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
Barrack
A male given name.
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.
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.
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.
• (jeer and heckle): badger, jeer, tease, make fun of
• (cheer): cheer, root for (US)
Source: Wiktionary
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
3 February 2025
(adjective) possessed by inordinate excitement; “the crowd went crazy”; “was crazy to try his new bicycle”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
