n.
Function: transitive verb
Date: 14th century
1 a : to arrange in a stack : PILE b : to pile in or on < stack ed the table with books> < stack the dishwasher>
2 a : to arrange secretly for cheating < stack a deck of cards> b : to arrange or fix so as to make a particular result likely <the odds are stack ed against us> <will stack juries to suit themselves ― Patrice Horn>
3 a : to assign (an airplane) by radio to a particular altitude and position within a group circling before landing b : to put into a waiting line <another dozen rigs are stack ed up and waiting ― P. H. Hutchins, Jr.>
4 : COMPARE ― used with against <such a crime is nothing when stack ed against a murder ― Pete Censky>
intransitive verb : to form a stack
– stack · er noun