mack adj.
1. masculine in appearance and behaviour.
[ | West India Customs and Manners 157: Tajo, tao, tajo! my mackey massa! [...] I’ll please my mackey massa! I’ll jig to mackey massa! / I’ll sweet my mackey massa!]. | |
Cross of Lassitude 264: I want a man to be mac and aggressive, and not just a yard dog. |
2. anything pertaining to a pimp, such as attitude, philosophy, automobile or clothes.
‘Pimp in a Clothing Store’ in Milner & Milner (1972) 286: Young man walked in, Jack, in black on black with a gray tie. Mack hat hanging down, pimp shades sockin’ it to you from the cue view. | ||
🎵 Since we met a while back, and your style was mack. | ‘Live Now’
In phrases
(US black) to become enthusiastic, excited.
New York Town 1 Nov. [synd. col.] Harlem (getting mack to the land of the free and the home of the brave) is all worked up. |