мък

Formally, an obsolete action noun of мъ́кна (mǎ́kna, “to drag, to tow”). Nowadays, used only as an interjection.

мък • (mǎk) m (dated)

1. yank, tug (individual act of pulling or hauling)

   от мък, при мък ― ot mǎk, pri mǎk ― to dilly-dally (literally, “from a yank, to a yank”)

мък • (mǎk)

1. expression of initiating an action

   ни хък, ни мък ― ni hǎk, ni mǎk ― mum's the word (literally, “neither a sound, nor an action”)

• “мък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “мък”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., Duridanov, I. V., editors (1995), “мък”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 4 (мѝнго² – па̀дам), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 381