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jacks

/d͡ʒæks/

jacks noun: a pair of jacks. Also the plural of jack.

jacks: a pair of jacks
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Noun (1)

jacks

  1. (slang) A pair of jacks.
  2. (UK, slang) Heroin tablets (from "jacks and jills" = pills)
    • As soon as Barry swung the machete at his head, Vince snapped the PSF knife out of his pocket with his right hand and the jacks from his pocket with his left.2011, R. Tyler, Heroin Guns

Noun (2)

jacks (uncountable)

  1. A children's game involving picking up objects; knucklebones; jackstones.
    • The rest of the day he heard the children playing kick-the-can, hide-and-seek, Over-Annie-Over, jacks, tops, mibs, and the sound of the little monsters in every shrub and shadow would not let him rest.

Noun (3) capitalized: Jacks

Jacks

  1. (plural) plural of Jack

Proper noun capitalized: Jacks

Jacks

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Jack.

Also used as

jacks is also the plural of jack.

jacks is also the alternative form of jakes.

jacks meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

jacks in Hindi

जैक्स

jacks in Tamil

ஜாக்ஸ், ஜாக்குகள்

jacks in Marathi

जॅक्स

jacks in Urdu

جیکس
More languagesFewer languages
jacks in Bengali
জ্যাকস
jacks in Telugu
జాక్లు, జాక్స్
jacks in Malayalam
ജാക്കുകൾ, ജാക്ക്സ്
jacks in Kannada
ಜಾಕ್ಗಳು, ಜ್ಯಾಕ್ಗಳು
jacks in Punjabi
ਜੈਕਸ, ਜੈਕਜ਼
jacks in Gujarati
જેક્સ
jacks in Odia
ଜ୍ଯ଼ାକ୍ସ, ଜ୍ଯ଼ାକ୍ସ୍
jacks in Nepali
ज्याकहरू, ज्याक्स

Words formed from jacks

Phrases with jacks

49 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with jacks

32 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about jacks

What does jacks mean?
Jacks means a pair of jacks.
What is jacks in Hindi?
Jacks in Hindi is जैक्स. See Jacks meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is jacks?
Jacks can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce jacks?
Jacks is pronounced /d͡ʒæks/.

Words near jacks in the dictionary

  1. jackroller
  2. jackrollers
  3. jackrolling
  4. jackrollings
  5. jackrolls
  6. jacks
  7. jacks around
  8. Jacks Creek
  9. jacks in
  10. Jacks in the green
  11. jacks into

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jacks (page history and authors); Jacks (page history and authors); jacks (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jacks (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jacks (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jacks (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jacks (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jacks (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jacks (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jacks (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jacks (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jacks (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jacks (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jacks (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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