zack

See also: Zack

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown; possibly an alteration or dialect form of six.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /zak/
  • Audio (AU)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ak

Noun

zack (plural zacks)

  1. (Australia) Sixpence.
    • 2014, Frank E. Burdett, The Purple Tree: The Queensland Outback in the 1860s:
      "Strewth, Dad! It's not worth a zack!" said Barry.
  2. (Australia, rare) Five cents.
  3. (Australia) A six-month or six-year prison sentence.

References
  • Dalzell, Tom et al. (2008) The Consise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, rev. ed. edition, London and New York: Routledge, page 717

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡sak/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ak

Verb

zack

  1. singular imperative of zacken
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of zacken

Interjection

zack

  1. (colloquial) Onomatopoeia expressing that something happens quickly or suddenly.
    Jetzt raus aus der Badewanne, aber zack!
    Out of the bathtub, now; chop-chop!
    Er hörte nur das Wort „Hausaufgaben“ und, zack, war er verschwunden.
    He only heard the word "homework" and, poof, he disappeared.
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