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How to use jake in a sentence

28 example sentences · adjective, noun, verb

Jake means synonym of OK: adequate, satisfactory, acceptable. Example: “Jake was ordained a high priest when he was called to be a counselor in a bishopric.”

Examples of jake by meaning

adjectiveSynonym of OK: adequate, satisfactory, acceptable.

  • Just keep your nose clean and everything will be jake.’1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, page 109
  • But when you come to me in Mayfair when things are as they ought to be, don't try to move in and think things are going to be jake again.1955, J P Donleavy, The Ginger Man, published 1955 (France), page 289

nounA juvenile male turkey.

  • The spring turkey woods are occupied by roaming bands of jakes — year-old males with strong mating urges but inferior body size.1998, Jerome B Robinson, In the Turkey Woods

nounA police officer, a law enforcement officer (sometimes especially one on foot rather than in a patrol car).

  • And I ain't trying to see no highway chase with Jake2004, “99 Problems”, in The Black Album (Jay-Z album), performed by Jay-Z

nounJamaica ginger.

  • It is possible that the governments have found the cause of the poisoned “jake” in their investigations into the Jamaica ginger deaths throughout the South and Southwest.1930, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, Administration of Federal Food and Drugs Act: Hearings......

nounA Discordian prank involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to a targeted individual.

  • It strikes me that organizing a jake over the net is a bad idea, because Hormel could conceivably find out about it before it happens.1994, Matthew Morse, “StarTrek”, in alt.discordia (Usenet)

More sentences with jake

  • Jake was ordained a high priest when he was called to be a counselor in a bishopric.From the entry high priest
  • Jake has more for-real combat skills and less bluster than anyone else around.From the entry for-real
  • Jake has been fooling around with a married woman.From the entry fool around
  • Jake had gone from the center of a teeming throng of people to the solitudinous emptiness of his lonely house.From the entry solitudinous
  • Jake was hoping to make something good out of his suited 7-8 hand, but the flop came out dry: 2-5-10 rainbow, and all of the wrong suit!.From the entry dry
  • Jake came up to the stall and stroked his neck while Jasper nosed around Jake's coat pocket.2023, J. D. Arnold, Rawhide Jake: Learning the Ropes, →ISBN. From the entry nose around
  • Hopefully he unfights the urge and goes nowhere near jake bc Jake doesn't like him.2021 December 2, @lipasxo, Twitter, archived from the original on 02 Mar 2024. From the entry unfight
  • Jake bristled at the insinuation that he never visited his father unless he wanted something.2014, Jami Davenport, Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed?, →ISBN. From the entry rub someone's face in
  • Jake occasionally appends an Ed McMahon “Hey-o!” to his own jokes, and Mr.2014 October 13, Mike Hale, “At Ringside for a Match of Wits”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN…. From the entry hey-o
  • Jake felt that rat feeling again and the gut shot realization that he'd gotten Greg killed.2012, Kristina Wright, Dangerous Curves, →ISBN. From the entry gut shot
  • Jake, I think maybe we just completed the ole Oreo cookie thing!2011, Wade Wright, Jay, Jake and Jimmy, page 59. From the entry Oreo cookie
  • Jake leg was caused by drinking methyl (wood) alcohol rather than ethyl alcohol.2010 July 5, Janet Mace Valenza, Taking the Waters in Texas: Springs, Spas, and Fountains of Youth, University of Texas Press, →ISBN. From the entry jake leg
  • Jake had just installed a radar detector and four new whitewall tires.1987, “The Case of the Wool's Worth”, in The Jewish Law Review: The Mishnah on damages. From the entry whitewall
  • Jake headed upriver, fighting gusts that hit him square in the chest and stopped his skis in midglide.2011, William Durbin, The Darkest Evening, page 195. From the entry midglide
  • Jake, the cougar who's his current fling, is a senior like me, though he didn't join FLAG until our sophomore year.2010, Kyell Gold, Out of Position, Kyell Gold, →ISBN, page 36. From the entry twinky
  • Jake stumbled into a whole den of momma grizzlies.2010, Dan Clemens, “Epilogue: The Following July”, in A Perfect Season: A Coach’s Journey to Learning, Competing, and Having Fun in Youth…. From the entry momma grizzly
  • Jake Garn was sick, was pretty sick.1999 May 13, Robert E. Stevenson, “ORAL HISTORY 2 TRANSCRIPT”, in NASA, archived from the original on 05 May 2026, page 35. From the entry garn
  • Jake lengthened his stride and crossed the road in front of a double-parked car, large, black and with CD plates.1978, Kingsley Amis, Jake's Thing, Vintage, published 2007, page 8. From the entry cd
  • Jake popped a dexy into his mouth, chewed it like a peanut, then offered the prescription bottle to Harry, who declined.1967, Ken Kolb, Getting Straight, Chilton Books, page 88. From the entry dexy
  • Jake explained it to her: “A swack started it, at the last show one night in Hoquiam,” he said.1938, Michael Foster, To Remember at Midnight, page 107. From the entry swack
  • Jake threw his hat at Hannah and walked to his office with a grin from ear to ear as he mussitated, "and whose fault is that?"2020 May 19, Richard M. Beloin, “Oil—Hay—Land—Capers”, in The Harrisons, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN. From the entry mussitate
  • Jake wiped his fingers on his peejay bottoms, then wriggled into the sleeping bag on top of the foamy that was just half a metre from Shadow.1999, David John Smith, The Red Bandanna, Orca Book Publishers, →ISBN, page 43. From the entry peejay

Meaning of jake

  1. adjective Synonym of OK: adequate, satisfactory, acceptable.
  2. noun A juvenile male turkey.
  3. noun A police officer, a law enforcement officer (sometimes especially one on foot rather than in a patrol car).

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Questions about jake in a sentence

How do you use jake in a sentence?
Jake is used as an adjective, noun and verb. For example: “Jake was ordained a high priest when he was called to be a counselor in a bishopric.”
What is a short sentence with jake?
“Jake Garn was sick, was pretty sick.”
What does jake mean?
Jake means synonym of OK: adequate, satisfactory, acceptable.

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