mac

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/mæk/

noun 10name 7

Collocations

ADJ.

big, cheesy, crazy, creamy, fantastic, infected, left, light

I made a big mac for lunch yesterday and it was absolutely delicious.

VERB + MAC

according, calls, got, loves, operating, saw, service, trouble

She loves her new mac and uses it every single day for work.

MAC + NOUN

b-mac, c-mac, cheese, computer, friend, itself, os, pbb

I forgot my Mac at home and had to borrow my friend's computer for the presentation.

PREP.

about, in, on, since

I've been working on my mac since this morning to finish the project.

ADV.

also, always

I always mac and cheese for dinner when I'm too tired to cook anything fancy.

Definitions

noun

Clipping of mackintosh (“a raincoat”).

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

A person of Scottish descent (used in driving culture to denigrate someone for poor/slow/amateurish driving responses).

noun

Clipping of macaroni.

Is there any mac and cheese left?

Who wrote "kick me" on my back? Who put a spider in my mac?

noun

Used to address a man whose name is unknown.

Have you got a light, Mac?

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?"

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Synonyms

noun — a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

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

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Is there any mac and cheese left?

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Who wrote "kick me" on my back? Who put a spider in my mac?

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Nothing tastes better to me than a big ol' bowl of super creamy, cheesy mac!

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Have you got a light, Mac?

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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

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, mac is marked as derogatory, offensive, slang, informal, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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