jake

English Online Dictionary. What means jake‎? What does jake mean?

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dʒeɪk/
• Rhymes: -eɪk

Adjective

jake (comparative more jake, superlative most jake)

1. (slang) Adequate; satisfactory; acceptable.

Noun

jake (countable and uncountable, plural jakes)

1. (US) A juvenile male turkey.
2. (New York, Chicago, MTE, MLE, slang) police, a federal government officer.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:police officer
3. (slang) A police officer, a cop (on foot, rather than in a patrol car).
4. (US, slang, uncountable) Jamaica ginger.
5. A Discordian prank involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to a targeted individual.

Derived terms

• jake leg

Verb

jake (third-person singular simple present jakes, present participle jaking, simple past and past participle jaked)

1. (transitive) To play a Discordian prank on (somebody), involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to that person.

See also

• jake brake

Middle English

Noun

jake

1. Alternative form of jakke

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• jaki, jaka (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse jaki, from Proto-Germanic *jekô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²jaːçə/, /²jaːkə/

Noun

jake m (definite singular jaken, indefinite plural jakar, definite plural jakane)

1. broken ice, icefloe