mack
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mæk/
Etymology 1
Short for mackerel (“pimp”), after French maquereau (“pimp, ponce”), from Middle French makerele (“brothel madam”), from Middle Dutch makelare ("broker, traficker"; > Dutch makelaar (“mediator, agent”)), from Middle Dutch makelen (“to traffick”), frequentative of maken (“to do, make”). More at make.
Noun
mack (plural macks)
- (slang) An individual skilled in the art of seduction using verbal skills.
- She left with him; he must be a true mack.
Derived terms
Verb
mack (third-person singular simple present macks, present participle macking, simple past and past participle macked)
Translations
To seduce or flirt with
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Etymology 2
Clipping of mackintosh
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mat͡sk/
Swedish
Etymology
Since 1920 from the trademark MACK, the abbreviation for "Mathiasson, Andersson, Collin, Key", the owners of one of the first companies that opened gas stations in Sweden.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mak/
Noun
mack c
- (somewhat colloquial) gas station
- Synonyms: bensinmack, bensinstation
- Vi åker till macken och tankar lite.
- Let's go down to the gas station and get some gas.
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