jacks

noun — 4 senses

jacks

noun

/d͡ʒæks/

1

plural of jack

2

Card games, Poker Slang A pair of jacks.

3

UK, Slang Heroin tablets (from "jacks and jills" = pills)

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.2011, R. Tyler, Heroin Guns:

Derived terms: cracker jacks, lazy jacks

jacks

noun

1

Games A children's game involving picking up objects; knucklebones; jackstones.

The rest of the day he heard the children playing kick-the-can, hide-and-seek, Over-Annie-Over, jacks, tops, mibs, and the sound of the little monsters in every shrub and shadow would not let him rest.

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