six

1. A numerical value equal to 6; the number following five and preceding seven. This number of dots: (••••••).

   Gunshots rang out in the capital Abuja and also in the neighboring Niger state as police lobbed tear gas to disperse defiant protesters. In Niger, at least six people are now feared dead, local media reported.

   2024 August 1, Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, “Violence erupts as Nigerians protest hunger across the nation”, in CNN

plural sixes

1. A group or set with six elements.
2. The digit or figure 6.

   how about 100 then? for 100, I wanted to pay homage to the people who have been using seximal this entire time. specifically, I used the word for six sixes found in the Ndom language, "nif".

   (Can we date this quote?), jan Misali, “what to call the numbers”, in seximal.net

3. card gamesA playing card featuring six pips.
4. A person who is six years old.

   The fives and sixes will have a snack first, then the older kids.

5. Six o'clock.

   In Austria the prisoners rise at five, [...]. There are morning prayers at a quarter to six, after which the prisoners are conducted to work.

   1838, Francis Bisset Hawkins, chapter XIII, in Germany: The Spirit of Her History, Literature, Social Condition and National Economy, Illustrated by Reference to Her Physical, Moral and Political Statistics, etc., →OCLC, page 228

6. slangby ellipsis of six o'clockgovernmentRear, behind (rear side of something).

   cover my six

   1 more example

   Just as having an enemy on your “six” is the hardest situation to escape, being on an enemy at six o'clock is the surest kill. Fighter pilots are always practicing maneuvers to get out from having another aircraft on their six.

   2009, Bill Yenne, Aces High: The Heroic Saga of the Two Top-scoring American Aces of World War II, Penguin, →ISBN, page 98

7. ball gamesAn event whereby a batsman hits a ball which does not bounce before passing over a boundary in the air, resulting in an award of 6 runs for the batting team.

   His century featured 12 sixes.

   1 more example

   England required 15 from the last over of the regular match. Ben Stokes hit a six and benefited when a throw from the deep hit him and went for four overthrows.

   2019 July 14, Stephan Shemilt, “England win Cricket World Cup: Ben Stokes stars in dramatic finale against New Zealand”, in BBC Sport, London

8. American footballA touchdown.
9. North WalesA bathroom or toilet.
10. obsoleteSmall beer sold at six shillings per barrel.

1. UKabbreviationAbbreviation of MI6 (intelligence service).

   Synonyms: 6, MI6

2. A surname.