Barrack

Quick meaning: Barrack is a noun meaning (by extension, chiefly in the plural) Any very plain, monotonous, or ugly large building.

Meaning

(by extension, chiefly in the plural) Any very plain, monotonous, or ugly large building.

More Meanings

1. (US) A (structure with a) movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc.
2. (Ireland, colloquial, usually in the plural) A police station.
3. (transitive) To house military personnel; to quarter.
4. (intransitive) To live in barracks.
5. (British, transitive) To jeer and heckle; to attempt to disconcert by verbal means.
6. (military, chiefly in the plural) A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.
7. (chiefly in the plural) A primitive structure resembling a long shed or barn for (usually temporary) housing or other purposes.

Example Sentences

I know the barracks at the training camp out on the moors.

I knew that he had been barracked at times, but I did not realise that he was so sensitive.

The only really unique aspect of Australian barracking is its idiom, the distinctive language and humour involved.

Some people stopped concentrating on the piece altogether, some started barracking and heckling, while others began chatting to one another.

Word Forms

• barracks
• barracking
• barracked

Synonyms for barrack

Depending on context, synonyms include badger, jeer, tease, gird, heckle, roast.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include inspire, gibe, cheer, urge, exhort, flout.

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