jacks
/dʒæks/
noun
- A children's game in which players bounce a ball and pick up small metal or plastic pieces (also called jacks) before catching the ball.
- She won the game of jacks by picking up all ten pieces on the first bounce.
- The kids spent the afternoon playing jacks on the sidewalk.
- My grandmother taught me how to play jacks when I was young.
- The small star-shaped or six-pronged pieces used in the game of jacks.
- He counted the jacks carefully before starting the game.
- I need to buy a new set of jacks because I lost a few under the couch.
- The jacks scattered across the floor when she dropped the ball.