barrack

¹

[ bar-uhk ]

noun

1. a building or group of buildings for lodging soldiers, especially in garrison.
2. any large, plain building in which many people are lodged.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to lodge in barracks.

barrack

²

[ bar-uhk ]

verb (used without object)

1. to shout boisterously for or against a player or team; root or jeer.

verb (used with object)

1. to shout for or against.

barrack

¹

/ ˈbærək /

verb

1. to criticize loudly or shout against (a player, team, speaker, etc); jeer
2. intrfoll byfor to shout support (for)

barrack

²

/ ˈbærək /

verb

1. to house (people, esp soldiers) in barracks

Derived Forms

• ˈbarracking, nounadjective
• ˈbarracker, noun

Other Words From

• barrack·er noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of barrack¹

1680–90; < French baraque, Middle French < Catalan barraca hut, of obscure origin

Origin of barrack²

1885–90; originally Australian English, perhaps < N Ireland dialect barrack to brag

Word History and Origins

Origin of barrack¹

C19: from northern Irish: to boast

Example Sentences

There are lovingly tended flower beds along each road and surrounding every barrack.

From The Daily Beast

Hafrich shouts that he should return to the barrack, but the man keeps going.

From The Daily Beast

Each one houses around 100 women who sleep in bunks in a large, open barrack, with anywhere from 15 to 40 women to a room.

From The Daily Beast

The Arab media has taken note of the president taking the oath of office using his full name—Barrack Hussein Obama.

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And the man who had done all this—a vulgar upstart out of Paris, reeking of leather and the barrack-room still lived!

From Project Gutenberg

He chartered an outside car, t'other day, at Island Bridge Barrack, and drove to the post-office.

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At the very end of the period we may note the beginning of a reaction against the "barrack schools."

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A large barrack was in course of erection near the town on the north side.

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The scene through the opposite window looking on to the barrack yard was very different from the rather sombre picture without.

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Related Words

• camp
• garrison
• hut