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mack

Pronunciation: /mæk/

The English word “mack” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An individual skilled in the art of seduction using verbal skills; a seducer
  2. A pimp or procurer
  3. A (pouch or unit of) mackerel, used as food and currency in prison.
  4. A raincoat or mackintosh.
  5. 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.

verb

  1. To act as pimp; to pander.
  2. To seduce or flirt with.

Etymology

Clipping of mackerel (“pimp”).

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