Meanings
jacky1
plural jackies
- countablederogatoryslangA sailor.
Up and down that street on a bright Saturday afternoon may be seen our Middle Western jackies chumming with the British sailors and Tommies, or flirting with the Irish girls, or gazing through the little panes of the show-windows […]
1918, Winston Churchill, A Traveller in War-Time
Jacky2
alternative Jackey · alternative Jackie · alternative Jacqui
- A nickname used instead of the male given name Jack, Jacques (and its cognates) or John.
- A diminutive of the female given name Jacqueline.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Biblical Hebrewעָקַב
- Biblical Hebrewיַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ)
- Ancient GreekἸακώβ (Iakṓb)
- Ancient GreekἸάκωβος (Iákōbos)
- LatinIācōbusslbor.?
- FrenchJacques
- Middle EnglishJackin
- EnglishJack
- EnglishJacky
Translations
Spanish Jacky
- Jackydiminutive of the female given name
Rhymes & wordplay
Sounds the same
Cite this entry
jacky. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jacky
“jacky.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jacky. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jacky,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jacky.
Source: jacky on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.