different between oaks vs daks

English

Noun

oaks

1. plural of oak

Anagrams

• Kosa, koas, okas, soak

Estonian

Noun

oaks

1. translative singular of uba

English

Etymology 1

From DAKS, trademark for a brand of trousers originally made in the 1930s by Simpsons of Piccadilly; formed from the initials of Alexander Simpson and the first and last letters of the name of his business associate Dudley Beck.

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

• dacks

Noun

daks pl (plural only)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) Trousers or underwear.
   • 2004, Bryce Courtenay, Brother Fish, 2008, unnumbered page,

     The usual stuff – sports jacket, a couple of pairs of daks, one brown and one grey, three pairs of socks, though I only had need for one sock in the meantime, two white shirts and a decent pair of shoes, though again, only one shoe being useful in my present predicament.

   • 2008, Dave Sabben, The Scorpion Dance, Denny Neave, Soldiers' Tale: A Collection of True Stories from Aussie Soldiers, page 144,

     But the pain?s still there, so I begin to drop my daks to investigate the territory.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

daks

1. plural of dak

Anagrams

• DASK, S.Dak.

Bikol Central

Etymology

Shortened form of dakula (“big”)

Adjective

daks

1. well hung; having a large penis; well-endowed

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German dahs, from Old High German dahs, from Proto-West Germanic *þahs, from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz (“badger”). Cognate with German Dachs, Dutch das.

Noun

daks m

1. (Sette Comuni) badger

References

• “daks” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

daks m (definite singular daksen, indefinite plural dakser, definite plural daksene)

1. Alternative spelling of dachs

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

daks m (definite singular daksen, indefinite plural daksar, definite plural daksane)

1. Alternative spelling of dachs

Tagalog

Etymology

Short for Cebuano dako.

Adjective

daks

1. well hung; having a large penis; well-endowed