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Dack

//dæk// name, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A former township in the Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada, now part of Charlton and Dack. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To pull down someone's trousers as a practical joke. Australia, informal
  2. 2
    To cause political embarrassment in order to gain advantage over an opponent. Australia

    "We have it because way back in 1918, Billy Hughes — the Labor defector and leader of the Nationalist Party, from whose remains Robert Menzies was ultimately to build the Liberal Party — introduced preferential voting specifically in order to dack the Labor party."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From daks, Australian slang for trousers or underwear.

Etymology 2

* As an English surname, from the Old English personal name *Dæcca, also found in the first element of the town Dagenham. * As a Dutch surname for a roofer, from a variant of dak (“roof”).

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