывом, плевать, ...
Ukrainian:фракувати, не паритись, ...
Hindi:हाइड्रोलिक फ्रैक्चरिंग करना, परवाह नहीं करना, ...
Bengali:ফ্র্যাক করা, একটুও পরোয়া না করা, ...
Catalan:fracturar hidràulicament, utilitzar com a eufemisme, ...
Czech:frakovat, použít mírnější náhražku za vulgární výraz, ...
Danish:fracke, bande, ...
Dutch:fracken, moer schelen, ...
Greek:κάνω υδραυλική ρωγμάτωση, δεν δίνω δεκάρα, ...
Hungarian:frakkolni, enyhébb szóval helyettesíteni egy trágár kifejezést, ...
Khmer:បំបែកស្រទាប់ថ្មដោយសម្ពាធរាវ, ប្រើពាក្យសុភាពជំនួសពាក្យគ្រោតគ្រាត, ...
Korean:프래킹하다, 신경 쓰다, ...
Persian:شکست هیدرولیکی انجام دادن, اهمیت نداد, ...
Polish:szczelinować, mieć gdzieś, ...
Portuguese (BR):fraturar, usar eufemismo, ...
Romanian:a fractura, a folosi un eufemism, ...
Swedish:fracka, ...
Thai:ใช้วิธีแตกชั้นหินด้วยแรงดันน้ำเพื่อสกัดน้ำมันหรือก๊าซ, ไม่แคร์, ...
Turkish:kırmak, argo kullanmak, ...
Vietnamese:khoan nứt vỡ thủy lực, thèm quan tâm, ...

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