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barracker

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bar⋅rack

2  [bar-uhk] Australian, British
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–verb (used without object)
1. to shout boisterously for or against a player or team; root or jeer.
–verb (used with object)
2. to shout for or against.
Origin:
1885–90; orig. Australian E, perh. < N Ireland dial. barrack to brag

Related forms:
bar⋅rack⋅er, noun
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bar·rack 2   (bār'ək)   
v.   bar·racked, bar·rack·ing, bar·racks

v.   intr.

  1. Chiefly British To jeer or shout at a player, speaker, or team.

  2. Australian To shout support for a team.

v.   tr. Chiefly British
To shout against; jeer at.

[Perhaps from Irish dialectal barrack, to brag; akin to brag.]
bar'rack·er n.
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Word Origin & History

barrack 
1686, "temporary hut for soldiers during a siege," from Fr. barraque, from Sp. barraca (1249) "soldier's tent," lit. "cabin, hut," perhaps from barro "clay, mud," which is probably of Celt-Iberian origin. Meaning "permanent building for housing troops" (usually in plural) is attested from 1697.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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