different between meck vs mack

English

Noun

meck (plural mecks)

1. (Scotland) Alternative form of make (“halfpenny”)

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from the verb mecka, "to fix, to repair; to tinker with; to prepare drugs for consumption".

Pronunciation

• /m?k?/

Noun

meck n

1. (slang) A complicated situation or occurrence.

   Det var ett riktigt meck att montera den bokhyllan.

   "Putting together this bookshelf was really difficult."

2. (slang) Cannabis that has been prepared for smoking.

   Stoppa mecket i pipan så vi kan röka.

   "Put the stuff in the pipe so we can smoke it."

Declension

See also

• meckig

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæk/

Etymology 1

Clipping of mackerel (“pimp”)

Noun

mack (plural macks)

1. (slang) An individual skilled in the art of seduction using verbal skills.

   She left with him; he must be a true mack.

Derived terms

• mack daddy

Verb

mack (third-person singular simple present macks, present participle macking, simple past and past participle macked)

1. (slang) To act as pimp; to pander.

   Synonyms: hustle, whore out; see also Thesaurus:pimp out

2. (slang) To seduce or flirt with.

   Synonyms: entice, pick up

Translations

Etymology 2

Clipping of mackintosh

Noun

mack (plural macks)

1. (Britain) A raincoat or mackintosh.

Translations

Etymology 3

Blend of mast +? stack

Noun

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.

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

mak +? -k

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mat?sk/

Noun

mack m

1. Oriental poppy (Papaver orientale)

Declension

Further reading

• mack in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
• mack in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.

Swedish

Etymology

Since 1920 from the trademark MACK, the abbreviation for "Mathiasson, Andersson, Collin, Key", the owners of one of the first companies that opened gas stations in Sweden.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mak/

Noun

mack c

1. (somewhat colloquial) gas station

   Synonyms: bensinmack, bensinstation

Declension

References