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    mack
    noun
    a pimp.
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    Mack
    noun
    Connie Cornelius McGillicuddy, 1862–1956, U.S. baseball player and manager.
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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

mack 2 British  
/ mæk /

noun

  1. slang a pimp

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of mack

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


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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

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

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

“His mack, though,” the bearded one said, reaching out to pinch the sleeve of my jacket.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs

About a 20-minute drive away, the region's last remaining Mack plant employs some 2,800 people.

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

The auction included lots from the collection of German Producer Reinhold Mack, who worked with Queen on several albums in the 1980s.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Mesidor is in a rotational role behind Khalil Mack and Tuli Tuipulotu, and can learn from both of them before truly stepping into the spotlight.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

Kit Harington and Mirren Mack star in a screen version of the classic novel that, in its stagy artifice, follows a familiar pattern among recent period pieces.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

I’m just finishing my last picture when Mack returns.

From "The One and Only Ivan" by Katherine Applegate

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