Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dack

/dæk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.85 in modern English

Syllables: dack
IPA: /dæk/

11

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To pull down someone's trousers as a practical joke.

Australian usage; Informal

verb

To cause political embarrassment in order to gain advantage over an opponent.

Australian usage

name

Countable; Uncountable

name

A former township in the Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada, now part of Charlton and Dack.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"We have it because way back in 1918, Billy Hughes — the Labor defector and leader of the Nationalist Party, from whose remains Robert Menzies was ultimately to build the Liberal Party — introduced preferential voting specifically in order to dack the Labor party."

Etymology

From daks, Australian slang for trousers or underwear.

Origin

Source language: Old English

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Usage

Inflected Forms

dacks (present, singular) dacking (participle, present) dacked (participle, past) dacked (past) Dacks (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Dax

Homonyms

dak

Rhymes With

back black attack track lack jack pack mac crack hack stack pac

Questions

How do you pronounce dack?: The recorded pronunciation is /dæk/.
What does dack mean?: To pull down someone's trousers as a practical joke.
Where does dack come from?: It is traced to Old English.

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