Meaning

4 senses

  1. (transitive)To house military personnel; to quarter.

  2. (intransitive)To live in barracks.

    kasernieren

    lodge in barracks

  3. (UK, transitive)To jeer and heckle; to attempt to disconcert by verbal means.

    buhen, auspfeifen, niederschreien

  4. (Australia, New Zealand, intransitive)To cheer for or support a team.

    anfeuern

Translations

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Deutsch
By meaning 3
To live in barracks:
To jeer and heckle:
To cheer for or support a team:

Origin

Borrowed from French baraque, from Spanish barraca or Catalan barraca, which is of uncerta

Borrowed from French baraque, from Spanish barraca or Catalan barraca, which is of uncertain origin. It is probably either a diminutive of Vulgar Latin *barra (“bar”), of unclear origin, or a diminutive of Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”) from Celtiberian or Paleo-Hispanic.

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Forms

barracks, barracking, barracked, barracked
Base formbarrack · to barrack
3rd person singularbarracks
Present participlebarracking
Past simplebarracked
Past participlebarracked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybarrack
he, she, itbarracks

Past simpleLesson

all personsbarracked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave barracked
he, she, ithas barracked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill barrack

Synonyms

31 synonyms
teaseB2roastA2tauntB2cheerA2applaudB1hailB2clapB2badgerjeermake fun ofgirdheckleroot foracclaim
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
barometerB2baronbaroqueC2barracksbarragebarrelB1

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