"dack" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /dæk/ Audio: EN-AU ck1 dack.ogg [Australia] Forms: dacks [present, singular, third-person], dacking [participle, present], dacked [participle, past], dacked [past]
Etymology: From daks, Australian slang for trousers or underwear. Etymology templates: {{m|en|daks}} daks Head templates: {{en-verb}} dack (third-person singular simple present dacks, present participle dacking, simple past and past participle dacked)
  1. (Australia, informal) To pull down someone's trousers as a practical joke. Tags: Australia, informal Translations (pull down someone's trousers): 扒褲子 (Chinese Mandarin), 扒裤子 (bā kùzi) (Chinese Mandarin), vetää jonkun housut alas (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-dack-en-verb-XNgCnzx1 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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