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Jacobs¹

  • /ˈd͡ʒeɪkəbz/

proper noun

  1. An English surname originating as a patronymic derived from Jacob.
  2. A southern neighbourhood of Louisville, Kentucky.
  3. A town in Ashland County, Wisconsin, named after William H. Jacobs.
  4. Former name of Port Providence, Pennsylvania.

Jacobs²

  • /ˈd͡ʒeɪkəbz/

Where it comes from

Cockney rhyming slang - Jacob's Cream Crackers (a brand of crackers) = knackers

noun jacobs

  1. UK, plural, plural only, slang Testicles. He has also provided some of the show's funniest moments - when enjoying a bath with Three Degrees star Sheila Ferguson he told her: 'I'm comfortable with anything, love, but you don't want to see my 'Jacobs' hanging out.'

jacobs³

noun

  1. alternative, plural, plural only Alternative form of Jacobs (“testicles”). He'd hit you with his wallet? What an opportunity!!! You could have kicked him in his jacobs, jumped on his head & ran off with his money.

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Closest in meaning: green, lea, reader, jakob, progenitor, ancestor, forefather, patriarch, supplanter, israel, hebrew, israelite, twin, wrestler, dreamer, trickster

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Chicago

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@misc{jacobs_2026,
  title = {jacobs},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jacobs},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}