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barracks

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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

bar⋅rack

1  [bar-uhk]
–noun Usually, barracks.
1. a building or group of buildings for lodging soldiers, esp. in garrison.
2. any large, plain building in which many people are lodged.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
3. to lodge in barracks.
Origin:
1680–90; < F baraque, MF < Catalan barraca hut, of obscure orig.
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bar·rack 1   (bār'ək)   
tr.v.   bar·racked, bar·rack·ing, bar·racks
To house (soldiers, for example) in quarters.
n.  

  1. A building or group of buildings used to house military personnel. Often used in the plural.

  2. A large, unadorned building used for temporary occupancy. Often used in the plural.


[From French baraques, barracks, from Spanish barracas, soldiers' tents or huts.]
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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