"cacks" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kæks/
Rhymes: -æks Etymology: From earlier kicks (“breeches”). Cognate with English kecks. Etymology templates: {{m|en|kicks||breeches}} kicks (“breeches”), {{cog|en|kecks}} English kecks Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} cacks pl (plural only)
  1. (Ireland) Trousers. Tags: Ireland, plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-cacks-en-noun-qlXN95~T Categories (other): Irish English
  2. (Bristol) Underpants. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-cacks-en-noun-6afha4D~ Categories (other): Bristolian English, English pluralia tantum Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 16 66 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /kæks/
Rhymes: -æks Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} cacks
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cack Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: cack
    Sense id: en-cacks-en-verb-5AVA8bVG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Download JSON data for cacks meaning in English (1.9kB)

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