Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Slang Suitable or satisfactory; fine.
Wiktionary
- adj. slang Adequate; satisfactory; acceptable.
- n. US A juvenile male turkey.
Etymologies
- Origin unknown. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“As long as you keep quiet when the gobbler/jake is within sight, you'll be able to shoot some birds.”
“Wed 10/14/09 12: 54 AM jake is the guy women overlook, but then thier boyfrirnds treat them like dirt and they come crying to the guy deemed “too nice”. they only get what they DESERVE!”
Jake is the new Bachelor. What, was a box of rocks not available? | EW.com
“Branee_Hippie (1/16/2009 6: 52: 19 PM) i loved twilight. i like all the actors. anyone who thinks they need a new jake is wrong. thou i do think they rushed through, and it was diff. from the book. but without comparing it was great!!!”
One Twilighter’s 2009 Wish List For Robert Pattinson » MTV Movies Blog
“Tue 10/13/09 11: 36 PM reid would’ve been a MUCH better choice! jake is cute but he doesnt have much charisma, he’s really vanilla!!”
Jake is the new Bachelor. What, was a box of rocks not available? | EW.com
“Newell said the issue of engine compression brakes - commonly known as jake brakes - has become a nuisance, particularly on the south side.”
“Council also gave final approval to Mr. Shields 'bill to ban truck drivers' use of noisy compression brakes -- otherwise known as jake brakes -- within city limits.”
“To Lowell Mayor Edward "Bud" Caulfield, the life of a health inspector or public works ditch digger is as valuable as the gutsiest cop or jake, which is why he wants all employees taken care of should they die for the city.”
“Yes | No | Report from Reid Jones wrote 43 weeks 4 days ago actually i'm hunting on my own private land, i'm the only person out there. and i was heading out to my set up, it's just some camo burlap between two trees and i sit behind it. theres a road about 100 yards from where the jake was at and after i took my shot i saw a couple other turkeys, i couldn't make out the gender. i'm sure it was a jake, the head was red but it wasn't a tom. yes in fact i was calling him, he wasn't answering. .the wind wasn't in my favor either.”
“Sorry, just for clarification, I posted under the name "jake" earlier.”
Demographics of the Oligarchs, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“T-P's James Gill (who has cornered the market on the word "jake", btw) gives Blakely the treatment today:”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘jake’.
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Visuals
A list of words which yield surprising, beautiful, amusing, or otherwise noteworthy images here on Wordnik.
photochrom, fufluns, thank you, cool l..., postcard, picture postcard, cricket, physiological ill..., Gakuryū Ishii, ametropia, One Froggy Evening, rhodopsin, Santiago Calatrava and 636 more...
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Scrabble Names
Given names that were acceptable for play the last time I checked the OWL.
kris, ray, barb, morris, kat, mark, maria, erica, marge, mason, hunter, hazel and 168 more...
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Scrabble People
Names and Persons (including derogatory)allowed by Scrabble
joey, ruth, guine..., joey, ruth, guinea, yid, jones, bob, jake, molly, looie, louie, erica and 13 more...
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Talkin' Turkey
Big-tent list of all things turkey, from the name of the country to colloquial phrases containing the term turkey. Anything turkey-related is welcome.
turkey bacon, turkey and stuffing, Turkey, Naragansett, turkey tower, USS Turkey, turkey moray, tofurky, cold turkey, box office bomb, Turkey, NC, tom turkey and 37 more...
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Scrabble words which start with the l...
juvenile, juvenal, jutty, jute, jut, justness, justly, justle, justify, justice, juster, just and 534 more...
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Autantonyms
Words with mutually exclusive double meanings. Also, here are some:
QUASI-AUTANTONYMS: slow up/slow down; bar/debar; bone/debone; burn up/burn down; fat chance/slim chance; fill in/fil...clip, cleave, sanction, handicap, fast, jibe, secrete, aloha, bimonthly, bolt, cheerio, commencement and 139 more...
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kingofbash's Words
bash, poleaxed, salacious, libertine, charlatan, aplomb, fortuitous, finagle, apoplectic, debutante, carte blanche, aardvark and 472 more...
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"G-J" words
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today's word
copemate, quiddity, ere, maugre, argal, cultivar, exurb, spokesmodel, rollick, logy, cadastral, corpulent and 259 more...
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Words of Blood Meridian
"Toadvine looked at him. The necklace of human ears he wore looked like a string of dried black figs. He was big and raw-looking and one eyelid sagged where a knife had severed the small muscles th...
apishamore, scullery, hewer, leonids, kitchenhouse, washpot, husbandman, bottomland, flatboat, boatswain, pesthouse, coastwise and 29 more...
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menagerie a trois
Names of our family pets.
shog, jake, purdy, ernie, victoria peckham, gregory, yellow, kif, pepsi, yoko, marmalade, jo and 37 more...
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Words I See Primarily in Books About ...
furze, peat, turnips, Michaelmas, Candlemas, hunter's moon, harvest moon, banish, rampart, lest, ordure, market day and 74 more...
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"J" Words
Scrabble List
jut, jus, jun, jow, jeu, jin, jot, ajee, dojo, fuji, jake, jamb and 37 more...
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Bux.
acerb, antiphon, aperçu, deferential, inamorata, peroration, umbrage, slattern, felonious, transmogrify, hierophant, cloacal and 24 more...
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1920s Slang
Definitions to be added where necessary
spifflicated, flapper, dame, applesauce, bee's knees, bum's rush, hoofer, gams, glad rags, necking, upchuck, blotto and 18 more...
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Sweet spirits of cats a-fighting
Moonshine words and some terms used for the D.T.'s.
white lightning, sugar whiskey, skull cracker, popskull, bush whiskey, stump, stumphole, 'splo, ruckus juice, rotgut, catdaddy, mule kick and 34 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for jake.
reesetee Wow. Scary. Jun 3, 2009
chained_bear "Jake" wasn't actually on the list of "Pansies," but I put it there because there isn't really a better place for it. Definition:
"Extract of Jamaica ginger, a patent medicine with a high alcohol content, found favor with a certain class of drinker during Prohibition. Unfortunately, 'jake,' as it was called, contained a neurotoxin that caused its devotees to lose the use of their hands and feet." (Article citation and link in "The Pansies" list description.)
See also jake-foot, the condition it caused. Jun 3, 2009
oroboros Uncouth v. fine. May 23, 2008
mshalston Syn for okay as in, "Everything is jake." Feb 2, 2007