mac

Clipping of mackintosh (“a raincoat”).

Noun abbreviation, alt of

  1. Clipping of mackintosh (“a raincoat”).
    • Standing in the dock at Southampton / Trying to get to Holland or France / The man in the mac said / You've got to go back / You know they didn't even give us a chance - 1969, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, 0:04 from the...
  2. A person of Scottish descent (used in driving culture to denigrate someone for poor/slow/amateurish driving responses).

Origin

Clipping of mackintosh.

Forms

macs

Derived

pac-a-mac

Noun Canada, US

  1. Clipping of macaroni.
    • Is there any mac and cheese left?
    • Who wrote "kick me" on my back? Who put a spider in my mac? - 1998, Dennis Doyle, edited by Alison Sage, Treasury of Children's Poetry, Shirley Said, page 177:
    • Nothing tastes better to me than a big ol' bowl of super creamy, cheesy mac! - 2019, Gail Green, Marci Peschke, Lunch Recipe Queen (Kylie Jean), North Mankato, Minn.: Picture Window Books, Capstone, →ISBN, page 6:

Origin

Clipping of macaroni.

Derived

chili mac mac and cheese mac 'n' cheese mac salad