mack

¹

[ mak ]

noun

1. a pimp.

verb (used without object)

1. to flirt with or make sexual advances toward someone (often followed by on ):

   They spend their nights macking on the ladies.

mack

²

[ mak ]

noun

, Informal.

1. mac ².

Mack

³

[ mak ]

noun

1. Con·nie [kon, -ee], Cornelius McGillicuddy, 1862–1956, U.S. baseball player and manager.
2. a male given name.

mack

¹

/ mæk /

noun

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

mack

²

/ mæk /

noun

1. slang.
   a pimp

Word History and Origins

Origin of mack¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of mack¹

C19: shortened from obsolete mackerel, from Old French, of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

Haunts where we’d dance and drink and maybe mack, where on occasion we’d scrap alongside one another if someone ended up in a fisticuff, nights it was not uncommon for gunshots to hasten our exodus.

From New York Times

It’s the mack daddy of all the armor.

From Los Angeles Times

Thanks to LA’s session musician elite, Hey Nineteen is polished to a sheen, but the narrator’s regretful realisation that he is too old to mack on teenage girls makes for uneasy listening.

From The Guardian

CC is the most solemnly unnerving of the Midtown mack daddies – feminine perm, giant clown collars and all – because CC is the one whose relationships most blur the line between cold commerce and loving kindness.

From The Guardian

“Jump into the harbor,” he said casually, like another kid might say, I'm going to get a mack.

From Literature

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