barrack Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel
  2. verb lodge in barracks
  3. verb spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
    urge; inspire; exhort; cheer; urge on; root on; pep up.
    • The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers
  4. verb laugh at with contempt and derision
    jeer; gibe; scoff; flout.
    • The crowd jeered at the speaker

WordNet


Bar"rack noun
Etymology
F. baraque, fr. It. baracca (cf. Sp. barraca), from LL. barra bar. See Bar, n.
Definitions
  1. (Mil.) A building for soldiers, especially when in garrison. Commonly in the pl., originally meaning temporary huts, but now usually applied to a permanent structure or set of buildings.
    He lodged in a miserable hut or barrack, composed of dry branches and thatched with straw. Gibbon.
  2. A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc. Local, U.S.
Bar"rack transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To supply with barracks; to establish in barracks; as, to barrack troops.
Bar"rack intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To live or lodge in barracks.

Webster 1913