noun

barrack

BAR-uhk

noun

A large, plain building used to house soldiers or other groups of people.

"The new recruits were assigned bunks in the barrack nearest the parade ground."

"Rows of identical barracks lined the edge of the base."

verb

To house someone in a barrack, or to live in one.

"The battalion was barracked just outside the city for the winter."

(chiefly British and Australian) To shout support for, or jeer at, a team or speaker.

"Fans barracked loudly for the home team from the stands."

How to Use Barrack

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA basic building for housing people (often soldiers), or, in British/Australian English, to cheer loudly for a team.

UK vs US

The 'cheer for a team' sense is common in British and Australian English but rarely used in American English.

barracked past tense, barracked past tense, barracks plural, Barracks plural, barracks singular, barracks singular

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The new recruits were assigned bunks in the _____ nearest the parade ground.

Borrowed from French baraque, itself from Spanish or Catalan barraca, of uncertain earlier origin.