name
Meaning 1
A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Jack.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
jacks
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/d͡ʒæks/
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rhymes with -æks
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CMU ARPABET: JH AE1 K S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
plural of jack
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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noun
Meaning 3
A pair of jacks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
Topics: card-games, poker
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noun
Meaning 4
Heroin tablets (from "jacks and jills" = pills)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, slang
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noun
Meaning 5
Alternative form of jakes: an outhouse or lavatory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, alt-of, alternative, slang
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noun
Meaning 6
A children's game involving picking up objects; knucklebones; jackstones.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: games
Examples
- 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.
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noun
Meaning 7
a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: jackstones, knucklebones
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: child's game
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: jätkäpari — pair of jacks
- Finnish: puusee — toilet
- Finnish: veski — toilet
- Finnish: vessa — toilet
- Dutch: bikkelen — a children's game
- French: osselets — a children's game
- Italian: aliossi — a children's game
- Māori: tutukai — a children's game
- Māori: kaimakamaka — a children's game
- Portuguese: jogo das cinco marias — a children's game
- Spanish: matatenas — a children's game
- Spanish: payana — a children's game
- Spanish: matatena — a children's game
- Spanish: yas — a children's game
- Spanish: yax — a children's game
- Spanish: pallana — a children's game
- Swedish: jacks — a children's game
Real reading context