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sixer

noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A shot in which the ball passes over the boundary without touching the ground, for which the batting team is awarded six runs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial

Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: six

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A Cub Scout or Brownie who leads a group of six.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A prison sentence of six months.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

Examples

  • 1869, A Merchant. Editor: Frank Henderson, Six Years in the Prisons of England The copper knew I did that job, and had me up on suspicion some time after, and gave me a drag (three months) over it. The next bit I did was a 'sixer' (six months), and I escaped from prison in about three weeks after I got it.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A six-pack of a beverage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A conker that has won six matches.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A transgender person

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: India

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A player for the 76ers, a team from Philadelphia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

Topics: ball-games, basketball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: six, 6, VI, sise, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sextet, sestet, sextuplet, hexad

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: digit, figure

History

Etymology

From six + -er.

Calque of Hindi छक्का (chakkā).