JACKS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jacks mean? 

• JACKS (noun)
  The noun JACKS has 1 sense:

1. a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball

  Familiarity information: JACKS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JACKS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

jacks; jackstones; knucklebones

Hypernyms ("jacks" is a kind of...):

child's game (a game enjoyed by children)

 Context examples 

That was splendid too; that is, the orchestra was, though I'd have enjoyed it more if those jumping-jacks had kept quiet or gone off the stage.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“Our time is not yet come, and we must lie here until evening. Throw off your jacks and headpieces, least their eyes catch the shine, and tether the horses among the rocks.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Bows, steel caps, and jacks were caught up from the grass.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Three jacks of the wine of the country, Michel—for the air bites shrewdly.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Trusses of straw had been thrown down along the walls, and reclining on them were some twenty or thirty archers, all of the Company, their steel caps and jacks thrown off, their tunics open and their great limbs sprawling upon the clay floor.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)