jacky

J8A1C3K5Y4
/ˈd͡ʒæki/

noun

A sailor.

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Meanings

jacky1

nounjacky (countable and uncountable, plural jackies)

plural jackies

  1. 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
  2. UKarchaiccountabledialectaluncountableEnglish gin.

    I've snuff, and tobacky, / And excellent jacky.

    1879, W[illiam] S[chwenck] Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, composer, H.M.S. Pinafore; […], San Francisco: Bacon & Company, […], →OCLC

Jacky2

proper noun

alternative Jackey · alternative Jackie · alternative Jacqui

  1. A nickname used instead of the male given name Jack, Jacques (and its cognates) or John.
nounJacky (plural Jackies)

plural Jackies · alternative Jackey · alternative Jackie · alternative Jacqui

  1. AustraliaethnicoffensiveslurAn Aboriginal.

    Synonyms: abo, boong

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn Aboriginal.

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Origin

  1. Biblical Hebrewעָקַב
  2. Biblical Hebrewיַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ)
  3. Ancient GreekἸακώβ (Iakṓb)
  4. Ancient GreekἸάκωβος (Iákōbos)
  5. LatinIācōbusslbor.?
  6. FrenchJacques
  7. Middle EnglishJackin
  8. EnglishJack
  9. EnglishJacky

From Jack + -y.

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Translations

Spanish Jacky
  • Jackydiminutive of the female given name

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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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