zack

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noun

Sixpence.

Less commonScrabble 19

Meanings

zack1

nounzack (plural zacks)

plural zacks · alternative zac

  1. AustraliaSixpence.

    "Strewth, Dad! It's not worth a zack!" said Barry.

    2014, Frank E. Burdett, The Purple Tree: The Queensland Outback in the 1860s
  2. AustraliarareFive cents.
  3. AustraliaA six-month or six-year prison sentence.

Zack2

proper nounZack (plural Zacks)

plural Zacks

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Zach, a diminutive of the male given names Zachariah, Zacharias, and Zachary.

    Tigers manager A.J. Hinch had just inserted Zack Short to pinch-hit for Akil Baddoo, the type of chess-match move Hinch is making more than ever this season.

    2023 May 26, Cody Stavenhagen, “A.J. Hinch is managing with confidence as the Tigers hang tight in the AL Central”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Dec 2025

Origin

Unknown; possibly an alteration or dialect form of six.

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Cite this entry
APA

zack. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zack

MLA

“zack.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zack. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zack,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zack.

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