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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)

  1. 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.
  2. A number or quantity equal to the contents of a pack
  3. A multitude.
  4. A number or quantity of connected or similar things; a collective.
  5. A full set of playing cards
  6. The assortment of playing cards used in a particular game.
  7. 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.
  8. A wolfpack: a number of wolves, hunting together.
  9. A group of people associated or leagued in a bad design or practice; a gang.
  10. A group of Cub Scouts.
  11. A shook of cask staves.
  12. A bundle of sheet iron plates for rolling simultaneously.
  13. A large area of floating pieces of ice driven together more or less closely.
  14. (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.
  15. (slang): A loose, lewd, or worthless person.
  16. (snooker, pool) A tight group of object balls in cue sports. Usually the reds in snooker.
  17. (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)

  1. (physical) To put or bring things together in a limited or confined space, especially for storage or transport.
    1. (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
    2. (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.
    3. (transitive) To wrap in a wet or dry sheet, within numerous coverings.
    4. (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.
    5. (intransitive) To make up packs, bales, or bundles; to stow articles securely for transportation.
    6. (intransitive) To form a compact mass, especially in order for transportation.
    7. (intransitive, of animals) To gather together in flocks, herds, schools or similar groups of animals.
    8. (transitive, historical) To combine (telegraph messages) in order to send them more cheaply as a single transmission.
  2. (social) To cheat.
    1. (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.
    2. (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.
    3. (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.
    4. (intransitive) To put together for morally wrong purposes; to join in cahoots.
  3. (transitive) To load with a pack
  4. (transitive, figuratively) to load; to encumber.
  5. To move, send or carry.
    1. (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.
    2. (transitive, US, chiefly Western US) To transport in a pack, or in the manner of a pack (on the backs of men or animals).
    3. (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.
    4. (transitive, slang) To carry weapons, especially firearms, on one's person.
  6. (transitive, sports, slang) To block a shot, especially in basketball.
  7. (intransitive, rugby, of the forwards in a rugby team) To play together cohesively, specially with reference to their technique in the scrum.
  8. (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)

  1. pack (item of packaging)
  2. pack ice
  3. (sports) A rugby team

Middle English

Noun

pack

  1. Alternative form of pak

Scots

Adjective

pack

  1. intimate; confidential

Spanish

Etymology

From English pack.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?pak/, [?pak]

Noun

pack m (plural packs)

  1. pack, package
  2. kit, set, bundle
  3. (colloquial, euphemistic) sexual photos and videos, paid or not, sent over internet, network social; sexting photos

Swedish

Noun

pack n

  1. a group of unwanted people, lower class people, trash
  2. stuff, things, luggage; only in the expression pick och pack

Declension

See also

  • packa
  • paket

Descendants

  • ? Finnish: pakka

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paca

English

Etymology

Via Spanish paca and Portuguese paca, from Guaraní paka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?pæk?/
  • Rhymes: -æk?

Noun

paca (plural pacas)

  1. Any of the large rodents of the genus Cuniculus (but see also its synonyms), native to Central America and South America, which have dark brown or black fur, a white or yellowish underbelly and rows of white spots along the sides.

Derived terms

  • lowland paca (Cuniculus paca)
  • mountain paca (Cuniculus taczanowskii)

Synonyms

  • gibnut (Belize)
  • labba (Guyana)
  • royal rat

Translations

See also

  • Cuniculus hernandezi
  • paca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • AACP, ACPA, APAC, APCA, CAAP, CAPA, PAAc, capa

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa?ka/

Verb

p?ca

  1. (transitive) to wash

References

  • Andrews, J. Richard (2003) Workbook for Introduction to Classical Nahuatl, revised edition edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, page 244
  • Campbell, R. Joe (1997) , “Florentine Codex Vocabulary”, in (Please provide the title of the work)?[1], archived from the original on 20 February 2011, retrieved 17 June 2007
  • Karttunen, Francis (1983) An Analytical Dictionary of Nahuatl, Austin: University of Texas Press, page 182
  • Lockhart, James (2001) Nahuatl as Written: Lessons in Older Written Nahuatl, with Copious Examples and Texts, Stanford: Stanford University Press, page 228

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?pat?sa/
  • Hyphenation: pa?ca
  • Rhymes: -at?sa

Adjective

paca (accusative singular pacan, plural pacaj, accusative plural pacajn)

  1. peaceful, not at war or disturbed by strife or turmoil
  2. peaceful, motionless and calm

Derived terms

  • pacema

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [?p?t?s?]
  • Hyphenation: pa?ca
  • Rhymes: -t?s?

Noun

paca (plural pacák)

  1. (informal) inkspot

Declension

Synonyms

  • tintafolt
  • tintapaca

Derived terms

  • pacáz
  • tintapaca

Further reading

  • paca in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Irish

Alternative forms

  • puca (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English pakke, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô (bundle, pack).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?p?ak?/

Noun

paca m (genitive singular paca, nominative plural pacaí)

  1. pack (bundle to be carried)

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

  • "paca" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “paca” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “paca” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Etymology 1

Via Spanish paca, from Guaraní paka.

Noun

paca m (invariable)

  1. (zoology) paca

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

paca

  1. inflection of pacare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

  • capa

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /?pa?.ka?/, [?pä?kä?]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?pa.ka/, [?p??k?]

Verb

p?c?

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of p?c?

Pali

Alternative forms

Verb

paca

  1. inflection of pacati (to cook):
    1. second-person singular imperative active
    2. first/third-person singular imperfect active

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?pa.t?sa/

Etymology 1

Noun

paca f

  1. trowel, smoother, skimmer (tool for applying a smooth layer of mortar, plaster, etc.)
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

paca m anim

  1. genitive/accusative singular of pac

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

paca

  1. third-person singular present of paca?

Further reading

  • paca in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
  • paca in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Alternate form of pacas.

Adverb

paca (not comparable)

  1. (Brazil, familiar) a lot; super

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?paka/, [?pa.ka]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French pacque.

Noun

paca f (plural pacas)

  1. bale (bundle)
    Synonyms: fardo, lío

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

paca f (plural pacas)

  1. female equivalent of paco (police officer)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Guaraní paka.

Noun

paca f (plural pacas)

  1. (chiefly Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) paca (rodent of the genus Cuniculus)
    Synonyms: (Colombian Amazonia) boruga, (Panama) conejo pintado, (Colombia) guagua, (Ecuador) guanta, (Northwestern Colombia) guartinaja, (Bolivia) jochi pintado, (Venezuela, Colombian Llanos) lapa, (Peru) majaz, tepezcuintle, (Mexico, Central America) tepezcuinte, (Northeastern Colombia) tinajo

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