1. n. & v.
--n. (usu. in pl., often treated as sing.)
1. a building or building complex used to house soldiers.
2 any building used to accommodate large numbers of people.
3 a large building of a bleak or plain appearance.
--v.tr. place (soldiers etc.) in barracks.
Phrases and idioms:
barrack-room lawyer Brit. a pompously argumentative person. barrack-square a drill-ground near a barracks.
Etymology: F baraque f. It. baracca or Sp. barraca soldier's tent, of unkn. orig. 2. v. Brit.
1. tr. shout or jeer at (players in a game, a performer, speaker, etc.).
2 intr. (of spectators at games etc.) shout or jeer.
Etymology: app. f. BORAK