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barrack

noun
/ˈbæɹ.ək/UK/ˈbæɹ.ək/

Etymology

Borrowed from French baraque, from Spanish barraca or Catalan barraca, which is of uncertain origin. It is probably either a diminutive of Vulgar Latin *barra (“bar”), of unclear origin, or a diminutive of Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”) from Celtiberian or Paleo-Hispanic.

  1. derived from *barrum✻
  2. derived from *barra✻
  3. derived from barraca
  4. derived from barraca
  5. borrowed from baraque

Definitions

  1. A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison

    A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.

    • Before the gates of Bari, he lodged in a miserable hut or barrack, composed of dry branches, and thatched with straw; a perilous station, on all sides open to the inclemency of the winter and the spears of the enemy.
    • I know the barracks at the training camp out on the moors.

  2. A primitive structure resembling a long shed or barn for (usually temporary) housing or…

    A primitive structure resembling a long shed or barn for (usually temporary) housing or other purposes.

  3. Any very plain, monotonous, or ugly large building.

  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. A (structure with a) movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc.

    2. A police station.

    3. To house military personnel

      To house military personnel; to quarter.

      • Where the men were barracked alone, unnatural crime prevailed : where the women were barracked, contrivances were made to render such a place a brothel.

    4. To live in barracks.

    5. To jeer and heckle

      To jeer and heckle; to attempt to disconcert by verbal means.

      • I knew that he had been barracked at times, but I did not realise that he was so sensitive.
      • Some people stopped concentrating on the piece altogether, some started barracking and heckling, while others began chatting to one another.

    6. To cheer for or support a team.

      • The only really unique aspect of Australian barracking is its idiom, the distinctive language and humour involved.
      • ‘So to me barracking for the footy I identified with my father, although nobody barracked for Essendon.’

    7. A surname.

    8. A male given name from Arabic.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA