jacky

¹

[jak-ee]

noun

(sometimes initial capital letter)

1. gin.

Jacky

²

[jak-ee]

noun

plural

Jackies 

1. (often lowercase),  a sailor.

2. a male given name, form of Jack.

3. a female given name, form of Jacqueline.

Jacky

/ ˈdʒækɪ /

noun

1. offensive,  See Jackie

Word History and Origins

Origin of jacky¹

jackey

Example Sentences

“We can’t go back in the building—we can only see the charred outside of our unit,” said Jacky.

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Mabel Cheung and her husband, Jacky, moved into the complex when it was completed in 1983, raising their family and building a life alongside neighbors who had also settled there for decades.

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Headteacher Jacky Atkinson said the tables and benches had been a "central part of school".

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That, however, hasn’t deterred Nevada’s other U.S. senator, Jacky Rosen, who has repeatedly voted alongside nearly every other Democrat to keep the government shuttered until Republicans give in.

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Sen. Jacky Rosen, also of Nevada and also a Democrat, followed suit, citing “concerns” that she’d purportedly “heard from law enforcement.”

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