mack
noun
a pimp.
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- a variation of mac.
mack
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[mak]
/ mæk /
noun
verb (used without object)
mack
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American
[mak]
/ mæk /
noun
Informal.
Mack
3
American
[mak]
/ mæk /
noun
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Connie Cornelius McGillicuddy, 1862–1956, U.S. baseball player and manager.
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a male given name.
mack
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British
/ mæk /
noun
mack
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British
/ mæk /
noun
Etymology
Origin of mack
1885–90; by shortening of mackerel pimp < Middle French; see mackerel
Example Sentences
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The images don’t remotely approach the nuance of, say, “Ice Age,” let alone anything from the mack daddy, Pixar.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2011
This maniacal mack is a diamond in the rough-he shines in the dark and gets shady in the light with a gift of gab to boot.
From Time Magazine Archive
The first single, Life Goes On, is passable pop in which Rimes uses her considerable range to overcome dated slang like "daddy mack."
From Time Magazine Archive
Supermanager Mark McC or mack, 50, already has a locker room full of sports clients on the order of Tennis Ace Bjorn Borg, 25, Golfer Arnold Palmer, 51, and former Heavyweight Champ Muhammad Ali, 39.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Jump into the harbor,” he said casually, like another kid might say, I'm going to get a mack.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
Mack once again decided to extend his prolific career, Tuipulotu is playing for a new contract after earning 13 sacks in 2025, and Dupree brings veteran depth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Psychiatrist Avram Mack later testified that the American Psychiatric Association did not recognise postpartum psychosis as a diagnosis.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Kit Harington and Mirren Mack star in a screen version of the classic novel that, in its stagy artifice, follows a familiar pattern among recent period pieces.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Testimony reopened scars of unnecessary episiotomies, which prosecution witness Mack equated to a perineal tear.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
We hear noise, scuffling, a word Mack uses when he’s angry.
From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate
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