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pack
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pæk/, [p?æk]
- Rhymes: -æk
Etymology 1
From Middle English pak, pakke, from Old English pæcca and/or Middle Dutch pak, packe; both ultimately from Proto-Germanic *pakkô (“bundle, pack”). Cognate with Dutch pak (“pack”), Low German Pack (“pack”), German Pack (“pack”), Swedish packe (“pack”), Icelandic pakka, pakki (“package”).
Noun
pack (plural packs)
- A bundle made up and prepared to be carried; especially, a bundle to be carried on the back, but also a load for an animal, a bale.
- A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack
- A multitude.
- A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.
- A full set of playing cards
- The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.
- A group of hounds or dogs, hunting or kept together.
- 2005, John D. Skinner and Christian T. Chimimba, The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion
- African wild dogs hunt by sight, although stragglers use their noses to follow the pack.
- 2005, John D. Skinner and Christian T. Chimimba, The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion
- A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.
- A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.
- A group of Cub Scouts.
- A shook of cask staves.
- A bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
- A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
- (medicine) An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
- (slang): A loose, lewd, or worthless person.
- (snooker, pool) A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.
- (rugby) The forwards in a rugby team (eight in Rugby Union, six in Rugby League) who with the opposing pack constitute the scrum.
Synonyms
(full set of cards): deck
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English pakken, from the noun (see above). Compare Middle Dutch packen (“to pack”), Middle Low German packen (“to pack”).
Verb
pack (third-person singular simple present packs, present participle packing, simple past and past participle packed)
- (physical) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.
- (transitive) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack
- 1712, Joseph Addison, The Spectator Number 275
- strange materials wound up in that shape and texture, and packed together with wonderful art in the several cavities of the skull
- 1712, Joseph Addison, The Spectator Number 275
- (transitive) To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into.
- (transitive) To wrap in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
- (transitive) To make impervious, such as by filling or surrounding with suitable material, or to fit or adjust so as to move without allowing air, water, or steam inside.
- (intransitive) To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
- (intransitive) To form a compact mass, especially in order for transportation.
- (intransitive, of animals) To gather together in flocks, herds, schools or similar groups of animals.
- (transitive, historical) To combine (telegraph messages) in order to send them more cheaply as a single transmission.
- (transitive) To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack
- (social) To cheat.
- (transitive, card games) To sort and arrange (the cards) in the pack to give oneself an unfair advantage
- 1733 Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man
- Mighty dukes pack cards for half a crown.
- 1733 Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man
- (transitive) To bring together or make up unfairly, in order to secure a certain result.
- 1687, Francis Atterbury, An answer to some considerations on the spirit of Martin Luther and the original of the Reformation
- The expected council was dwindling into […] a packed assembly of Italian bishops.
- 1687, Francis Atterbury, An answer to some considerations on the spirit of Martin Luther and the original of the Reformation
- (transitive) To contrive unfairly or fraudulently; to plot.
- 1655, Thomas Fuller, The church-history of Britain
- He lost life […] upon a nice point subtilely devised and packed by his enemies.
- 1655, Thomas Fuller, The church-history of Britain
- (intransitive) To put together for morally wrong purposes; to join in cahoots.
- (transitive, card games) To sort and arrange (the cards) in the pack to give oneself an unfair advantage
- (transitive) To load with a pack
- (transitive, figuratively) to load; to encumber.
- To move, send or carry.
- (transitive) To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off.
- (transitive, US, chiefly Western US) To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (on the backs of men or animals).
- (intransitive) To depart in haste; – generally with off or away.
- 1723, Jonathan Swift, Stella at Wood-Park:
- Poor Stella must pack off to town.
- 1842, Alfred Tennyson, Dora:
- You shall pack, / And never more darken my doors again.
- 1723, Jonathan Swift, Stella at Wood-Park:
- (transitive, slang) To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.
- (transitive) To cause to go; to send away with baggage or belongings; especially, to send away peremptorily or suddenly; – sometimes with off. See pack off.
- (transitive, sports, slang) To block a shot, especially in basketball.
- (intransitive, rugby, of the forwards in a rugby team) To play together cohesively, specially with reference to their technique in the scrum.
- (intransitive, LGBT, of a drag king, trans man, etc.) To wear a prosthetic penis inside one’s trousers for better verisimilitude.
