different between jacky vs kookaburra

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?æki/
• Homophone: Jackie

Noun

jacky (plural jackies)

1. (slang, derogatory) A sailor.
   • 1918, Winston Churchill, A Traveller in War-time

     Up and down that street on a bright Saturday afternoon may be seen our Middle Western jackies chumming with the British sailors and Tommies, or flirting with the Irish girls, or gazing through the little panes of the show-windows […]

2. (Britain, dialect, archaic) English gin.
   • 1878, W. S. Gilbert, H.M.S. Pinafore

     I've snuff, and tobacky, / And excellent jacky.

Anagrams

• Y-jack

French

Noun

jacky m (plural jackys, feminine jackette)

1. A person who pimps (excessively customizes)

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Wiradhuri guuguubarra.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?k??b???/
• (General Australian, General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /?k?k??ba??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?k??b???/, /?k?k??b???/
• (accents without the hurry–furry merger)
• (accents with the hurry–furry merger)

Noun

kookaburra (plural kookaburras)

1. Any of several species of kingfishers in the genus Dacelo, known for their laugh-like call.

Synonyms

• clockbird, goburra, gogobera, kooka, kooky, laughing jackass, Jacky

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• kookaburra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Dixon, R. M. W., Bruce Moore, W. S. Ramson, Mandy Thomas (2006) Australian Aboriginal Words in English: Their Origin and Meaning, 2nd ed. edition, Oxford University Press, ?ISBN, page 86