jacks
jacks · jackses
A pair of jacksA pair of jacks.
/d͡ʒæks/
Meaning
3 senses(slang)A pair of jacks.
(UK, slang)Heroin tablets (from "jacks and jills" = pills)
(uncountable)A children's game involving picking up objects; knucklebones; jackstones.
More definitions
- a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball
Translations
4 languagesForms
plural: jacksesSynonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball:jackstonesknucklebones
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedlazy jacks