Idioms for stack

    blow one's stack, Slang. to lose one's temper or become uncontrollably angry, especially to display one's fury, as by shouting: When he came in and saw the mess he blew his stack.
    stack the deck,
    1. to arrange cards or a pack of cards so as to cheat: He stacked the deck and won every hand.
    2. to manipulate events, information, etc., especially unethically, in order to achieve an advantage or desired result.

Origin of stack

1250–1300; (noun) Middle English stak < Old Norse stakkr haystack; (v.) Middle English stakken, derivative of the v.

OTHER WORDS FROM stack

stack·er, noun stack·less, adjective re·stack, verb (used with object) un·stack, adjective, verb

British Dictionary definitions for blow one's stack

stack
/ (stæk) /

noun

verb (tr)

Derived forms of stack

stackable, adjective stacker, noun

Word Origin for stack

C13: from Old Norse stakkr haystack, of Germanic origin; related to Russian stog

Scientific definitions for blow one's stack

stack
[ stăk ]

An isolated, columnar mass or island of rock along a coastal cliff. Stacks are formed by the erosion of cliffs through wave action and are larger than chimneys.

Idioms and Phrases with blow one's stack

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