barrack

[ bar-uh k ]

/ ˈbær ək /

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noun Usually barracks.

a building or group of buildings for lodging soldiers, especially in garrison.

any large, plain building in which many people are lodged.

verb (used with or without object)

to lodge in barracks.

Nearby words

barr body, barr., barra, barra de são francisco, barra mansa, barrack, barrack-room ballads, barrack-room lawyer, barracks, barracks bag, barracks lawyer

Origin of barrack

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

Definition for barrack (2 of 2)

barrack

[ bar-uh k ]

/ ˈbær ək /

Australian British

verb (used without object)

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

verb (used with object)

to shout for or against.

Origin of barrack

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

Related forms

bar·rack·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for barrack

There are lovingly tended flower beds along each road and surrounding every barrack.
Afghanistan, We Hardly Knew You|Jonathan Foreman|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hafrich shouts that he should return to the barrack, but the man keeps going.
The Last Days of Stalin's Son During WWII|David Frum|March 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I took up my residence at the fort, where there was barrack accommodation for about thirty men and quarters for one officer.
The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon|Jos Maria Gordon
A bugle then sounded the various signals at the other end of the barrack's courtyard.
Clever Hans|Oskar Pfungst

A Spanish barrack, garrison, or citadel is therefore to be observed but little, and still less to be sketched.
Gatherings From Spain|Richard Ford
The building is now used for a barrack, which in truth is no great deviation from its original purpose.
An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800|Mary Frances Cusack
The regimental canteen was in a small building in a corner of the barrack square.
In the Foreign Legion|Erwin Rosen

British Dictionary definitions for barrack (1 of 2)

barrack

/ (ˈbærək) /

verb

to house (people, esp soldiers) in barracks

British Dictionary definitions for barrack (2 of 2)

barrack

/ (ˈbærək) /

verb British, Australian and NZ informal

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

(intr foll by for) to shout support (for)

Derived Forms

barracker, nounbarracking, noun, adjective

Word Origin for barrack

C19: from northern Irish: to boast

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