barrack

tr.v., -racked, -rack·ing, -racks.
To house (soldiers, for example) in quarters.

n.

1. A building or group of buildings used to house military personnel. Often used in the plural.
2. A large, unadorned building used for temporary occupancy. Often used in the plural.

[From French baraques, barracks, from Spanish barracas, soldiers' tents or huts.]

bar·rack² (băr'ək)

v., -racked, -rack·ing, -racks.

v.intr.

1. Chiefly British. To jeer or shout at a player, speaker, or team.
2. Australian. To shout support for a team.

v.tr. Chiefly British
To shout against; jeer at.

[Perhaps from Irish dialectal barrack, to brag, akin to BRAG .]

barracker bar'rack·er n.

(BAR-uhk, the first syllable is the same as in barrel)
verb tr., intr.
1. To shout in support: to cheer.
2. To shout against: to jeer.

Etymology
Perhaps from Northern Ireland dialectal barrack (to brag)

noun
A building used to house soldiers.
verb tr., intr.
To provide with accommodation.
[From French baraque, from Italian baracca or Spanish barraca (hut, tent).]

Usage
"Raphael Clarke said: Every kid wants to play for the team they barrack for." — Lyall Johnson; Clarkes Praise the Saints; The Age (Melbourne, Australia); Nov 23, 2003.

"During the debate, then Socred leader Rita Johnston and NDP leader Mike Harcourt were barracking away at each other about corruption." — Ross Howard; TV Debate; The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada); May 16, 1996.

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Originally a soldier's tent or cabin, it came to mean a building for the lodgement or residence of troops. It is usually given in the plural, as barracks, indicating very large establishments.

Brit.  to shout at derisively or sarcastically

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

A house in which soldiers enjoy a portion of that of which it is their business to deprive others.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
v. tr. - indkvartere på kaserne
n. - kaserne

2.
v. intr. - heppe, opmuntre
v. tr. - indkvartere på kaserne

Nederlands (Dutch)
kazerne, keet, groot saai gebouw, uitjoelen, inkwartieren

Français (French)
1.
v. tr. - loger (dans une baraque)
n. - (Mil) caserne, quartier

2.
v. intr. - revendiquer son soutien à
v. tr. - (GB) se moquer de (qn) (fam), (Austral, NZ) conspuer

Deutsch (German)
1.
v. - in Kasernen unterbringen
n. - Kaserne, Baracke

2.
v. - ausbuhen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - στρατώνας, καζάρμα
v. - στρατωνίζω/-ομαι, γιουχάρω, ξεφωνίζω

Italiano (Italian)
fischiare, baracca

Português (Portuguese)
n. - barraca (f), celeiro (m), quartel (m)
v. - aquartelar, vaiar

Русский (Russian)
размещать в казармах, высмеивать противоположную команду

Español (Spanish)
1.
v. tr. - abuchear
n. - abucheo

2.
v. intr. - acuartelar
v. tr. - acuartelar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kasern, barrack
v. - inkvartera, kasernera, bua

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 使驻兵营内, 兵舍, 军营

2. 住入营房, 向...提供营房, 使住入营房

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. tr. - 使駐兵營內
n. - 兵舍, 軍營

2.
v. intr. - 住入營房
v. tr. - 向...提供營房, 使住入營房

한국어 (Korean)
1.
v. tr. - 막사에 수용하다
n. - 막사, 병영, 크고 엉성한 집

2.
v. intr. - 성원하다
v. tr. - 성원하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 兵舎に収容する, 兵舎で暮らす
n. - 兵舎, 大きく殺風景な建物

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ثكنه عسكريه (فعل) استنكر بالصياح و الصفير‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮אכסן חיילים בקסרקטין‬
n. - ‮מגורי חיילים, קסרקטין, בניין גדול פשוט, בניין לאחסון אנשים רבים‬
v. intr. - ‮צעק בוז‬
v. tr. - ‮צעק בוז‬

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