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Mack¹

  • /mæk/

Sounds like Mc-, Mac · Rhymes with -æk

Where it comes from

(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.

proper noun

  1. informal Synonym of guy, term of address for a man or person.

    Similar: guy, term of address for a man or person

  2. A diminutive of the male given name Max.
  3. A surname.
  4. slang, with definite article The Mackintosh Building at the Glasgow School of Art, Scotland.

noun Macks

  1. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of Mack truck

mack²

  • /mæk/

Sounds like mac, Mac, Mack · Rhymes with -æk

Where it comes from

Clipping of mackerel (“pimp”).

noun macks

  1. slang An individual skilled in the art of seduction using verbal skills; a seducer She left with him; he must be a true mack.
  2. slang A pimp or procurer

verb macks · macking · macked

  1. slang To act as pimp; to pander.

    Similar: hustle, whore out, dog out, mack, pander, pimp, pimp out, ponce, prostitute, punk, whore

  2. slang To seduce or flirt with. A show, a ho smashed back to the O Put them bitches on my beeper then pull some mo’ Cause I bump more hoes than acne I guess you bitch can’t learn that you just can’t mack me

    Similar: entice, pick up

mack³

  • /mæk/

Sounds like mac, Mac, Mack · Rhymes with -æk

Where it comes from

Clipping of mackerel (“fish”).

noun macks

  1. slang A (pouch or unit of) mackerel, used as food and currency in prison. "Macks" [...] don't divide very well, so they're not as useful for transactions that cost less than one “mack” or require a partial “mack.” So “macks” are reasonably good at being money, but they're not perfect.

mack⁴

  • /mæk/

Sounds like mac, Mac, Mack · Rhymes with -æk

Where it comes from

Clipping of mackintosh.

noun macks

  1. UK A raincoat or mackintosh. “Nothing very special, sir. He had a mack or coat over his arm, and a trilby hat. He wore a tweed suit, sir, I think.”

mack⁵

  • /mæk/

Sounds like mac, Mac, Mack · Rhymes with -æk

Where it comes from

Blend of mast + stack.

noun macks

  1. 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.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: macintosh, mackintosh, mac, dude, mark, mike, mccain, court, seduce, flirt, charm, holler, woo, smooth-talk, get at, run game

Translations

Every language

verb To seduce or flirt with

Русскийфлиртовать flirtovatʹ, клеить kleitʹ, фоловать folovatʹ

noun A raincoat

Русскиймакинтош makintoš, плащ plašč

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@misc{mack_2026,
  title = {mack},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mack},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}