Synonyms
- (To sort and arrange (the cards) in a pack so as to secure the game unfairly): stack
Antonyms
- (make into a pack): unpack
Derived terms
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pak/
Noun
pack m (plural packs)
- pack (item of packaging)
- pack ice
- (sports) A rugby team
Middle English
Noun
pack
- Alternative form of pak
Scots
Adjective
pack
- intimate; confidential
Spanish
Etymology
From English pack.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pak/, [?pak]
Noun
pack m (plural packs)
- pack, package
- kit, set, bundle
- (colloquial, euphemistic) sexual photos and videos, paid or not, sent over internet, network social; sexting photos
Swedish
Noun
pack n
- a group of unwanted people, lower class people, trash
- stuff, things, luggage; only in the expression pick och pack
Declension
See also
- packa
- paket
Descendants
- ? Finnish: pakka
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mob
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: m?b, IPA(key): /m?b/
- (General American) enPR: m?b, IPA(key): /m?b/
- Rhymes: -?b
Etymology 1
From Middle English mob, short for mobile, from Latin m?bile (vulgus) (“fickle (crowd)”). The video-gaming sense originates from English mobile, used by Richard Bartle for objects capable of movement in an early MUD.
Noun
mob (plural mobs)
- A large or disorderly group of people; especially one bent on riotous or destructive action.
- February 13, 1788, James Madison, Jr., Federalist No. 55
- Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.
- February 13, 1788, James Madison, Jr., Federalist No. 55
- (collective noun) A group of animals such as horses or cattle.
- A flock of emus.
- The Mafia, or a similar group that engages in organized crime (preceded by the).
- The Bat—they called him the Bat. […]. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
- 1986, Paul Chadwick, Concrete: Under the Desert Stars, Dark Horse Books
- What if it is a mob killing? They can’t hurt me, but …
- (video games) A non-player character, especially one that exists to be fought or killed to further the progression of the story or game.
- 2002, "Wolfie", Re: Whoa - massive changes due in next patch (on newsgroup alt.games.everquest)
- You can't win with small, balanced groups. You have to zerg the mob with a high number of players.
- 2002, "Wolfie", Re: Whoa - massive changes due in next patch (on newsgroup alt.games.everquest)
- (archaic) The lower classes of a community; the rabble.
- (Australian Aboriginal) A group of Aboriginal people associated with an extended family group, clan group or wider community group, from a particular place or country.
- 2011 March 10, Allan Clarke, W.A. through Noongar eyes
- There’s nothing like local knowledge and after thousands of years living here the Noongar mob understand this land better than anyone, so it makes sense for them to tap into the lucrative tourism industry.
- 2011 March 10, Allan Clarke, W.A. through Noongar eyes
Synonyms
- (mafia): mafia, Mafia
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
mob (third-person singular simple present mobs, present participle mobbing, simple past and past participle mobbed)
- (transitive) To crowd around (someone), sometimes with hostility.
- The fans mobbed a well-dressed couple who resembled their idols.
- (transitive) To crowd into or around a place.
- The shoppers mobbed the store on the first day of the sale.
Translations
Etymology 2
Alteration of mab.
Noun
mob (plural mobs)
- (obsolete) A promiscuous woman; a harlot or wench; a prostitute. [17th-18th c.]
- A mob cap.
- c. 1773-1774, Oliver Goldsmith, letter to Mrs Bunbury
- cover their faces with mobs
- c. 1773-1774, Oliver Goldsmith, letter to Mrs Bunbury
Derived terms
- mob cap
Verb
mob (third-person singular simple present mobs, present participle mobbing, simple past and past participle mobbed)
- (transitive) To wrap up in, or cover with, a cowl.
Etymology 3
Abbreviation of mobile phone.
Noun
mob (plural mobs)
- mobile phone
Usage notes
- This is most often used in signwriting to match with the other three-letter abbreviations tel (“telephone”) and fax (“facsimile”).
Further reading
- Mob in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
References
Anagrams
- BMO, BOM, BoM, MBO, OMB
Danish
Verb
mob
- imperative of mobbe
French
Etymology
Abbreviated form of mobylette.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?b/
Noun
mob f (plural mobs)
- (colloquial) scooter, moped
Further reading
- “mob” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Volapük
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mob/
Noun
mob (nominative plural mobs)
- suggestion
Declension
Derived terms
- mobön
White Hmong
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??/
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *?mun (“illness, pain”). Cognate with Iu Mien mun.
Verb
mob
- to be ill/sick; to hurt; to be unwell
References
- Ernest E. Heimbach, White Hmong - English Dictionary (1979, SEAP Publications)
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