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Jake has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

A juvenile male turkey.

"The young jakes in the flock are already learning to fly before winter arrives."

Verb
1

To play a Discordian prank on (somebody), involving a large number of people sending bizarre letters or parcels to that person.

"The entire office got jaked when hundreds of employees began mailing strange stuffed animals and cryptic notes to the new manager's desk every morning."

In plain English: To jake something means to handle it roughly and carelessly, often making things worse instead of better.

"Jake is not accepted as a standard English verb with an everyday meaning, so no such sentence can be written."

Adjective
1

Adequate; satisfactory; acceptable.

"The performance review was jake, so I didn't have any concerns about my promotion chances."

"Jake is too jake for this job because he keeps making careless mistakes."

Usage: Use jake as an informal adjective meaning adequate, satisfactory, or good enough when you want to express casual approval without enthusiasm. Do not confuse this slang term with the proper noun referring to a specific type of prank involving bizarre mail deliveries.

Proper Noun
1

A male given name.

"Jake is a common variation of the name Jacob that many parents choose for their sons."

Example Sentences
"Jake is too jake for this job because he keeps making careless mistakes." adj
"Jake is not accepted as a standard English verb with an everyday meaning, so no such sentence can be written." verb
"Jake the potato by digging it out of the dirt before frost hits." verb
"Don't jake your meal and leave half on the plate again." verb
"He refused to jake his brother's name when asked about their fight." verb

Origin

Jake began life as a medieval spelling variation of the name Jack. It is now commonly used both as an independent nickname for Jacob and James and as a shortened form of Jack itself.

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