barrack
Plural: barracks
Noun
- a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel
- A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.
- A primitive structure resembling a long shed or barn for (usually temporary) housing or other purposes.
- Any very plain, monotonous, or ugly large building.
- A (structure with a) movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc.
- A police station.
Verb
Verb Forms: barracked, barracking, barracks
- To shout loudly and persistently at a performer or player.
- lodge in barracks
- spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
- laugh at with contempt and derision
- To house military personnel; to quarter.
- To live in barracks.
- To jeer and heckle; to attempt to disconcert by verbal means.
- To cheer for or support a team.
Examples
- The other players began to barrack him for taking too long.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from French baraque, from Spanish barraca or Catalan barraca, which is of uncertain origin. It is probably either a diminutive of Vulgar Latin *barra (“bar”), of unclear origin, or a diminutive of Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”) from Celtiberian or Paleo-Hispanic.
Synonyms
cheer, exhort, flout, gibe, inspire, jeer, pep up, root on, scoff, urge, urge on, badger, make fun of, root for, tease
Scrabble Score: 15
barrack: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbarrack: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
barrack: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary