"number six" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-number six.ogg [Australia], en-us-number six.ogg [Mid-Atlantic] Forms: number sixes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} number six (plural number sixes)
  1. (cricket) The batsman who bats sixth. Categories (topical): Cricket, Six 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 Disambiguation of Six: 43 33 24 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 28 33 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, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 28 33 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 43 23 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 31 44 24
  3. (Nigeria, colloquial) One’s brain or common sense. Tags: Nigeria, colloquial
    Sense id: en-number_six-en-noun-kUN7XlPR Categories (other): Nigerian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 28 33

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for number six meaning in English (4.3kB)

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