jacobs

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/ˈd͡ʒeɪkəbz/

proper noun

An English surname originating as a patronymic derived from Jacob.

CommonScrabble 17

Meanings

jacobs1

nounjacobs pl (plural only)
  1. alternativepluralplural onlyAlternative form of Jacobs (“testicles”).

    He'd hit you with his wallet? What an opportunity!!! You could have kicked him in his jacobs, jumped on his head & ran off with his money.

    2004 December 24, Guppings, “Re: I hate Xmas”, in uk.sport.football (Usenet)
    2 more examples

    "last time I was at Muirkirk (In april I think) I was moaning about the cold while dressed in a few arctic fleeces, bunnet etc and a local came up to me in a thin jacket and said "braw warm today eh mate" I was freezing my jacobs off"

    2005 March 5, Paul C, “Some photos: Glenbuck Cherrypickers and Muirkirk”, in uk.sport.football (Usenet)

    It was almost 6:30 and the sun was breaking the horizon, better get the boss back to the safety of her fortress-like house on Beverly St., or it might be his jacobs in a jar!

    2005, Ken Knight, The Midnight Oil, AuthorHouse, published 2005, →ISBN, page 240

Jacobs2

proper noun
  1. An English surname originating as a patronymic derived from Jacob.
  2. A place in the United States:
    1. A town in Ashland County, Wisconsin, named after William H. Jacobs.
    2. Former name of Port Providence, Pennsylvania.

Jacobs3

nounJacobs pl (plural only)

alternative jacobs

  1. UKpluralplural onlyslangTesticles.

    Horseshit every match matters and Alex Ferguson would drag his players out of the club by their Jacobs if they made such a statement.

    2008 November 25, Baldoni, “Re: Amazing...”, in alt.sports.soccer.manchester.united (Usenet)
    2 more examples

    He has also provided some of the show's funniest moments - when enjoying a bath with Three Degrees star Sheila Ferguson he told her: 'I'm comfortable with anything, love, but you don't want to see my 'Jacobs' hanging out.'

    2004 December 8, Sherna Noah, “Joe's jungle 'experience'”, in The Birmingham Post

    I used to have a Velo seat, which is pretty similar to the KH in design, and I got rid of it for the same reason. The padding was so deep and spongey that my Jacobs used to float to the top as I rode along.

    2005 July 2, Mikefule [username], “Re: Nut buster seat”, in rec.sport.unicycling (Usenet)

Origin

Cockney rhyming slang - Jacob's Cream Crackers (a brand of crackers) = knackers

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APA

jacobs. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jacobs

MLA

“jacobs.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jacobs. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jacobs,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jacobs.

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