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.
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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
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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
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
In the room of her tears she was waiting; perhaps her only companion the jacky of the "See the World" poster, whose garb was but a shade bluer than her eyes.
From Seven Keys to Baldpate by Earl Derr Biggers
With one arm around her, the other hand holding tight to the rope the jacky allowed himself to be hauled in alongside the launch.
From Dave Darrin After The Mine Layers by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
I scared mrs. lynde with a jacky lantern last nite.
From Anne of the Island by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery
El Camino Real 1, Chatsworth 0: Jacky Alvarado had the goal for the Royals, who face defending City champion Granada Hills on Wednesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2026
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.
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
Sen. Jacky Rosen, also of Nevada and also a Democrat, followed suit, citing “concerns” that she’d purportedly “heard from law enforcement.”
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2025
He’d posted his colleague Jacky Winter as a guard at the outer gate while he’d gone up, using the stairs, until he got to the top.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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 help put across these Jackies, Mr. Larraín reconstructs some historical images of Mrs. Kennedy and at times blends in these re-creations with original footage.
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
For openers, they look like a winning pair of Jackies, one the actress, the other the Onassis.
From Time Magazine Archive
We Jackies would have liked to yell, but our lessons had been too well learned, and we restrained ourselves.
From A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" by Russell Doubleday
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