Meaning of jake | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A male given name.
2. A juvenile male turkey.
   US, countable, uncountable
3. A police officer, a law enforcement officer (sometimes especially one on foot rather than in a patrol car).
   Multicultural-London-English, New-York, countable, especially, slang, uncountable
4. Jamaica ginger.
   US, slang, uncountable
5. A Discordian prank involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to a targeted individual.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“The spring turkey woods are occupied by roaming bands of jakes — year-old males with strong mating urges but inferior body size.”

“A radio is a box, a razor blade is a ox / fat diamonds is rocks and jakes is cops.”

“And I ain't trying to see no highway chase with Jake”

“It is possible that the governments have found the cause of the poisoned “jake” in their investigations into the Jamaica ginger deaths throughout the South and Southwest.”

“Hello, I'm afraid in some regards I'm too discordian for my own good and I forgot to either write down the jake-dupe's address, or include it in my repost when I suggested today as jake day....”

“It strikes me that organizing a jake over the net is a bad idea, because Hormel could conceivably find out about it before it happens. That's not going to stop me from participating though.”

“Call me old fashioned, but this situation is really inappropriate for a jake. […] I mean that a little girl was seriously injured, […] and we, as Discordians, should have more respect for the holy tradition of the jake, and use its powers only for those situations where it can actually do some good, or at least be worth a good laugh.”

“Brett smiled at him. "I've promised to dance this with Jacob," she laughed. "You've a hell of a biblical name, Jake."”

“Her attendant - Jake, she had called him, which seemed an appropriate name for a redheaded, no-neck redneck with the muscles of a dedicated weight lifter - -”

“Please “Believe” that Jake Owen will not allow people to diss the LGBTQ community.”

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