adj
Meaning 1
Synonym of OK: adequate, satisfactory, acceptable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: OK
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
jake
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /dʒeɪk/
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Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -eɪk
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/d͡ʒeɪk/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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CMU ARPABET: JH EY1 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A male given name.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
A juvenile male turkey.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
A police officer, a law enforcement officer (sometimes especially one on foot rather than in a patrol car).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Multicultural-London-English, New-York, countable, especially, slang, uncountable
Qualifier: Chicago
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: 5-O, alphabet, barney, beatsman, bizzie, bluebottle, bluecoat, blue heeler, blue meanie, bobby, body snatcher, bogey, boy in blue, bull, bullyman, buttons, centenier, charpering omi, chazzer, cobbler, cop, copper, cozzer, cracker, crusher, crowns, dibble, fed, filth, finest, finger, five-o, flatfoot, flatty, fuzz, garda, gendarme, glowie, guardian of the peace, harman, harman-beck, Inspector Knacker, jack, jackboot, jake, John Law, John Q. Law, Johnny Hopper, lawman, mee-maw, monarch, Mr Plod, mutton shunter, nuthook, oinker, Officer Friendly, Old Bill, one-time, PC Plod, pig, piggy, peeler, plod, police, police officer, policeman, policeperson, polis, po-po, raw lobster, roller, rozzer, scufter, slop, swine, statie, twelve, tyre biter, unboiled lobster, walloper, wooden-top
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Jamaica ginger.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, slang, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
A Discordian prank involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to a targeted individual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
A rustic; a yokel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, slang, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 8
To play a Discordian prank on (somebody), involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to that person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Originally a medieval variant of Jack; today also used as a diminutive form of Jacob and James.
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: Jaco — diminutive of Jacob or James
- Afrikaans: Jako — diminutive of Jacob or James
- Afrikaans: Koos — diminutive of Jacob or James
- Chinese Mandarin: 傑克 /杰克 (Jiékè) — diminutive of Jacob or James
- Finnish: Jaakko — diminutive of Jacob or James
- Finnish: Jaska — diminutive of Jacob or James
- Finnish: Jake — diminutive of Jacob or James
- French: Jacky — diminutive of Jacob or James
- German: Jockel — diminutive of Jacob or James
- Greek: Τζέικ (Tzéik) — diminutive of Jacob or James
- Irish: Séamaisín — diminutive of Jacob or James
- Italian: Lapo — diminutive of Jacob or James
- Portuguese: Iago — diminutive of Jacob or James
- Russian: Я́ша (Jáša) — diminutive of Jacob or James
- Spanish: Santi — diminutive of Jacob or James
- Spanish: Diego — diminutive of Jacob or James
- Spanish: Iago — diminutive of Jacob or James
- Spanish: Yago — diminutive of Jacob or James
- Ukrainian: Я́ша (Jáša) — diminutive of Jacob or James
- Welsh: Iago — diminutive of Jacob or James