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jake

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[ jeyk ]
/ dʒeɪk /
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adjective Slang.

satisfactory; OK; fine: Everything's jake with me.

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  2. jaipur,
  3. jajapura,
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Origin of jake

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First recorded in 1895–1900; origin uncertain

jake

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[ jeyk ]
/ dʒeɪk /

noun Slang.

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.

Origin of jake

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1925–30, Americanism; apparently alteration of Jamaica (ginger)

Jake

[ jeyk ]
/ dʒeɪk /

noun

a male given name, form of Jacob.
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British Dictionary definitions for jake

jake

/ (dʒeɪk) /

adjective Australian and NZ slang

satisfactory; all right
she's jake everything is under control

Word Origin for jake

probably from the name Jake
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for jake

Jake

colloquial or familiar abbreviation of the masc. proper name Jacob (q.v.). As the typical name of a rustic lout, from 1854. (Jakey still is the typical name for "an Amishman" among the non-Amish of Pennsylvania Dutch country). Slang meaning "excellent, fine" is from 1914, American English, of unknown origin.

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