barrack

Definition of Barrack in English :

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Noun

1. barrack

a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel

Verb

2. barrack

lodge in barracks

3. barrack, cheer, exhort, inspire, pep up, root on, urge, urge on

spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts

Example Sentences:
'The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers'

4. barrack, flout, gibe, jeer, scoff

laugh at with contempt and derision

Example Sentences:
'The crowd jeered at the speaker'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Barrack

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verb

to house (people, esp soldiers) in barracks

verb British, Australian and New Zealand informal

1.

to criticize loudly or shout against (a player, team, speaker, etc); jeer

2. (intransitive; foll by for)

to shout support (for)

Barrack

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noun

1. Rare

an improvised hut

2. [pl., often with sing. v.]

a.

a building or group of buildings for housing soldiers

b.

a large, plain, often temporary building for housing workmen, police, etc.

verb transitive, verb intransitive

3.

to house in barracks

verb transitive, verb intransitive

Chiefly Austral

to jeer or shout at (a player, team, performer, etc.)

Barrack

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tr.v. bar·racked, bar·rack·ing, bar·racks

To house (soldiers, for example) in quarters.

n. often barracks

1. A building or group of buildings used to house military personnel.

2. A large, unadorned building used for temporary occupancy.

v. bar·racked, bar·rack·ing, bar·racks

v.intr.

1. Chiefly British To jeer or shout at a player, speaker, or team.

2. Australian To shout support for a team.

v.tr.
Chiefly British

To shout against; jeer at.

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