Words that rhyme with cracking

  • aching
    adj 1: causing a dull and steady pain; "my aching head"; "her old achy joints" [syn: aching, achy] n 1: a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain [syn: ache, aching]
  • acting
    adj 1: serving temporarily especially as a substitute; "the acting president" n 1: the performance of a part or role in a drama [syn: acting, playing, playacting, performing]
  • attacking
    adj 1: disposed to attack [syn: assaultive, attacking(a)]
  • backbreaking
    adj 1: characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace" [syn: arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome]
  • backing
    n 1: the act of providing approval and support; "his vigorous backing of the conservatives got him in trouble with progressives" [syn: backing, backup, championship, patronage] 2: something forming a back that is added for strengthening [syn: backing, mount] 3: financial resources provided to make some project possible; "the foundation provided support for the experiment" [syn: support, financial support, funding, backing, financial backing]
  • baking
    adj 1: as hot as if in an oven [syn: baking, baking hot] n 1: making bread or cake or pastry etc. 2: cooking by dry heat in an oven
  • blacking
    n 1: a substance used to produce a shiny protective surface on footwear [syn: shoe polish, blacking]
  • breaking
    n 1: the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable" [syn: breakage, break, breaking]
  • breathtaking
    adj 1: tending to cause suspension of regular breathing; "a breathless flight"; "breathtaking adventure" [syn: breathless, breathtaking]
  • bushwhacking
    adj 1: lying in ambush; "bushwhacking guerrillas attacking from ambush"
  • dressmaking
    n 1: the craft of making dresses
  • happening
    n 1: an event that happens [syn: happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event]
  • lacking
    adj 1: inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting" [syn: deficient, lacking(p), wanting(p)] 2: nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was lacking" [syn: lacking, absent, missing, wanting]
  • making
    n 1: the act that results in something coming to be; "the devising of plans"; "the fashioning of pots and pans"; "the making of measurements"; "it was already in the making" [syn: devising, fashioning, making] 2: an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something; "her qualifications for the job are excellent"; "one of the qualifications for admission is an academic degree"; "she has the makings of fine musician" [syn: qualification, making] 3: (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something; "the recipe listed all the makings for a chocolate cake"
  • packing
    n 1: any material used especially to protect something [syn: packing material, packing, wadding] 2: the enclosure of something in a package or box [syn: packing, boxing] 3: carrying something in a pack on the back; "the backpacking of oxygen is essential for astronauts" [syn: packing, backpacking]
  • racking
    adj 1: causing great physical or mental suffering; "a wrenching pain" [syn: racking, wrenching]
  • sacking
    n 1: coarse fabric used for bags or sacks [syn: sacking, bagging] 2: the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) [syn: dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking]
  • shaking
    n 1: the act of causing something to move up and down (or back and forth) with quick movements 2: a shaky motion; "the shaking of his fingers as he lit his pipe" [syn: shaking, shakiness, trembling, quiver, quivering, vibration, palpitation]
  • slacking
    n 1: the evasion of work or duty [syn: shirking, slacking, soldiering, goofing off, goldbricking]
  • smacking
    n 1: the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand [syn: smack, smacking, slap]
  • smoking
    adj 1: emitting smoke in great volume; "a smoking fireplace" n 1: the act of smoking tobacco or other substances; "he went outside for a smoke"; "smoking stinks" [syn: smoke, smoking] 2: a hot vapor containing fine particles of carbon being produced by combustion; "the fire produced a tower of black smoke that could be seen for miles" [syn: smoke, smoking]
  • tacking
    n 1: a loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together [syn: baste, basting, basting stitch, tacking] 2: (nautical) the act of changing tack [syn: tack, tacking]
  • taking
    adj 1: very attractive; capturing interest; "a fetching new hairstyle"; "something inexpressibly taking in his manner"; "a winning personality" [syn: fetching, taking, winning] n 1: the act of someone who picks up or takes something; "the pickings were easy"; "clothing could be had for the taking" [syn: pickings, taking]
  • tracking
    n 1: the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind [syn: trailing, tracking]
  • waking
    adj 1: marked by full consciousness or alertness; "worked every moment of my waking hours" [syn: waking, wakeful] n 1: the state of remaining awake; "days of danger and nights of waking" [ant: sleeping]
  • whacking
    adv 1: extremely; "a whacking good story" adj 1: (British informal) enormous; "a whacking phone bill"; "a whacking lie" n 1: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows [syn: beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing, lacing, trouncing, whacking]
  • backtracking
  • bookmaking
  • braking
  • checking
  • faking
  • flaking
  • hacking
  • jacking
  • quacking
  • quaking
  • raking
  • rapping
  • snaking
  • stacking
  • staking
  • unpacking
  • wracking
  • yakking
  • clacking
  • laking
  • scoping
  • shacking
  • snacking
  • thwacking
  • wisecracking

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