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jacks
noun
a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball
Syn: ↑jackstones, ↑knucklebones
Hypernyms: ↑child's game

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plural of jack
present third singular of jack

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jacks /jaks/ (Irish sl)
noun
A toilet
ORIGIN: Cf ↑jakes, ↑John

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jacks UK [dʒæks] US noun [uncountable]
a children’s game in which you pick up small objects after you have bounced a ball and before you catch it again
Thesaurus: children's gameshyponym to perform an action in a card gamehyponym

Useful english dictionary. 2012.