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barrack

1

[ bar-uhk ]

noun

  1. a building or group of buildings for lodging soldiers, especially in garrison.
  2. any large, plain building in which many people are lodged.


verb (used with or without object)

  1. to lodge in barracks.

barrack

2

[ bar-uhk ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to shout boisterously for or against a player or team; root or jeer.

verb (used with object)

  1. to shout for or against.

barrack

1

/ ˈ²úæ°ùÉ™°ì /

verb

  1. to house (people, esp soldiers) in barracks
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

barrack

2

/ ˈ²úæ°ùÉ™°ì /

verb

  1. to criticize loudly or shout against (a player, team, speaker, etc); jeer
  2. intrfoll byfor to shout support (for)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²ú²¹°ù°ù²¹³¦°ì±ð°ù, noun
  • ˈ²ú²¹°ù°ù²¹³¦°ì¾±²Ô²µ, nounadjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²ú²¹°ù۲¹³¦°ì·±ð°ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of barrack1

1680–90; < French baraque, Middle French < Catalan barraca hut, of obscure origin

Origin of barrack2

1885–90; originally Australian English, perhaps < N Ireland dialect barrack to brag
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of barrack1

C19: from northern Irish: to boast
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The report's author, armed forces commissioner Eva Högl, revealed dire shortages ranging from ammunition to soldiers, right down to dilapidated barracks.

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The papers appear to be connected to British Army regiments and barracks at Catterick Garrison.

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Many of his supporters spent weeks camping outside army barracks in an attempt to convince the military to prevent Lula from being sworn in as president as scheduled on 1 January 2023.

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The Wyndford estate was built in the 1960s in the Maryhill area of the city, on the site of the old Glasgow City barracks.

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Rather than emptying the facility out, officials moved more people there, taking a few hundred men from the exposed barracks at Pitchess Detention Center South and moving them to the concrete safety of NCCF.

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