jacks

See also: Jacks

English

A jack from the game of jacks

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒæks/
• Rhymes: -æks

Noun

jacks

1. plural of jack
2. (games) A children's game involving picking up objects while a ball is in the air.
3. (Ireland, slang) A toilet, from jakes.
4. (poker slang) A pair of jacks.
5. (now chiefly Ireland) Alternative form of jakes: an outhouse or lavatory.

Translations

a children's game

• 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)

toilet

• Finnish: veski (fi), vessa (fi)

pair of jacks

• Finnish: jätkäpari

outhouse

• Finnish: puusee (fi)

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Noun

jacks

1. Plural form of jack