verb
- third-person singular present tense of 'frack': to inject liquid at high pressure into rock to force open existing fissures and extract oil or gas
Usage: informal; energy industry
noun
- plural of 'frack': instances or operations of hydraulic fracturing
Usage: informal; energy industry
Examples
- The company fracks multiple wells in the shale formation each year.
- New regulations limit how many fracks can occur near residential areas.
- Engineers fracks the rock layer to release trapped natural gas.
- Environmental groups oppose the fracks planned for that region.
- The facility fracks horizontally to maximize resource extraction.
- Several fracks were conducted at depths exceeding 10,000 feet.