"jacks" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /d͡ʒæks/ Audio: En-au-jacks.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -æks Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} jacks
  1. plural of jack Tags: form-of, plural Form of: jack
    Sense id: en-jacks-en-noun-pC7gfqiT
  2. (poker slang) A pair of jacks. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Poker Translations (pair of jacks): jätkäpari (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-jacks-en-noun-V5-KT0qQ Topics: card-games, poker Disambiguation of 'pair of jacks': 4 96 0
  3. (UK, rhyming slang) Heroin tablets (from "jacks and jills" = pills) Tags: UK, slang
    Sense id: en-jacks-en-noun-ZMTjrf9I Categories (other): British English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 8 26 28 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cracker jacks, lazy jacks

Noun

IPA: /d͡ʒæks/ Audio: En-au-jacks.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -æks Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} jacks
  1. (slang, now chiefly Ireland) Alternative form of jakes: an outhouse or lavatory. Tags: Ireland, alt-of, alternative, slang Alternative form of: jakes (extra: an outhouse or lavatory) Categories (topical): Toilet (room) Translations (toilet): puusee (Finnish), veski (Finnish), vessa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-jacks-en-noun-64cZA5fO Disambiguation of Toilet (room): 3 4 7 64 22 Categories (other): Irish English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 8 26 28 35

Noun

IPA: /d͡ʒæks/ Audio: En-au-jacks.ogg [Australia]
Rhymes: -æks Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} jacks (uncountable)
  1. (games) A children's game involving picking up objects; knucklebones; jackstones. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Games, Dances Translations (a children's game): bikkelen [neuter] (Dutch), osselets [masculine, plural] (French), aliossi [masculine, plural] (Italian), tutukai (Maori), kaimakamaka (Maori), jogo das cinco marias [masculine] (Portuguese), matatenas [feminine, plural] (Spanish), payana [feminine] (Spanish), jacks (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-jacks-en-noun-ivpp2yuq Disambiguation of Dances: 4 10 15 16 55 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 9 28 17 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 8 26 28 35 Topics: games

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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a children's game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "osselets"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a children's game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "aliossi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a children's game",
      "word": "tutukai"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a children's game",
      "word": "kaimakamaka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a children's game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jogo das cinco marias"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a children's game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "matatenas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a children's game",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "payana"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a children's game",
      "word": "jacks"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "jacks"
  ],
  "word": "jacks"
}

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