mack
mack Lexical Profile
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• noun
North American A confident, smooth-talking person who is skilled at seducing or charming romantic partners; historically or in slang, a pimp.
"He fancied himself a smooth mack who could charm anyone at the party."
British A full-length waterproof raincoat made of rubberized cloth; a mackintosh.
"She grabbed her mack from the coat rack before stepping out into the London drizzle."
North American Flirtatious, flattering, or persuasive talk used to charm or seduce someone.
"Everyone at the table laughed when he started laying down his best mack."
• verb
North American To flirt with or talk smoothly and persuasively to someone in pursuit of romantic or sexual attraction (often followed by 'on').
"He spent half the evening trying to mack on her by the refreshment table."
North American To kiss or make out passionately, or to eat food voraciously (in informal slang).
"The teenagers were macking in the back row of the movie theater."
• Rhymes for mack
Word Origin & Etymology
The American slang sense meaning a smooth talker or pimp likely derives from Late Middle English and Old French 'maquereau' (pimp, also mackerel). The British sense meaning a raincoat is a shortening of 'mackintosh', named after Scottish chemist Charles Macintosh, who patented waterproof rubberized fabric in 1823.