rax — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To stretch; stretch out.

   Usage

   • Northern-England
   • Scotland
   • UK usage
   • dialectal
   • Transitive

   Examples

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

2. To reach out; reach or attain to.

   Usage

   • Northern-England
   • Scotland
   • UK usage
   • dialectal
   • Transitive

3. To extend the hand to; hand or pass something.

   Usage

   • Northern-England
   • Scotland
   • UK usage
   • dialectal
   • Transitive

   Examples

   Please rax me the pitcher.

   More examples (1)

   Wha the mischief set him on reading me? I'm sure he could never read onything in a dacent-like way since he was cleckit—rax me the Queen, and I'll let you hear a bit that will gar your hearts dinnle again—rax me the Queen, I say.

4. To perform the act of reaching or stretching; stretch oneself; reach for or try to obtain something

   Usage

   • Northern-England
   • Scotland
   • UK usage
   • dialectal
   • Intransitive

5. To stretch after sleep.

   Usage

   • Scotland
   • UK usage
   • dialectal
   • Intransitive

Noun

1. barracks

   Usage

   • Slang

   Examples

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