fracking

American  

[frak-ing] / ˈfræk ɪŋ /

noun

1. hydraulic fracturing.

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Other Word Forms

• frack verb (used with or without object)

Etymology

Origin of fracking

Shortening and alteration

Example Sentences

The vehicles are delivering freight between Fort Worth and El Paso and Dallas and Houston, as well as hauling fracking sand on public roads and highways in the Permian Basin.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fervo, the startup pioneering the use of fracking techniques in geothermal power, has privately raised $462 million from investors including Google to fund its projects.

From The Wall Street Journal

Series writer Taylor Sheridan was giving viewers exactly what they wanted: Thornton, wearing a cowboy hat and a seen-it-all look, going off on topics from fatherhood to fracking.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I believe they have been corroding our civil discourse, they’ve been ‘attention fracking’ our children and treating our youth like products, not people.”

From Salon

Then in 2014, fracking for oil and gas started in the surrounding region, and the conurbation boomed.

From BBC