mack

See also Mack

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of mackerel, after French maquereau.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mæk/

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.

2. (UK) A raincoat or mackintosh.
   • 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 13, Well Tackled!^[1]:

     “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.”

Derived terms

• mack daddy

Translations

A raincoat

• Finnish: sadetakki (fi)

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

To act as pimp; to pander

• Finnish: parittaa (fi)

To seduce or flirt with

• Finnish: vietellä (fi), flirttailla (fi)

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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: /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

Declension of mack

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mack	macken	mackar	mackarna
genitive	macks	mackens	mackars	mackarnas

Synonyms

• bensinmack
• bensinstation