different between jacks vs dacks

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?æks/
• Rhymes: -æks

Noun

jacks

1. plural of jack
2. (poker slang) A pair of jacks.
3. (Britain, rhyming slang) Heroin tablets (from "jacks and jills" = pills)
   • 2011, R. Tyler, Heroin Guns

     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.

Translations

Noun

jacks

1. (slang, now chiefly Ireland) Alternative form of jakes: an outhouse or lavatory.

Translations

Noun

jacks (uncountable)

1. (games) A children's game involving picking up objects; knucklebones; jackstones.

Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

jacks

1. Plural form of jack

English

Pronunciation

Noun

dacks pl (plural only)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) Alternative form of daks

Verb

dacks

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dack

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Enhanced adverbial form of déck (“thick”), from Middle High German dicke (“thickly; often”), from Old High German thicco. Compare Dutch dikwijls (“often”). The vowel -a- is native, while the -é- of the adjective is due to influence by surrounding dialects.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daks/, [d?ks]
• Homophone: Dachs

Adverb

dacks

1. often; frequently

Synonyms

• oft (from German)

Antonyms

• sielen

Related terms

• déck