zack

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unknown; possibly an alteration or dialect form of six.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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zack (plural zacks)

  1. (Australia) Sixpence.
    • 2014, Frank E. Burdett, The Purple Tree: The Queensland Outback in the 1860s:
      "Strewth, Dad! It's not worth a zack!" said Barry.
  2. (Australia, rare) Five cents.
  3. (Australia) A six-month or six-year prison sentence.

References

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  • Dalzell, Tom et al. (2008) The Consise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, rev. ed. edition, London and New York: Routledge, page 717

German

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Verb

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zack

  1. singular imperative of zacken
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of zacken

Interjection

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zack

  1. (colloquial) Onomatopoeia expressing that something happens quickly or suddenly.
    Jetzt raus aus der Badewanne, aber zack!
    Out of the bathtub, now; chop-chop!
    Er hörte nur das Wort „Hausaufgaben“ und, zack, war er verschwunden.
    He only heard the word "homework" and, poof, he disappeared.