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name
Synonym of guy, term of address for a man or person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Synonyms: guy, term of address for a man or person
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name
A diminutive of the male given name Max.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
The Mackintosh Building at the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang, with-definite-article
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noun
Ellipsis of Mack truck.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
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noun
An individual skilled in the art of seduction using verbal skills; a seducer
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
A pimp or procurer
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
A (pouch or unit of) mackerel, used as food and currency in prison.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
A raincoat or mackintosh.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To act as pimp; to pander.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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Synonyms: hustle, whore out, dog out, mack, pander, pimp, pimp out, ponce, prostitute, punk, whore
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verb
To seduce or flirt with.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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Synonyms: entice, pick up
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noun
a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: macintosh, mackintosh, mac
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Broader terms: raincoat, waterproof
Narrower terms: oilskin, slicker
History
(In sense one) From either the male name Mack or mack, itself from mackerel, which comes from Old French maquerel, from Dutch makelaar. Compare French mec.
Clipping of mackerel (“pimp”).
Clipping of mackerel (“fish”).
Clipping of mackintosh.
Blend of mast + stack.
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
