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verb · intransitive · rare

dack

dack · dacks · dacked · dacking

To pull down someone's trousers as a practical jokeTo pull down someone's trousers as a practical joke.

/dæk/

Meaning

2 senses

(Australia, informal)To pull down someone's trousers as a practical joke.
(Australia)To cause political embarrassment in order to gain advantage over an opponent.

Origin

From daks, Australian slang for trousers or underwear.

From daks, Australian slang for trousers or underwear.

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Forms

dacks, dacking, dacked, dacked

Base form	dack · to dack
3rd person singular	dacks
Present participle	dacking
Past simple	dacked
Past participle	dacked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	dack
he, she, it	dacks

Past simpleLesson

all persons

dacked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have dacked
he, she, it	has dacked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will dack

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

dab dabble dachshund dadA1 daddyA1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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