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| barracks | |
| 1. n. plural of barrack. |  |
| 2. n. (military, plural only) A group of buildings used by military personnel as housing. | |
| barrack | |
| 1. n. (military, chiefly in the plural) A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings. | |
| 2. n. (chiefly in the plural) primitive structure resembling a long shed or barn for (usually temporary) housing or other purposes | |
| 3. n. (chiefly in the plural) any very plain, monotonous, or ugly large building | |
| 4. n. (US, regional) A movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc. | |
| 5. n. (Ireland colloquial usually in the plural) A police station. | |
| 6. v. To house military personnel; to quarter. | |
| 7. v. (intransitive) To live in barracks. | |
| 8. v. (UK, transitive) To jeer and heckle; to attempt to disconcert by verbal means. | |
| 9. v. (Australia, New Zealand, intransitive) To cheer for or support a team. | |
