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jayhawk

jayhawk verb: to steal.

Verb

jayhawk (third-person singular simple present jayhawks, present participle jayhawking, simple past and past participle jayhawked)

  1. (ambitransitive) To steal.

Proper noun capitalized: Jayhawk

Jayhawk

  1. A native or inhabitant of the American state of Kansas.
  2. Someone associated with the University of Kansas, for example as a student, alum, or sports team member, or as a fan.
    • Her career as a Jayhawk was marked by many achievements.

Forms of jayhawk

third-person singular presentjayhawks
present participlejayhawking
past participlejayhawked
pastjayhawked

Origin of jayhawk

From jayhawker. Re-imagined as a half-bluejay, half-sparrowhawk bird (one is the mascot of the University of Kansas).

Questions about jayhawk

What does jayhawk mean?
Jayhawk means to steal.
What part of speech is jayhawk?
Jayhawk can be a verb or a proper noun.
What is the past tense of jayhawk?
The past tense of jayhawk is jayhawked.

Words near jayhawk in the dictionary

  1. Jaye
  2. Jayes
  3. jayet
  4. jaygee
  5. jaygees
  6. jayhawk
  7. jayhawked
  8. jayhawker
  9. Jayhawker State
  10. jayhawkers
  11. jayhawking

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jayhawk (page history and authors); Jayhawk (page history and authors). 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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