MACK

macintosh, mackintosh, mac, mack

(noun) a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

mack (plural macks)

(slang) An individual skilled in the art of seduction using verbal skills.

Verb

mack (third-person singular simple present macks, present participle macking, simple past and past participle macked)

(slang) To act as pimp; to pander.

Synonyms: hustle, whore out, Thesaurus:pimp out

(slang) To seduce or flirt with.

Synonyms: entice, pick up

Etymology 2

Noun

mack (plural macks)

(British) A raincoat or mackintosh.

Etymology 3

Noun

mack (plural macks)

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.

Proper noun

Mack

A man; used to address a man whose name is unknown.

A diminutive of the male given name Max

A surname.

(slang, with "the") The Mackintosh Building at the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mack is the 468th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 71,056 individuals. Mack is most common among Black (49.06%) and White (44.76%) individuals.

Source: Wiktionary



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