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Mack

name
/mæk/

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.

  1. derived from makelaar
  2. derived from maquerel

Definitions

  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. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. The Mackintosh Building at the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland.

    2. Ellipsis of Mack truck.

    3. An individual skilled in the art of seduction using verbal skills

      An individual skilled in the art of seduction using verbal skills; a seducer

      • She left with him; he must be a true mack.
      • 007 mark the secret agent That macks well and gets smart through entertainment

    4. A pimp or procurer

    5. To act as pimp

      To act as pimp; to pander.

    6. To seduce or flirt with.

      • 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

    7. A raincoat or mackintosh.

      • “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.”

    8. An element of a ship's superstructure which places the function of a ship's mast on its…

      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.

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