Jacks
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jacks¹
- /d͡ʒæks/
Rhymes with -æks
noun
- plural of jack
- A pair of jacks.
- Heroin tablets (from "jacks and jills" = pills) 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.
noun
- Alternative form of jakes: an outhouse or lavatory.jakes
noun
- A children's game involving picking up objects; knucklebones; jackstones. 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.
Jacks²
noun
- plural of Jack
proper noun
- A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Jack.