a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with six pips.
Cricket. a hit in which the ball crosses the boundary line of the field without a bounce, counting six runs for the batsman.Compare boundary (def. 3).
an automobile powered by a six-cylinder engine.
a six-cylinder engine.
Slang.
the area directly behind a person; back: Check your six—there's a hottie approaching.
the area directly behind a person in motion; tail: The pilot had an enemy plane on his six.
adjective
amounting to six in number.
Idioms for six
at sixes and sevens,
in disorder or confusion.
in disagreement or dispute.
get / have someone’s six, Slang. back1 (def. 54).
watch one’s six, Slang. back1 (def. 62).
Origin of six
First recorded before 900; Middle English six, sex, Old English siex, syx, seox, sex; cognate with Dutch zes, Low German ses, German sechs, Old Norse sex, Gothic saihs, Latin sex, Greek héx Sanskrit ṣaṭ-
Words nearby six
Sivapithecus, Sivas, Sivash Sea, Siwalik Hills, siwash, six, sixain, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Six Counties, Six-Day War, six-eight time
It was a very faithful homage to a Six Million Dollar Man episode.
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Several of them disputed the figure of six million Jewish deaths in the Holocaust.
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And then—well, I happen to forget what sort of a day this particular day turned into, about six of the clock.
Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12|Various
At six o'clock, he wished to go to the manager and give up the part.
Tales From Bohemia|Robert Neilson Stephens
I again refused, and we stood higgling, until we agreed that I should pay him six, and one by way of a dress for himself.
The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan|James Morier
The ground fell almost sheer six hundred feet to the flat bottom of the valley.
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Of our ten animals, six were intended for riding, and four for carrying cargoes, each taking turn about.
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British Dictionary definitions for six (1 of 2)
six
/ (sɪks) /
noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and oneSee also number (def. 1)
a numeral, 6, VI, etc, representing this number
something representing, represented by, or consisting of six units, such as a playing card with six symbols on it
Also called: six o'clocksix hours after noon or midnight
Also called: sixercricket
a stroke in which the ball crosses the boundary without bouncing
the six runs scored for such a stroke
a division of a Brownie Guide or Cub Scout pack
at sixes and sevens
in disagreement
in a state of confusion
knock someone for sixinformalto upset or overwhelm someone completely; stun
six of one and half a dozen of the otherorsix and two threesa situation in which the alternatives are considered equivalent
determiner
amounting to sixsix nations
(as pronoun)set the table for six
Other words from six
Related prefixes: hexa-, sex-
Word Origin for six
Old English siex; related to Old Norse sex, Gothic saihs, Old High German sehs, Latin sex, Greek hex, Sanskrit sastha
British Dictionary definitions for six (2 of 2)
Six
/ (Frenchsis) /
noun
Les Six (le) a group of six young composers in France, who from about 1916 formed a temporary association as a result of interest in neoclassicism and in the music of Satie and the poetry of Cocteau. Its members were Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Francis Poulenc, Georges Auric, Louis Durey, and Germaine Tailleferre