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Barrack
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 2 A male given name.
- 1 A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings. in-plural
"Before the gates of Bari, he lodged in a miserable hut or barrack, composed of dry branches, and thatched with straw; a perilous station, on all sides open to the inclemency of the winter and the spears of the enemy."
- 2 a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel wordnet
- 3 A primitive structure resembling a long shed or barn for (usually temporary) housing or other purposes. in-plural
- 4 Any very plain, monotonous, or ugly large building. broadly, in-plural
- 5 A (structure with a) movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc. US
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- 6 A police station. Ireland, colloquial, plural-normally
- 1 To house military personnel; to quarter. transitive
"Where the men were barracked alone, unnatural crime prevailed : where the women were barracked, contrivances were made to render such a place a brothel."
- 2 To jeer and heckle; to attempt to disconcert by verbal means. British, transitive
"I knew that he had been barracked at times, but I did not realise that he was so sensitive."
- 3 laugh at with contempt and derision wordnet
- 4 To live in barracks. intransitive
- 5 To cheer for or support a team. Australia, New-Zealand, intransitive
"The only really unique aspect of Australian barracking is its idiom, the distinctive language and humour involved."
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- 6 spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts wordnet
- 7 lodge in barracks wordnet
Etymology
Borrowed from French baraque, from Spanish barraca or Catalan barraca, which is of uncertain origin. It is probably either a diminutive of Vulgar Latin *barra (“bar”), of unclear origin, or a diminutive of Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”) from Celtiberian or Paleo-Hispanic.
Borrowed from French baraque, from Spanish barraca or Catalan barraca, which is of uncertain origin. It is probably either a diminutive of Vulgar Latin *barra (“bar”), of unclear origin, or a diminutive of Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”) from Celtiberian or Paleo-Hispanic.
Scottish habitational surname.
Variant of Barack.
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