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macks

/mæks/

macks is the plural of mack.

Meaning of mack

Noun (1)

mack (plural macks)

  1. (slang) An individual skilled in the art of seduction using verbal skills; a seducer
    • She left with him; he must be a true mack.
  2. (slang) A pimp or procurer

Noun (2)

mack (plural macks)

  1. (slang) A (pouch or unit of) mackerel, used as food and currency in prison.
    • "Macks" [...] don't divide very well, so they're not as useful for transactions that cost less than one “mack” or require a partial “mack.” So “macks” are reasonably good at being money, but they're not perfect.2011, Chris Martenson, The Crash Course: The Unsustainable Future of Our Economy, page 42

Noun (3)

mack (plural macks)

  1. (UK) A raincoat or mackintosh.
    • “Nothing very special, sir. He had a mack or coat over his arm, and a trilby hat. He wore a tweed suit, sir, I think.”1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 13, in Well Tackled!

Noun (4)

mack (plural macks)

  1. An element of a ship's superstructure which places the function of a ship's mast on its exhaust stack, adding the skeletal supporting structure to the smokestack to support the mast's complement of functions.

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Noun capitalized: Macks

Macks

  1. (plural) plural of Mack

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Words that rhyme with macks

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Questions about macks

What is macks the plural of?
Macks is the plural of mack.
What part of speech is macks?
Macks is a noun.
How do you pronounce macks?
Macks is pronounced /mæks/.

Words near macks in the dictionary

  1. Mackow
  2. Mackows
  3. Mackowski
  4. Mackowskis
  5. Mackrill
  6. macks
  7. Macks Creek
  8. macks out
  9. Mackstutis
  10. Macksville
  11. Mackworth

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