daks

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English

Etymology 1

From DAKS, trademark for a brand of trousers originally made in the 1930s by Simpsons of Piccadilly; formed from the initials of Alexander Simpson and the first and last letters of the name of his business associate Dudley Beck.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

daks pl (plural only)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) Trousers or underwear.
    • 2004, Bryce Courtenay, Brother Fish, published 2008, unnumbered page:
      The usual stuff – sports jacket, a couple of pairs of daks, one brown and one grey, three pairs of socks, though I only had need for one sock in the meantime, two white shirts and a decent pair of shoes, though again, only one shoe being useful in my present predicament.
    • 2008, Dave Sabben, The Scorpion Dance, Denny Neave, Soldiers' Tale: A Collection of True Stories from Aussie Soldiers, page 144,
      But the pain′s still there, so I begin to drop my daks to investigate the territory.
    • 2010, Robin Easton, Naked in Eden: My Adventure and Awakening in the Australian Rainforest‎, page 43:
      “Look, I'll pull the bloody leeches off you. Okay? They won't hurt you. They′s only trying to suck your bloody blood. Why waste a pair of clean dacks?”
    • 2011, Rory Barnes, Space Junk‎, page 14:
      They were still there the next morning, flapping in the breeze. Filthy, grease stained pair of daks. The crotch half rotted away.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

daks

  1. plural of dak

Anagrams

Bikol Central

Etymology

Shortened form of dakula (“big”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

daks

  1. (gay slang, vulgar) well hung; having a large penis; well-endowed

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German dahs, from Old High German dahs, from Proto-West Germanic *þahs, from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz (“badger”). Cognate with German Dachs, Dutch das.

Noun

daks m

  1. (Sette Comuni) badger
    Dar daks jaaghet mòize un ghiiren.
    The badger hunts mice and dormice.

References

  • “daks” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

daks m (definite singular daksen, indefinite plural dakser, definite plural daksene)

  1. Alternative spelling of dachs

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

daks m (definite singular daksen, indefinite plural daksar, definite plural daksane)

  1. Alternative spelling of dachs

Tagalog

Etymology

From a clipping of Cebuano dako +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

Adjective

daks (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔) (gay slang, vulgar)

  1. having a large penis; well-endowed
    Synonym: (gay slang) dakota
    Antonym: (gay slang) juts
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