stack
stack
stæk
stāk
/stˈæk/

Definition & Meaning of "stack"in English

to stack
01

to arrange items on top of each other in large quantities

Transitive: to stack sth
to stack definition and meaning
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
action verb
regular
present tense
stack
3rd person singular
stacks
present participle
stacking
past simple
stacked
past participle
stacked
Examples
The warehouse worker stacked boxes of inventory neatly to maximize storage space.
02

to pile things up and fill an area with those piles

Transitive: to stack a space
Examples
She stacked the shelves with cans of soup.
03

to arrange a deck of cards in a specific way to cheat

Transitive: to stack a deck or cards
Examples
He secretly stacked the deck to ensure he got the winning hand.
04

to make money, especially in large amounts

Informal
Examples
He 's been stacking cash by investing in real estate.
05

to be doing extremely well, often in terms of success, skill, or performance

Informal
Examples
He 's been stacking ever since he landed that new job.
Stack
01

a neatly arranged heap of objects

Grammatical Information
animacy status
inanimate
Composition
Simple
countable
plural form
stacks
Examples
He put the books into a stack on the table.
02

a tall, vertical chimney for releasing smoke and combustion gases

Examples
Smoke rose from the factory stack into the sky.
03

a data structure that removes data in the reverse order of saving them and serves as a temporary storage

Examples
The programmer used a stack to keep track of function calls.
04

a data structure where the last element added is the first one removed

Examples
Undo actions are kept in a stack.
05

a large amount of something, often money or objects

Slang

What does "stack" mean in slang?

The term "stack" means a large amount of something, most commonly money. The structure comes from the literal idea of items being stacked into a pile, used metaphorically to indicate abundance. It is informal slang widely used in financial and street contexts, often in phrases like "make a stack" or "stack of cash," referring to a significant quantity or accumulation of resources.

Examples
They paid him a stack of money to keep quiet.
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