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jacks

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See also: Jacks

English

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Noun

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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.

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jacks

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

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jacks (uncountable)

a jack from the game of jacks
colorful jacks
  1. (games) A children's game involving picking up objects; knucklebones; jackstones.
    • (Can we date this quote by Ray Bradbury, Let's Play Poison and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      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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jacks

  1. plural of jack

Portuguese

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jacks

  1. plural of jack

Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English jacks.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝaɡs/ [ˈɟ͡ʝaɣ̞s]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃaɡs/ [ˈʃaɣ̞s]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒaɡs/ [ˈʒaɣ̞s]

Noun

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jacks m pl (plural only)

  1. (games) jacks; knucklebones; jackstones
    Synonyms: chinta, matatena, matatenas, payaya, payana

Usage notes

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According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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