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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.
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