strack

See also: Strack and sträck

German

Etymology

From Middle High German strac (“straight”), from Old High German *strak, from Proto-Germanic *strakaz, *strakkaz (“straight”), from Proto-Indo-European *streg-, *treg- (“stiff, rigid”). More at stretch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃtʁak/
  • Rhymes: -ak

Adjective

strack

  1. straight, taut
  2. (colloquial) drunken

Further reading

Scots

Etymology

Origin uncertain. Perhaps a variant of strick, or from Old English stræc (“strict”).

Adjective

strack (comparative mair strack, superlative maist strack)

  1. Strict.
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