Jackie

American  

[jak-ee] / ˈdʒæk i /

noun

1. a female given name, form of Jacqueline.

2. a male given name, form of Jack.

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Jackie British  

/ ˈdʒækɪ /

noun

1. a native Australian

2. native Australians collectively

3. to sit bolt upright, esp cheekily

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Example Sentences

We look forward to continuing the longstanding UCLA-VA partnership that keeps Jackie Robinson Stadium the homefield for Bruins baseball and provides critical services and benefits to our Veterans in the Los Angeles region.”

From Los Angeles Times

After a four-week nonjury trial last year, Carter ordered the VA in September to build 1,800 units of permanent housing and 750 units of temporary housing and convened a continuous hearing over the following weeks to determine what to do with the leased property, which includes UCLA’s Jackie Robinson Stadium and the Brentwood School’s sports complex.

From Los Angeles Times

“Pulp Fiction,” “Blood In Blood Out,” “Set It Off,” “Reservoir Dogs,” “Jackie Brown,” “L.A. Confidential,” “Devil in a Blue Dress” and so many more.

From Los Angeles Times

When the seven-beat rhythm of “shave and a haircut, two bits” resounds in the mornings on a car horn through this South L.A. neighborhood, Jackie Jackson or Guadalupe Andrade is likely behind the wheel, child-care providers who live on a one-block stretch of 115th Street.

From Los Angeles Times

Jackie Bowen, head teacher at The East Manchester Academy, says secondary school pupils can feel "embarrassed - or that maybe it's not cool to sing like it was in primary school".

From BBC