zack

See also: Zack

English

Alternative forms

• zac

Etymology

Unknown; possibly an alteration or dialect form of six.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /zak/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /zæk/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• 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 (Germany (Berlin)):

  (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.