jake

== English == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /dʒeɪk/ Rhymes: -eɪk === Adjective === jake (comparative more jake, superlative most jake) (slang) Synonym of OK: adequate, satisfactory, acceptable. 2002 May 5, Lee Goldberg & al., "Murder Is Corny", Nero Wolfe: Archie Goodwin: Good, good. Now, everything's provided for. The corn. Everything. Yeah, everything's jake.Nero Wolfe: There's good slang and there's bad slang, and that's bad slang.Archie Goodwin: Ah. === Noun === jake (countable and uncountable, plural jakes) (US) A juvenile male turkey. (slang, especially New York, Chicago, MTE, MLE) A police officer, a law enforcement officer (sometimes especially one on foot rather than in a patrol car). Synonyms: see Thesaurus:police officer (US, slang, uncountable) Jamaica ginger. A Discordian prank involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to a targeted individual. (US, slang) A rustic; a yokel. ==== Derived terms ==== jake leg === Verb === jake (third-person singular simple present jakes, present participle jaking, simple past and past participle jaked) (transitive) To play a Discordian prank on (somebody), involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to that person. === See also === jake brake === Further reading === “jake adj.1”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present. “jake n.1 (rustic farmer)”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present. “jake n.2 (admirable example)”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present. “jake n.3 (Jamaica ginger)”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present. “jake n.4 (NYC policeman)”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present. == Middle English == === Noun === jake alternative form of jakke == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Alternative forms === jaki, jaka (dialectal) === Etymology === From Old Norse jaki, from Proto-Germanic *jekô. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²jaːçə/, /²jaːkə/ === Noun === jake m (definite singular jaken, indefinite plural jakar, definite plural jakane) broken ice, icefloe