mack
noun
a pimp.
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- a variation of mac.
mack
1 American
[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
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
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
“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
Already without Mack Hansen, Ireland's wing shortage worsened an hour before kick-off when Rob Baloucoune - who starred in the Six Nations - was ruled out with a hamstring injury and replaced by Jimmy O'Brien.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
Mack Baysinger is a geoscientist and science writer who most recently worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Aarhus University in Denmark.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
As for the contest itself, it featured such legends as Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Al Simmons and Lefty Gomez for the Americans, who were managed by Connie Mack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
“It hit me like a Mack truck,” Muir wrote in his Macro Tourist blog.
From MarketWatch ● May 14, 2026
“Move,” Mack says, but still there is no Ruby.
From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate
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