"jankers" meaning in English

See jankers in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Unknown Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} jankers (uncountable)
  1. (British military slang) A form of military punishment which involves being confined to barracks, performing tedious and often pointless tasks, and being subjected to frequent uniform inspections. Tags: British, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-jankers-en-noun-ZZonTMMC Categories (other): British English Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. (British military slang) Defaulters' drill. Tags: British, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-jankers-en-noun-oClM2Crv Categories (other): British English Topics: government, military, politics, war

Noun

Etymology: Unknown Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} jankers
  1. plural of janker Tags: form-of, plural Form of: janker
    Sense id: en-jankers-en-noun-VpJQatgX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 17 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 31 6 63 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 6 63
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "jankers (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Military",
          "orig": "en:Military",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A form of military punishment which involves being confined to barracks, performing tedious and often pointless tasks, and being subjected to frequent uniform inspections."
      ],
      "id": "en-jankers-en-noun-ZZonTMMC",
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "punishment",
          "punishment"
        ],
        [
          "confine",
          "confine"
        ],
        [
          "barrack",
          "barrack"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British military slang) A form of military punishment which involves being confined to barracks, performing tedious and often pointless tasks, and being subjected to frequent uniform inspections."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Military",
          "orig": "en:Military",
          "parents": [
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Defaulters' drill."
      ],
      "id": "en-jankers-en-noun-oClM2Crv",
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "Defaulters'",
          "defaulter"
        ],
        [
          "drill",
          "drill"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British military slang) Defaulters' drill."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "jankers"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "noun form"
      },
      "expansion": "jankers",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "35 17 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 6 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 6 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "janker"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural of janker"
      ],
      "id": "en-jankers-en-noun-VpJQatgX",
      "links": [
        [
          "janker",
          "janker#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "jankers"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English military slang",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English noun forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with unknown etymologies",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "jankers (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English slang",
        "en:Military"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A form of military punishment which involves being confined to barracks, performing tedious and often pointless tasks, and being subjected to frequent uniform inspections."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "punishment",
          "punishment"
        ],
        [
          "confine",
          "confine"
        ],
        [
          "barrack",
          "barrack"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British military slang) A form of military punishment which involves being confined to barracks, performing tedious and often pointless tasks, and being subjected to frequent uniform inspections."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English",
        "English slang",
        "en:Military"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Defaulters' drill."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "military",
          "military"
        ],
        [
          "Defaulters'",
          "defaulter"
        ],
        [
          "drill",
          "drill"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British military slang) Defaulters' drill."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British",
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "war"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "jankers"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English military slang",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English noun forms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with unknown etymologies",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "Unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "noun form"
      },
      "expansion": "jankers",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "janker"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "plural of janker"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "janker",
          "janker#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "jankers"
}

Download raw JSONL data for jankers meaning in English (2.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (0c0c1f1 and 4230888). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.