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mack
1[ mak ]
/ mæk /
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noun
a pimp.
verb (used without object)
to flirt with or make sexual advances toward someone (often followed by on): They spend their nights macking on the ladies.
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Origin of mack
11885–90; by shortening of mackerel pimp <Middle French; see mackerel
Words nearby mack
-machy, machzor, Macías Nguema, macintosh, MacIver, mack, Mackay, mack daddy, Macke, Mackellar, Mackem
Other definitions for mack (2 of 3)
Other definitions for mack (3 of 3)
Mack
[ mak ]
/ mæk /
noun
Con·nie [kon-ee], /Ë?kÉn i/, Cornelius McGillicuddy, 1862â1956, U.S. baseball player and manager.
a male given name.
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British Dictionary definitions for mack (1 of 2)
mack1
/ (mæk) /
noun
British informal a variant spelling of mac short for mackintosh (def. 1), mackintosh (def. 3)
British Dictionary definitions for mack (2 of 2)
mack2
/ (mæk) /
noun
slang a pimp
Word Origin for mack
C19: shortened from obsolete mackerel, from Old French, of uncertain origin
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