English

Proper noun

Mack

1. A man; used to address a man whose name is unknown.
2. A diminutive of the male given name Max
3. A surname​.

Related terms

• Mac

English

Noun

mack ‎(plural macks)

1. (slang) An individual skilled in the art of seduction using verbal skills.

   She left with him; he must be a true mack.

Derived terms

• mack daddy

Verb

mack ‎(third-person singular simple present macks, present participle macking, simple past and past participle macked)

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

Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of mackintosh

Noun

mack ‎(plural macks)

1. (Britain) A raincoat or mackintosh.
   • 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 13, in Well Tackled!:

     “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.”

Translations

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

mak +‎ -k

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mat͡sk/

Noun

mack m

1. Oriental poppy (Papaver orientale)

Declension

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

1. (somewhat colloquial) gas station

   Vi åker till macken och tankar lite.

   "Let's go down to the gas station and get some gas."

Declension

Synonyms

• bensinmack
• bensinstation