Associations to the word «Jake»

Wiktionary

JAKE, adjective. (slang) Adequate; satisfactory; acceptable.
JAKE, noun. (US) A juvenile male turkey.
JAKE, noun. () (New York) (slang) police, a federal government officer.
JAKE, proper noun. A male given name.
JAKE BRAKE, noun. (slang) Especially on trucks, an engine compression brake that closes the valves in an engine in order to slow the vehicle; an engine retarder.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats