Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A quick evasive turn. · A jack or knucklebone used in the game of jinks (possibly derived from the Scottish game high jinks).
To make a quick evasive turn or turns to confuse pursuers, incoming fire, etc. · To cause a vehicle to make a quick evasive turn. · In the games of spoilfive and forty-five, to win the game by taking all five tricks; also, to attempt to win all five tricks, losing what has been already won if unsuccessful. · To elude; to cheat.
Origin uncertain. The Oxford English Dictionary suggests onomatopoeia for motion. Attested since the 18th century. Compare unnasalised dialectal jick (“to avoid with a sudden jerk of the body, elude”).
This page abbreviates 1 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
{
"templates": [
{
"name": "unc",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"nocap": "1"
},
"expansion": "uncertain"
},
{
"name": "onomatopoeic",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"title": "onomatopoeia"
},
"expansion": "onomatopoeia"
}
],
"links": [
[
"onomatopoeia",
"onomatopoeia"
],
[
"jick",
"jick#English"
]
],
"references": [],
"descendants": [],
"lexical": [
{
"pos": "noun",
"glosses": [
"A quick evasive turn.",
"A jack or knucklebone used in the game of jinks (possibly derived from the Scottish game high jinks)."
],
"tags": [],
"recordId": "23df501563bfbe4507aea9a00d45098cdebf2b6d2f8add79474c3a9ea96e46b7",
"rawRecordSha256": "6bff07aa6e46d42b65df5b77f448a4fef2d27db6c53666830739b5124e2e4ef8",
"sourceRecordOrdinal": 572183
},
{
"pos": "verb",
"glosses": [
"To make a quick evasive turn or turns to confuse pursuers, incoming fire, etc.",
"To cause a vehicle to make a quick evasive turn.",
"In the games of spoilfive and forty-five, to win the game by taking all five tricks; also, to attempt to win all five tricks, losing what has been already won if unsuccessful.",
"To elude; to cheat."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive",
"transitive"
],
"recordId": "9a05ba8d4fe7b54a153b5d5d1843736fe5011bf695b2a8c612d6de0b8e4c3d10",
"rawRecordSha256": "6b694922024fe6ab30b59a94e803b2c14119b1a19291f5f5f6480c6f2239dd2d",
"sourceRecordOrdinal": 572184
}
],
"omittedAuxiliaryFields": {
"templates": 0,
"links": 0,
"references": 0,
"descendants": 0,
"lexicalRecords": 0,
"lexicalSenses": 1,
"glosses": 0
}
}