▪ I. lak1
(lak)
Repr. U.S. dial. (esp. Black English) pronunc. of like a., adv., and v.1
| 1881 J. C. Harris Nights with Uncle Remus (1884) xvi. 80 He'd skuze hisse'f, he would, en gallop down de big road a piece, en paw up de san' same lak dat ar ball-faced steer w'at tuck'n tuck off yo' pa' coat-tail las' Feberwary. 1901 F. L. Stanton (song-title) Mighty lak' a rose. 1936 M. Mitchell Gone with Wind v. 78 Ain' nobody got a wais' lak mah lamb. 1949 Crisis (N.Y.) Nov. 303/1 Would you lak t'go t' the sto'..lak a darlin' li'l boy. 1973 B. Gates in S. Henderson Understanding New Black Poetry 310 Now, you gon' stop Yo ackin lak a fool! |
▪ II. lak
obs. form of lack; var. latch.