Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A mackintosh.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Short for
macadam . - noun Abbreviations of Maccabees.
- noun An element, usually a conjoined prefix, in many Scotch and Irish names of Celtic origin, cognate with the Welsh Ap-, signifying ‘son,’ and being thus equivalent to the Irish O', the English -son or -s, and the Norman Fitz-.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A prefix, in names of Scotch origin, signifying son.
- proper noun Shortened form of
Macintosh , a brand name for a personal computer. - noun Shortened form of
mackintosh , a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Short for
mackintosh (a raincoat). - noun Short for
macaroni .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a waterproof raincoat made of rubberized fabric
Etymologies
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Examples
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Hahahahaha, well put Jerry. jerry seinfeld the mac is the barack obama of computers. there, i said it. oh, and i own a mac. cuz it makes me feel good without really doing anything, less guilty, and slightly superior to those who don't.
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He is asking you to commit several felonies for 25k. another btw - what you described as a mac virus is actually more traditionally aligned with a worm.
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I send in mac and cheese, chicken nuggets and chicken noodle soup.
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The photo clearly shows the mac is still the right way up – the screen has not been rotated.
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September 26th, 2009 at 7: 02 am mac is creepy but cool veralten
Zip And Mac « Preschool Literacy « Videos « Literacy News 2009
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However, no matter how much I try for replacements, productivity software on the mac is woeful.
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Programs don't generally spread themselves out in mac like they are forced to do in windows gmerin
Win 7 Vs Mac OS X Leopard: Feature-by-Feature Showdown | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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If the Mac settings have been changed to get the screen the right way up, how comes the entire mac is the right way up in the photo?
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I'm sorry but most of the recommendations won't make a single difference to performance other than making start up a teeny weeny bit quicker, but then the whole point of a mac is that you never need to restart or shutdown other than for a software update.
Clean Up And Revive Your Bloated, Sluggish Mac | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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I used GrandPerspective for the hard disk image to find those elusive giant ISOs ... and I use Cocktail for maintenance scripts instead of Onyx, and AppZapper for uninstalling ... however, functionality wise, my mac is still good, the only degradations being a rapid filling up of the hard drive and dramatic loss of 3% of my battery's life thanks to all that torrenting ... skorned
Clean Up And Revive Your Bloated, Sluggish Mac | Lifehacker Australia 2009
slumry commented on the word mac
Has become a common disparaging prefix for things that slavishly follow some model. Describes a world where one place is indistinguishable from another.
(this comment could use some refining--have at it.)
June 20, 2007
oroboros commented on the word mac
Cam in reverse.
November 3, 2007
skipvia commented on the word mac
Mac the Knife, popularized by Bobby Darin.
"When the shark bites, with his teeth dear..."
February 9, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word mac
I think the song title's actually spelled "Mack the Knife."
February 10, 2008
reesetee commented on the word mac
Scarlet billows...start to spread....
February 11, 2008