six

[ siks ]

/ sɪks /

noun

a cardinal number, five plus one.

a symbol for this number, as 6 or VI.

a set of this many persons or things.

a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with six pips.

Cricket. a hit in which the ball crosses the boundary line of the field without a bounce, counting six runs for the batsman.Compare boundary(def 3).

an automobile powered by a six-cylinder engine.

a six-cylinder engine.

adjective

amounting to six in number.

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Idioms for six

at sixes and sevens,

in disorder or confusion.
in disagreement or dispute.

Origin of six

before 900; Middle English six, sex, Old English siex, syx, seox, sex; cognate with Dutch zes, Low German ses, German sechs, Old Norse sex, Gothic saihs, Latin sex, Greek héx, Sanskrit ṣaṣ

Words nearby six

sivapithecus, sivas, sivash sea, siwalik hills, siwash, six, six characters in search of an author, six counties, six day war, six feet under, six nations

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Example sentences from the Web for sixer

The Guesser was quite certain that he didn't look like a Sixer.
But, I Don't Think|Gordon Randall Garrett
I dunno why, for she had no protection that a sixer would not penetrate.
A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee"|Russell Doubleday
And so Scuddy's life went on, with occasional misfortunes in the way of a moon, or another drag, or perhaps a sixer.
Tales of Mean Streets|Arthur Morrison
And yet, the suggestion that the Sixer woman had made did require a little thinking over before he accepted or rejected it.
But, I Don't Think|Gordon Randall Garrett

And since when Execs talk like Sixer when they out of they head?
But, I Don't Think|Gordon Randall Garrett

British Dictionary definitions for sixer (1 of 3)

sixer

/ (ˈsɪksə) /

noun

a leader of a Brownie Guide or Cub Scout six

British Dictionary definitions for sixer (2 of 3)

six

/ (sɪks) /

noun

the cardinal number that is the sum of five and oneSee also number (def. 1)

a numeral, 6, VI, etc, representing this number

something representing, represented by, or consisting of six units, such as a playing card with six symbols on it

Also called: six o'clock six hours after noon or midnight

Also called: sixer cricket

a stroke in which the ball crosses the boundary without bouncing
the six runs scored for such a stroke

a division of a Brownie Guide or Cub Scout pack

at sixes and sevens

in disagreement
in a state of confusion

knock someone for six informal to upset or overwhelm someone completely; stun

six of one and half a dozen of the other or six and two threes a situation in which the alternatives are considered equivalent

determiner

amounting to sixsix nations
(as pronoun)set the table for six

Other words from six

Related prefixes: hexa-, sex-

Word Origin for six

Old English siex; related to Old Norse sex, Gothic saihs, Old High German sehs, Latin sex, Greek hex, Sanskrit sastha

British Dictionary definitions for sixer (3 of 3)

Six

/ (French sis) /

noun

Les Six (le) a group of six young composers in France, who from about 1916 formed a temporary association as a result of interest in neoclassicism and in the music of Satie and the poetry of Cocteau. Its members were Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Francis Poulenc, Georges Auric, Louis Durey, and Germaine Tailleferre

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Idioms and Phrases with sixer

six

In addition to the idioms beginning with six

six feet under
six of one, half a dozen of the other

also see:

at sixes and sevens
deep six
Joe six-pack

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