Mac Meaning
/mæk/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounClipping of mackintosh (“a raincoat”).
nounA person of Scottish descent (used in driving culture to denigrate someone for poor/slow/amateurish driving responses).
Sentence Examples
Everybody calls him Mac.
Mac helped me carry the vacuum cleaner.
He wore a rain mac to keep dry in the storm.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
During the sudden downpour, he put on a ____ to keep his clothes dry.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He wore a stylish and waterproof ____ to stay dry during the heavy rain that lasted for several hours.
Word Origin & History
Clipping of mackintosh.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Standing in the dock at Southampton / Trying to get to Holland or France / The man in the mac said / You've got to go back / You know they didn't even give us a chance"
— 1969, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, 0:04 from the start, in The Ballad of John and Yoko (music video), The Beatles (actor), Vevo, published 2017:
"Who wrote "kick me" on my back?
Who put a spider in my mac?"
— 1998, Dennis Doyle, edited by Alison Sage, Treasury of Children's Poetry, Shirley Said, page 177:
"Nothing tastes better to me than a big ol' bowl of super creamy, cheesy mac!"
— 2019, Gail Green, Marci Peschke, Lunch Recipe Queen (Kylie Jean), North Mankato, Minn.: Picture Window Books, Capstone, →ISBN, page 6:
"TIME was, the stereotypical New York cabdriver was a gabby if slightly gruff man with a Brooklyn accent who knew every pothole in every street in every borough and greeted people with the world-weary query, "Where to, Mac?""
— 1998 May 24, Bearak, Barry, “The Nation: Parallel Universe; Listen Up, Out There. Here's What Cabbies Think of You.”, in The New York Times, section 4, page 1:
"Although our Macs served us well, in those early, dark years Macintosh users were effectively excommunicated by the computer establishment."
— 1987, InfoWorld, volume 9, number 37, page 46:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
During the sudden downpour, he put on a ____ to keep his clothes dry.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He wore a stylish and waterproof ____ to stay dry during the heavy rain that lasted for several hours.