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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Clipping of mackerel (“pimp”)
Noun
mack (plural macks)
- (slang) An individual skilled in the art of seduction using verbal skills; a seducer
She left with him; he must be a true mack.
1997, “The Projects”, in Wu-Tang Forever, performed by Wu-Tang Clan:007 mark the secret agent
That macks well and gets smart through entertainment
- (slang) A pimp or procurer
Derived terms
Verb
mack (third-person singular simple present macks, present participle macking, simple past and past participle macked)
- (slang) To act as pimp; to pander.
- Synonyms: hustle, whore out; see also Thesaurus:pimp out
- (slang) To seduce or flirt with.
- Synonyms: entice, pick up
1995, “Top Down”, in Cocktails, performed by Too Short:A show, a ho smashed back to the O
Put them bitches on my beeper then pull some mo’
Cause I bump more hoes than acne
I guess you bitch can’t learn that you just can’t mack me
Derived terms
Translations
To act as pimp; to pander
Etymology 2
Clipping of mackintosh
Noun
mack (plural macks)
- (British) A raincoat or mackintosh.
1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 13, in Well Tackled!:“Nothing very special, sir. He had a mack or coat over his arm, and a trilby hat. He wore a tweed suit, sir, I think.”
Translations
Etymology 3
Blend of mast + stack
Noun
mack (plural macks)
- An element of a ship's superstructure which places the function of a ship's mast on its exhaust stack, adding the skeletal supporting structure to the smokestack to support the mast's complement of functions.
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
mak + -k
Pronunciation
Noun
mack m inan
- Oriental poppy (Papaver orientale)
Declension
Further reading
- Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “mack”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
- Starosta, Manfred (1999) “mack”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
mack m
- obsolete typography of makk
1647, “LAnte oster Kraakelund”, in Den fyrste morgonblånen, Oslo: Novus, published 1990, page 38:A[a]rrin kurra punde Biørckie Roet / Fadn ein vesal Mack- The blackgame cooed beneath birch root / found a small worm
Swedish
Etymology
Since 1920 from the trademark MACK, an initialism for "Mathiasson, Andersson, Collin, Key", the owners of one of the first companies that opened gas stations in Sweden.
Pronunciation
Noun
mack c
- (somewhat colloquial) a gas station
- Synonyms: bensinmack, bensinstation
Vi åker till macken och tankar lite.- Let's go down to the gas station and get some gas.
1986, Claes Eriksson (lyrics and music), “Truckdriving song”, in Macken [The gas station], performed by Per Fritzell:Howdy, cowboy! Visa nu, vad har du på din mack? Jag behöver fylla skafferiet på min truck [English]. Tuggummi, så klart, snus och chips, en låda dryck, skulle jag bli glad om jag fick. Jag drar min långtradarsång, min lastbilskörarsång, för jag har sån smak för bilar med flak. Jag drar min truckdriving song [English], tjugofyra meter lång, och jag tackar Gud för countryns alla ljud. Och om låten blir för tråkig, ja, då jag tar jag det kallt. Ja, då byter jag tonart och höjer ett halvt. Ja, jag höjer ett halvt.- Howdy, cowboy! Show me now, what do you have at your gas station? I need to fill the pantry in my truck . Chewing gum, of course, snus and chips , a case of drink, I would be happy if I got. I do my big rig song, my truck driving song, because I have such taste for cars with a flatbed . I do my truckdriving song , twenty-four meters long, and I thank God for all the sounds of country music. And if the song gets too boring, yes, then I stay cool . Yes, then I change the key and raise by a half . Yes, I raise by a half .
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