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jacks

2 definitions • 5 examples
1
a children's game in which you throw a ball into the air and try to pick up as many small star-shaped objects as possible with the same hand before catching the ball again:

Examples:

The girls were playing jacks on the front steps.
He was a skinny kid who loved playing jacks.
They spent their evenings playing jacks on the porch.
How about a game of jacks?
2
a children’s game in which the player bounces a small ball into the air and tries to pick up a number of small metal or plastic objects with the same hand before catching the ball again

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