- a variation of mac.
mack
1 Americannoun
verb (used without object)
noun
noun
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Connie Cornelius McGillicuddy, 1862–1956, U.S. baseball player and manager.
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a male given name.
noun
noun
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
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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
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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
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“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
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Darren Mack, who was once held at Rikers and co-founded the Freedom Agenda criminal justice nonprofit, pointed to the "human cost and the financial cost" of the jail.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
O’Leary hinted at Mack, Tuipulotu and Mesidor sharing the field at the same time — opposing quarterbacks should take note.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Psychiatrist Avram Mack later testified that the American Psychiatric Association did not recognise postpartum psychosis as a diagnosis.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 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
Finally Mr. Mack was able to pull his dog off Frank.
From "The Missing Mitt (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #2)" by Franklin W. Dixon
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