JAKE


Meaning of JAKE in English

jake 1

/jayk/ , adj. Slang.

satisfactory; OK; fine: Everything's jake with me.

[ 1895-1900; orig. uncert. ]

jake 2

/jayk/ , n. Slang.

1. a homemade or bootleg liquor made from or infused with Jamaica ginger, esp. during Prohibition in the U.S.

2. Also called jake leg, jake-leg paralysis . paralysis caused by drinking this or other liquor made with denatured alcohol.

[ 1925-30, Amer.; appar. alter. of JAMAICA (GINGER) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .