six
Meanings
Plural: sixes
Noun
- the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
- a playing card or domino or die whose upward face shows six pips
- A group or set with six elements.
- The digit or figure 6.
- A playing card featuring six pips.
- Six o'clock.
- Rear, behind (rear side of something).
- An event whereby a batsman hits a ball which does not bounce before passing over a boundary in the air, resulting in an award of 6 runs for the batting team.
- A touchdown.
- A bathroom or toilet.
- Small beer sold at six shillings per barrel.
Adjective Satellite
- denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units
Num
- A numerical value equal to 6; the number following five and preceding seven. This number of dots: (••••••).
Origin / Etymology
PIE word
*swéḱs
From Middle English six, from Old English six, from Proto-West Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Compare West Frisian seis, Dutch zes, Low German söss, sess, German sechs, Norwegian and Danish seks, also Latin sex, Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx), Sanskrit षष् (ṣaṣ). Doublet of sice. Toilet sense predates military usage.
Synonyms
6, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, half dozen, half-dozen, hexad, sestet, sextet, sextuplet, sise, six-spot, sixer, vi, VI
Scrabble Score: 10
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