"jake" meaning in All languages combined

See jake on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /dʒeɪk/ [UK] Audio: En-au-jake.ogg Forms: more jake [comparative], most jake [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪk Head templates: {{en-adj}} jake (comparative more jake, superlative most jake)
  1. (slang) Adequate; satisfactory; acceptable. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-jake-en-adj-QO2lqfPH

Noun [English]

IPA: /dʒeɪk/ [UK] Audio: En-au-jake.ogg Forms: jakes [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪk Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} jake (countable and uncountable, plural jakes)
  1. (US) A juvenile male turkey. Tags: US, countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Male animals
    Sense id: en-jake-en-noun-30CGzaVc Disambiguation of Male animals: 3 42 8 8 30 5 4 Categories (other): American English
  2. (New York, Chicago, MTE, MLE, slang) police, a federal government officer. Tags: Multicultural-London-English, New-York, countable, slang, uncountable Synonyms: police officer
    Sense id: en-jake-en-noun-2KtXtq4g Categories (other): Multicultural London English, Multicultural Toronto English, New York English
  3. (slang) A police officer, a cop (on foot, rather than in a patrol car). Tags: countable, slang, uncountable
    Sense id: en-jake-en-noun-~FGirGIp
  4. (US, slang, uncountable) Jamaica ginger. Tags: US, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Discordianism Categories (lifeform): Baby animals, Fowls, Ginger family plants, Poultry
    Sense id: en-jake-en-noun-S8RrftI6 Disambiguation of Discordianism: 5 4 8 18 28 19 17 Disambiguation of Baby animals: 4 11 12 13 45 8 7 Disambiguation of Fowls: 7 21 11 12 35 7 8 Disambiguation of Ginger family plants: 7 15 11 11 42 7 7 Disambiguation of Poultry: 5 21 12 12 36 8 6 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 9 13 13 44 8 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 6 5 14 14 45 8 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 3 13 15 49 8 8
  5. A Discordian prank involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to a targeted individual. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-jake-en-noun-DU-K6SUi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: jake leg

Verb [English]

IPA: /dʒeɪk/ [UK] Audio: En-au-jake.ogg Forms: jakes [present, singular, third-person], jaking [participle, present], jaked [participle, past], jaked [past]
Rhymes: -eɪk Head templates: {{en-verb}} jake (third-person singular simple present jakes, present participle jaking, simple past and past participle jaked)
  1. (transitive) To play a Discordian prank on (somebody), involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to that person. Tags: transitive Related terms: jake brake
    Sense id: en-jake-en-verb-05dg-sgA

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} jake
  1. Alternative form of jakke Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: jakke
    Sense id: en-jake-enm-noun-WTkmSHof Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Norwegian Nynorsk]

IPA: /²jaːçə/, /²jaːkə/ Forms: jaken [definite, singular], jakar [indefinite, plural], jakane [definite, plural]
Etymology: From Old Norse jaki, from Proto-Germanic *jekô. Etymology templates: {{inh|nn|non|jaki}} Old Norse jaki, {{inh|nn|gem-pro|*jekô}} Proto-Germanic *jekô
  1. broken ice, icefloe Tags: masculine Synonyms: jaki, jaka [dialectal]

Inflected forms

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      "form": "more jake",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "ref": "1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 126:",
          "text": "‘What do you care? Just keep your nose clean and everything will be jake.’",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1955, J P Donleavy, The Ginger Man, published 1955 (France), page 289:",
          "text": "Wouldn't you just like to see me now, Marion, wouldn't you? I'm not bitter. O no. I'm quite calm. Completely relaxed. But when you come to me in Mayfair when things are as they ought to be, don't try to move in and think things are going to be jake again.",
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        "(slang) Adequate; satisfactory; acceptable."
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        {
          "ref": "1998, Big L, Ebonics (Criminal Slang):",
          "text": "A radio is a box, a razor blade is a ox / fat diamonds is rocks and jakes is cops.",
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          "ref": "1930, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, Administration of Federal Food and Drugs Act: Hearings..., page 1854:",
          "text": "It is possible that the governments have found the cause of the poisoned “jake” in their investigations into the Jamaica ginger deaths throughout the South and Southwest.",
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        "(US, slang, uncountable) Jamaica ginger."
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        {
          "ref": "1993, selvarv, the keeper of Rig, “Today's impending JAKE!”, in alt.discordia (Usenet):",
          "text": "Hello, I'm afraid in some regards I'm too discordian for my own good and I forgot to either write down the jake-dupe's address, or include it in my repost when I suggested today as jake day....",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1994, Matthew Morse, “StarTrek”, in alt.discordia (Usenet):",
          "text": "It strikes me that organizing a jake over the net is a bad idea, because Hormel could conceivably find out about it before it happens. That's not going to stop me from participating though.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1999, Jeff X. Mink, “My Christmas Card!”, in alt.discordia (Usenet):",
          "text": "Call me old fashioned, but this situation is really inappropriate for a jake. […] I mean that a little girl was seriously injured, […] and we, as Discordians, should have more respect for the holy tradition of the jake, and use its powers only for those situations where it can actually do some good, or at least be worth a good laugh.",
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        "To play a Discordian prank on (somebody), involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to that person."
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        "(transitive) To play a Discordian prank on (somebody), involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to that person."
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          "ref": "1998, Big L, Ebonics (Criminal Slang):",
          "text": "A radio is a box, a razor blade is a ox / fat diamonds is rocks and jakes is cops.",
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          "ref": "1993, selvarv, the keeper of Rig, “Today's impending JAKE!”, in alt.discordia (Usenet):",
          "text": "Hello, I'm afraid in some regards I'm too discordian for my own good and I forgot to either write down the jake-dupe's address, or include it in my repost when I suggested today as jake day....",
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          "ref": "1994, Matthew Morse, “StarTrek”, in alt.discordia (Usenet):",
          "text": "It strikes me that organizing a jake over the net is a bad idea, because Hormel could conceivably find out about it before it happens. That's not going to stop me from participating though.",
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          "text": "Call me old fashioned, but this situation is really inappropriate for a jake. […] I mean that a little girl was seriously injured, […] and we, as Discordians, should have more respect for the holy tradition of the jake, and use its powers only for those situations where it can actually do some good, or at least be worth a good laugh.",
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