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jake

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for jake.

Editorial note

In terms of palatability, Joylent is by far the best (especially banana), Veetal is pretty good, and Jake is a distant last.

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Quick take

A Discordian prank involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to a targeted individual.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of jake gathered in one view.

noun

A Discordian prank involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to a targeted individual.

noun

A male given name.

noun

(US) A juvenile male turkey.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for jake.

noun

A Discordian prank involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to a targeted individual.

noun

A male given name.

noun

(US) A juvenile male turkey.

noun

(US, slang, uncountable) Jamaica ginger.

Example sentences

1

In terms of palatability, Joylent is by far the best (especially banana), Veetal is pretty good, and Jake is a distant last.

2

Funny side note, I discovered Less Than Jake on Grooveshark many years ago.

3

The taste should be quite neutral or nutty-ish, but I can't compare the taste to neither Soylent or Jake Shake since I haven't tried them.

4

Hey, I know a grand total of four (Vaynerchuk, Arrington, Huffington, Jake & Amir)!

5

This would be a huge loss for the future of journalism, if it wasn't equally balanced by a huge gain in forward-thinkingness that Jake will bring to the future of government transparency.

6

Trevor Perrin, Frederic Jacobs, Christine Corbett, Tyler Reinhard, Lilia Kai, Jake McGinty, and Rhodey Orbits are the crew that really made all this work happen.

7

In my circles, the whole movement has sparked a lot of discussion, and many people close to me are now eating all kinds of soylent, homemade, joylent, jake shake etc.

8

The other day I was reading a story about Jake Leg[0], and if you compare it to the corresponding Wikipedia article[1] the difference is really striking---the Wikipedia article tells you straight away what caused the contamination, while the New Yorker story somehow tries to keep you in suspense.

Proper noun examples

1

And for many projects having a couple of aliases is all you really need and Grunt/Gulp/Make/Jake/Rake is overkill.

2

Jake's shake makeup is more of a gainer shake (proteins + carbs) for athletes.

3

My afternoon playlist: (at least) Reel Big Fish, Less Than Jake, Goldfinger, Suicide Machines...

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use jake in a sentence?

In terms of palatability, Joylent is by far the best (especially banana), Veetal is pretty good, and Jake is a distant last.

What does jake mean?

A Discordian prank involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to a targeted individual.

What part of speech is jake?

jake is commonly used as noun.