"number six" meaning in All languages combined

See number six on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-number six.ogg , en-us-number six.ogg Forms: number sixes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} number six (plural number sixes)
  1. (cricket) The batsman who bats sixth. Coordinate_terms: number one, number two, number three, number four, number five, number seven, number eight, number nine, number ten, and so on
    Sense id: en-number_six-en-noun-JXQvHhnI Categories (other): Cricket, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 19 35 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 16 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 22 40 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (UK, slang, obsolete) Synonym of Newgate knocker (“a lock of hair worn twisted back toward the ear”) Tags: UK, obsolete, slang Synonyms: Newgate knocker [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-number_six-en-noun-G0f7WH-9 Categories (other): British English, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Six Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 16 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 22 40 Disambiguation of Six: 31 43 26
  3. (Nigeria, colloquial) One’s brain or common sense. Tags: Nigeria, colloquial
    Sense id: en-number_six-en-noun-kUN7XlPR Categories (other): Nigerian English, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 16 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 22 40

Inflected forms

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