The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word RACKING
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What does RACKING mean?
RACKING verb- To place in or hang on a rack.
- To torture (someone) on the rack.
- To cause (someone) to suffer pain.
- To stretch or strain; to harass, or oppress by extortion.
- To put the balls into the triangular rack and set them in place on the table.
- To strike a male in the testicles.
- To (manually) load (a round of ammunition) from the magazine or belt into firing position in an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
- To move the slide bar on a shotgun in order to chamber the next round.
- To wash (metals, ore, etc.) on a rack.
- To bind together, as two ropes, with cross turns of yarn, marline, etc.
- (structural engineering) Tending to shear a structure (that is, force it to move in different directions at different points).
- To stretch a person's joints.
- To drive; move; go forward rapidly; stir
- To fly, as vapour or broken clouds
- To clarify, and thereby deter further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.
- (of a horse) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace.
- (roofing) A method of asphalt shingle application, whereby shingle courses are applied vertically, up the roof rather than laterally across and up.
- Spun yarn used in racking ropes
- The process of clarifying, and thereby deterring further fermentation of, beer, wine or cider by draining or siphoning it from the dregs.