jake
1satisfactory; OK; fine: Everything's jake with me.
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a homemade or bootleg liquor made from or infused with Jamaica ginger, especially during Prohibition in the U.S.
Also called jake leg, jake-leg paralysis. paralysis caused by drinking this or other liquor made with denatured alcohol.
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2Other definitions for Jake (3 of 3)
a male given name, form of Jacob.
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How to use jake in a sentence
When his mom delivered the news of her diagnosis, Gross, Holly and jake, Nicholas’s 21-year-old brother, cried for the rest of the evening.
A sick mother, a loving son, a signed Ovechkin jersey — and how the Caps tried to help | Kyle Melnick | February 1, 2021 | Washington Postjake said, “She had a mask on, so I couldn’t tell if she was smiling.”
Date Lab: She was psyched he was a fan of ‘The Bachelorette’ | Vijai Nathan | January 7, 2021 | Washington PostShe recalled that she said to jake, “I think she’s a woman who went in with an understanding of what she was looking for and she expressed it clearly.”
Date Lab: She was psyched he was a fan of ‘The Bachelorette’ | Vijai Nathan | January 7, 2021 | Washington Postjake told me he enjoyed sharing “our embarrassing stories of how we were in high school.”
Date Lab: She was psyched he was a fan of ‘The Bachelorette’ | Vijai Nathan | January 7, 2021 | Washington Postjake will test his skills this week in Florida at the MultiGP Drone Racing Championship.
Drone-racing passion propels teen to the sport’s top ranks | Fred Bowen | November 4, 2020 | Washington Post
And The Sun Also Rises has jake sexting Brett a picture of his war-damaged member.
This was supposed to be an End of Watch reunion, with jake Gyllenhaal playing one of the princes.
Anna Kendrick on Feminism, #GamerGate, and the Celebrity Hacking Attack | Marlow Stern | November 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn 2010, jake Holmes sued over “Dazed and Confused,” claiming it bore a strong resemblance to his own song of the same name.
‘No Stairway, Denied!’ Led Zeppelin Lawsuit Winds on Down the Road | Keith Phipps | October 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI have cast the person out of my life who told me who jake Ballard killed before I had a chance to watch the episode.
But the idea that jake would even just realize he likes Amy was not just the act of telling a girl that he likes her.
Then she rallied and, like jake, was ready to do battle with any one who hunched their shoulders at Miss Dory.
The Cromptons | Mary J. HolmesMr. Mason was fond of children, and stooping down he kissed the child, who drew back and hid behind jake.
The Cromptons | Mary J. Holmes"'Scuse me," jake said, pulling a shawl more squarely around her shoulders and straightening her up.
The Cromptons | Mary J. HolmesHe noticed the improvements which had been made in the place since he was there last, and knew it was jake's handiwork.
The Cromptons | Mary J. Holmes"No, she don't or'ter," the Colonel thought, involuntarily adopting jake's dialect; but what to do with her was the question.
The Cromptons | Mary J. Holmes
British Dictionary definitions for jake
/ (dʒeɪk) /
satisfactory; all right
she's jake everything is under control
Origin of jake
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