sixer
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 12
- Letters
- 5
Definition of sixer
7 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (colloquial)A shot in which the ball passes over the boundary without touching the ground, for which the batting team is awarded six runs.
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noun
- (colloquial)A shot in which the ball passes over the boundary without touching the ground, for which the batting team is awarded six runs.
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A Cub Scout or Brownie who leads a group of six.
“Many packs have a sixer's council where the sixers, and sometimes the seconds, meet with Akela and some of the other leaders.”
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(slang)A prison sentence of six months.
“1869, A Merchant. Editor: Frank Henderson, Six Years in the Prisons of England The copper knew I did that job, and had me up on suspicion some time after, and gave me a drag (three months) over it. The next bit I did was a 'sixer' (six months), and I escaped from prison in about three weeks after I got it.”
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(slang)A six-pack of a beverage.
“Well, I'll let you get back to work. I'll swing by later on with a sixer of Melonade!”
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(UK)A conker that has won six matches.
“The history of 'oners' becoming 'sixers' through successive victories[…]”
- (India)A transgender person
- (informal)A player for the 76ers, a team from Philadelphia.
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Etymology
From six + -er.
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