mack daddy
noun
ˈmak- 
1
slang : a conspicuously successful pimp
2
slang : a slick womanizer
3
slang : one that is the best
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The mack daddy of Mac compatibility USB-C Does the MacTigr work with Windows? 
Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 16 Aug. 2022 But there is evil afoot in Jellicleville: The scheming mack daddy known as Macavity (an outrageously seductive Idris Elba) is trying to sabotage the event by cat-napping Jellicles and transporting them to a barge on the Thames. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 20 Dec. 2019
Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 16 Aug. 2022 But there is evil afoot in Jellicleville: The scheming mack daddy known as Macavity (an outrageously seductive Idris Elba) is trying to sabotage the event by cat-napping Jellicles and transporting them to a barge on the Thames. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 20 Dec. 2019 Word History
Etymology
argot mac, mack pimp, probably short for obsolete argot mackerel, from Middle English makerel, from Anglo-French makerelle procuress, ultimately from Middle Dutch mākelaer broker
First Known Use
1964, in the meaning defined at sense 1
mack daddy
noun
as in fancy man
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- fancy man
- pimp
- pander
- cadet
- procurer
- outside the range/realm of possibility
- outside the realm of possibility
- outside the realm of the possible
- outside wire
- outsideness
- outsider
- outsider art
- outsiderness
- outsidernesses
- outsiders
- outsides
- outsidest
- outsight
- outsights
- outsing
- outsinging
- outsings
- outsinned
- outsinning
- outsins
- outsit
- outsits
- outsitting
- outsize
- outsized