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jacks

noun
/d͡ʒæks/

Definitions

  1. plural of jack

  2. A pair of jacks.

  3. Heroin tablets (from "jacks and jills" = pills)

    • As soon as Barry swung the machete at his head, Vince snapped the PSF knife out of his pocket with his right hand and the jacks from his pocket with his left.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Alternative form of jakes

      Alternative form of jakes: an outhouse or lavatory.

    2. A children's game involving picking up objects

      A children's game involving picking up objects; knucklebones; jackstones.

      • The rest of the day he heard the children playing kick-the-can, hide-and-seek, Over-Annie-Over, jacks, tops, mibs, and the sound of the little monsters in every shrub and shadow would not let him rest.

    3. A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Jack.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for jacks. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA