Rack

v.

Heard in Tipperary, Sligo and Dublin

To comb the hair; used in parts of West Tipperary in place of the standard verb.

In use

Would you rack your hair, tis standing on end.

Posh English

Kindly drag a toothed grooming implement through that thatch, sir, for it stands bolt upright like a startled hedgehog.

Same phrase, other counties

  • Off the rackExtremely drunk to the point of being incapacitated or disorderly.
  • Rack 'em!An instruction to get on with the business at hand, from the Littleton area.
  • Mid-west death noticesThe comings and goings, literally, from the west of Ireland.
  • Gee-hairAn extremely tiny measurement, the width of a woman's pubic hair.
  • Hair on a gooseberryAn expression indicating a virtual absence of hair, especially on a balding head.
  • More hair than cuzin itA dishevelled young woman whose unkempt hair gives her the appearance of Cousin Itt from…