BARRACK

barrack

(noun) a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel

jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe

(verb) laugh at with contempt and derision; “The crowd jeered at the speaker”

cheer, root on, inspire, urge, barrack, urge on, exhort, pep up

(verb) spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts; “The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers”

barrack

(verb) lodge in barracks

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Barrack

A male given name.

Etymology 1

Noun

barrack (plural barracks)

(military, chiefly, in the plural) A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.

(chiefly, in the plural) primitive structure resembling a long shed or barn for (usually temporary) housing or other purposes

(chiefly, in the plural) any very plain, monotonous, or ugly large building

(US, regional) A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc.

(Ireland, colloquial, usually, in the plural) A police station.

Verb

barrack (third-person singular simple present barracks, present participle barracking, simple past and past participle barracked)

(transitive) To house military personnel; to quarter.

(intransitive) To live in barracks.

Etymology 2

Verb

barrack (third-person singular simple present barracks, present participle barracking, simple past and past participle barracked)

(British, transitive) To jeer and heckle; to attempt to disconcert by verbal means.

(Australia, New Zealand, intransitive) To cheer for or support a team.

Synonyms

• (jeer and heckle): badger, jeer, tease, make fun of

• (cheer): cheer, root for (US)

Source: Wiktionary

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Bar"rack, n. Etym: [F. baraque, fr. It. baracca (cf. Sp. barraca), from LL. barra bar. See Bar, n.]

1. (Mil.)

Definition: A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison. Commonly in the pl., originally meaning temporary huts, but now usually applied to a permanent structure or set of buildings. He lodged in a miserable hut or barrack, composed of dry branches and thatched with straw. Gibbon.

2. A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc. [Local, U.S.]

Bar"rack, v. t.

Definition: To supply with barracks; to establish in barracks; as, to barrack troops.

Bar"rack, v. i.

Definition: To live or lodge in barracks.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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