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noun ˈfrakɪŋˈfrækɪŋ mass nounThe process of injecting liquid at high pressure into subterranean rocks, boreholes, etc. so as to force open existing fissures and extract oil or gas. fracking has created a shale gas boom in the United States Also called hydraulic fracturing Example sentencesExamples - Then comes a week or so of "fracking," the hydraulic fracturing process that breaks through the dense, black rock and unlocks the natural gas within.
- Companies that practice fracking have not disclosed the names of chemicals they use in the past because they say they are "trade secrets."
- At issue is a drilling practice called 'fracking', in which water is injected into the ground at high pressure to fracture the layers of shale and release natural gas trapped in the rock.
- But when the infrastructure for pumping natural gas out of the Catskills has finally been put in place, there will be no mistaking its impact, no missing the gaping holes in the forest canopy, the artificial ponds full of "fracking" fluid, the industrial damage done.
- This whole concept of fracking is all new for New York State.
- Residents in states where fracking has been practised for years have charged that gas production has contaminated air and drinking water.
- Even then the water only trickled until they used a technique called "fracking," short for hydro-fracturing.
Origin1950s: representing an abbreviated form of fracturing. adjective & adverbˈfrakɪŋ US informal Used for emphasis or to express annoyance, frustration, impatience, or surprise. are you out of your fracking mind?
Origin1970s: euphemism for fucking, from frack2. nounˈfrækɪŋˈfrakiNG The process of injecting liquid at high pressure into subterranean rocks, boreholes, etc. so as to force open existing fissures and extract oil or gas. the governor has halted gas fracking until July Also called hydraulic fracturing Example sentencesExamples - Residents in states where fracking has been practised for years have charged that gas production has contaminated air and drinking water.
- Even then the water only trickled until they used a technique called "fracking," short for hydro-fracturing.
- This whole concept of fracking is all new for New York State.
- But when the infrastructure for pumping natural gas out of the Catskills has finally been put in place, there will be no mistaking its impact, no missing the gaping holes in the forest canopy, the artificial ponds full of "fracking" fluid, the industrial damage done.
- Then comes a week or so of "fracking," the hydraulic fracturing process that breaks through the dense, black rock and unlocks the natural gas within.
- At issue is a drilling practice called 'fracking', in which water is injected into the ground at high pressure to fracture the layers of shale and release natural gas trapped in the rock.
- Companies that practice fracking have not disclosed the names of chemicals they use in the past because they say they are "trade secrets."
Origin1950s: representing an abbreviated form of fracturing. adverb & adjectiveˈfrækɪŋˈfrakiNG US informal Used for emphasis or to express annoyance, frustration, impatience, or surprise. are you out of your fracking mind?
Origin1970s: euphemism for fucking, from frack. |