Jake

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /dÊ’eɪk/

Full definition of jake

Adjective

1. (slang) Adequate; satisfactory; acceptable.
• 1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin 2011, p. 126:‘What do you care? Just keep your nose clean and everything will be jake.’

Noun

1. (US) A juvenile male turkey.
• 1998, Jerome B Robinson, In the Turkey WoodsThe spring turkey woods are occupied by roaming bands of jakes — year-old males with strong mating urges but inferior body size.