Sixer
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sixer is a noun meaning A Cub Scout or Brownie who leads a group of six.
Meaning
A Cub Scout or Brownie who leads a group of six.
More Meanings
- (UK) A conker that has won six matches.
- (India) A transgender person
- (cricket, colloquial) A shot in which the ball passes over the boundary without touching the ground, for which the batting team is awarded six runs.
- (slang) A prison sentence of six months.
- (slang) A six-pack of a beverage.
Example Sentences
The history of 'oners' becoming 'sixers' through successive victories[…]
Well, I'll let you get back to work. I'll swing by later on with a sixer of Melonade!
Many packs have a sixer's council where the sixers, and sometimes the seconds, meet with Akela and some of the other leaders.
1869, A Merchant. Editor: Frank Henderson, Six Years in the Prisons of England The copper knew I did that job, and had me up on suspicion some time after, and gave me a drag (three months) over it. The next bit I did was a 'sixer' (six months), and I escaped from prison in about three weeks after I got it.
Word Forms
- sixers
Synonyms for sixer
Depending on context, synonyms include six, sestet, sextet, sextuplet, sise, vi.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sise, sestet, vi, sextet, sextuplet, six.
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