jacky
noun
gin.
jacky
1 American
[jak-ee]
/ ˈdʒæk i /
noun
(sometimes initial capital letter)
Jacky
2
American
[jak-ee]
/ ˈdʒæk i /
noun
-
Jackies
plural
-
(often lowercase) a sailor.
-
a male given name, form of Jack.
-
a female given name, form of Jacqueline.
Jacky
British
/ ˈdʒækɪ /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of jacky
see origin at jackey
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
She held the instrument between her palms and stared fiercely out at the flickering jacky lanterns, aware of a powerful contradiction that almost tore her mind in two.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2019
She tried to imagine gathering all the jacky lanterns as if she was herding sheep, but it was so hard, because, after all, she had no imagination, as Pan had said.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2019
"I like the red jacky, Dotter Burns," he said.
From Red Pepper Burns by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond
Suddenly the course of battle was changed, and victory took her stand with the Americans, all through the daring and coolness of one man,—no officer, but an humble jacky.
From The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot
I scared mrs. lynde with a jacky lantern last nite.
From Anne of the Island by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
Democrats who’ve previously broken from the pack to join Republicans in advancing government funding bills, like Sens. Tim Kaine, Catherine Cortez Masto, Angus King, and Jacky Rosen, all said the same.
From Slate ● Jan. 26, 2026
“We can’t go back in the building—we can only see the charred outside of our unit,” said Jacky.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
Headteacher Jacky Atkinson said the tables and benches had been a "central part of school".
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2025
Wheeler also noted that there has been opposition within the Democratic caucus to Mangi’s nomination by both Democratic senators from Nevada, Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2024
Among them was a man named William Custis Costin, who was the mixed-race son of Martha Washington’s son Jacky Custis.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
Like many social scourges, it has frequently been the subject of voyeuristic entertainments, heavy-breathing narratives in the tradition of the great Jackies of lowdown bestsellerdom, Susann and Collins.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2017
To that end there are several Jackies roving in the movie, among them the anxious, breathy hostess who wafts through the White House, explaining her renovations to a CBS crew for a 1962 tour.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2016
But there are 18 such Scotts and Jackies, with the same names and script, giving these tours.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2010
To all the Jerrys and Jackies and Buddys.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Jackies managed to get two more runs, due almost entirely to the lax playing of the Giants.
From Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour by Lester Chadwick
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
