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Wiktionary

  1. n. Plural form of jack.
  2. n. A children's game involving picking up objects while a ball is in the air.
  3. n. A toilet.
  4. n. A pair of jacks.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball

Etymologies

  1. From the name Jack, from Middle English Jakke, possibly from Old French Jacques, from Late Latin Iacōbus; see Jacob. N., sense 15, short for jack shit.

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  • reesetee A glassmaking tool with two metal arms joined at one end by a spring. The distance between the arms is controlled by the glassworker, who uses them while shaping the parison (for example, to form the mouths of an open vessel). Also known as a borsella or as pucellas. Nov 9, 2007

‘jacks’ has been looked up 624 times, added to 7 lists, commented on 1 time, and has a Scrabble score of 18.