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mack

1 American  
[mak] / mæk /

noun

  1. a pimp.

verb (used without object)

  1. to flirt with or make sexual advances toward someone (often followed byon ).

    They spend their nights macking on the ladies.
mack 2 American  
[mak] / mæk /

noun

Informal.

  1. mac.

Mack 3 American  
[mak] / mæk /

noun

  1. Connie Cornelius McGillicuddy, 1862–1956, U.S. baseball player and manager.

  2. a male given name.

mack 1 British  
/ mæk /

noun

  1. informal a variant spelling of mac short for mackintosh mackintosh

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mack 2 British  
/ mæk /

noun

  1. slang a pimp

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Etymology

Origin of mack

1885–90; by shortening of mackerel pimp < Middle French; 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

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

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

“Yes, Aslan, we’ve mack it up,” said Polly.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis

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