jacks

jacks

See also: Jacks

English

A jack from the game of jacks

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒæks/

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• Rhymes: -æks

Noun

jacks

1. plural of jack
2. (poker slang) A pair of jacks.
3. (UK, rhyming slang) Heroin tablets (from "jacks and jills" = pills)
   • 2011, R. Tyler, Heroin Guns

     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.

Translations

pair of jacks

Finnish: jätkäpari

Noun

jacks

1. (slang, now chiefly Ireland) Alternative form of jakes: an outhouse or lavatory.

Translations

toilet

Finnish: puusee (fi), veski (fi), vessa (fi)

Noun

jacks (uncountable)

1. (games) A children's game involving picking up objects; knucklebones; jackstones.

Translations

a children's game

Dutch: bikkelen (nl) n French: osselets (fr) m pl Italian: aliossi (it) m pl Maori: tutukai, kaimakamaka Portuguese: jogo das cinco marias m Spanish: matatenas f pl, payana (es) f Swedish: jacks (sv)

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Noun

jacks

1. Plural form of jack