BARRACK

I. noun Etymology: French baraque hut, from Catalan barraca Date: 1686 a building or set of buildings used especially for lodging soldiers in garrison, 2. a structure resembling a shed or barn that provides temporary housing, housing characterized by extreme plainness or dreary uniformity, II. transitive verb Date: 1701 to lodge in ~s, III. verb Etymology: perhaps from dialect (northern Ireland) ~ to brag Date: 1887 transitive verb to shout at derisively or sarcastically, intransitive verb root , cheer , jeer , scoff , ~er noun