English Explanatory Dictionary

Mack

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Synonym of guy, term of address for a man or person.
  2. A diminutive of the male given name Max.
  3. A surname.
  4. The Mackintosh Building at the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland.
noun
  1. Ellipsis of Mack truck.
noun
  1. An individual skilled in the art of seduction using verbal skills; a seducer
  2. A pimp or procurer
verb
  1. To act as pimp; to pander.
  2. To seduce or flirt with.
noun
  1. A raincoat or mackintosh.
noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

/mæk/ En-au-Mack.ogg

Word forms

Mack Macks macking macked

Etymology

(In sense one) From either the male name Mack or mack, itself from mackerel, which comes from Old French maquerel, from Dutch makelaar. Compare French mec.

Synonyms

guy term of address for a man or person hustle whore out dog out mack pander pimp pimp out ponce prostitute punk whore entice pick up

Related words

Mac

Derived words

mack daddy mack down mack on mack out
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