barrack

¹ American  

[bar-uhk] / ˈbær ək /

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.

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verb (used with or without object)

1. to lodge in barracks.

barrack ² American  

[bar-uhk] / ˈbær ək /

verb (used without object)

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

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verb (used with object)

1. to shout for or against.

barrack ¹ British  

/ ˈbærək /

verb

1. to criticize loudly or shout against (a player, team, speaker, etc); jeer

2. to shout support (for)

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barrack ² British  

/ ˈbærək /

verb

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

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Other Word Forms

• barracker noun
• barracking noun

Etymology

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

Example Sentences

Eventually, it failed, after the young king addressed Spaniards - and the armed forces - via a televised message, expressing his opposition to the rebels and ordering all military to remain in their barracks.

From BBC

If they are eligible for conscription, and do not have an exemption from service, they can be driven off to the barracks on the spot.

From BBC

Washington holds the Lebanon-based group Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran, responsible for the deadly bombings of a US Marine barracks and the embassy in Beirut in 1983.

From BBC

The improvised prison pens—everything from old army barracks and training camps, barns and fairgrounds, derelict cotton warehouses and tobacco factories—were emptied out.

From The Wall Street Journal

The family of an 18-year-old soldier who died in his barracks nine days after escorting Queen Elizabeth II's coffin said his regiment needed to take "better care of the soldiers".

From BBC

Related Words

• camp
• garrison
• hut