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spack

spack

English

Noun

spack (plural spacks)

  1. (Britain slang, pejorative) A clumsy, foolish, or mentally deficient person.
    You spilt beer on your shirt, you spack!
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German

Etymology

From Middle Low German spak (thin, dry, brittle) from spake (brushwood). Or from rare Middle Low German spak (tame, calm) from an unknown source.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃpak/, [ʃpakʰ]
  • Rhymes: -ak

Adjective

spack (comparative spacker, superlative am spacksten)

  1. (regional, Northern Germany, usually of people) thin, scrawny (having an unusually low amount of both muscle and fat)
  2. (regional, Northern Germany, of wood) dry, brittle

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