six
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪks/
enpr: sĭks
rhymes: -ɪks
homophone: sicks
homophone: sics
Forms: form: sixes
Etymology: PIE word
 *swéḱs
From Middle English six, from Old English six, from Proto-West Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Germanic *sehs, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Compare West Frisian seis, Dutch zes, Low German söss, sess, German sechs, Norwegian and Danish seks, also Latin sex, Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx), Sanskrit षष् (ṣaṣ). Doublet of sice. Toilet sense predates military usage.
Senses: examples: text: Gunshots rang out in the capital Abuja and also in the neighboring Niger state as police lobbed tear gas to disperse defiant protesters. In Niger, at least six people are now feared dead, local media reported.
ref: 2024 August 1, Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, “Violence erupts as Nigerians protest hunger across the nation”, in CNN:
glosses: A group or set with six elements.
examples: text: how about 100 then? for 100, I wanted to pay homage to the people who have been using seximal this entire time. specifically, I used the word for six sixes found in the Ndom language, "nif".
ref: (Can we date this quote?), jan Misali, “what to call the numbers”, in seximal.net:
glosses: The digit or figure 6.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: A playing card featuring six pips.
examples: text: In Austria the prisoners rise at five, [...]. There are morning prayers at a quarter to six, after which the prisoners are conducted to work.
ref: 1838, Francis Bisset Hawkins, chapter XIII, in Germany: The Spirit of Her History, Literature, Social Condition and National Economy, Illustrated by Reference to Her Physical, Moral and Political Statistics, etc., →OCLC, page 228:
glosses: Six o'clock.
examples: text: cover my six
text: Just as having an enemy on your “six” is the hardest situation to escape, being on an enemy at six o'clock is the surest kill. Fighter pilots are always practicing maneuvers to get out from having another aircraft on their six.
ref: 2009, Bill Yenne, Aces High: The Heroic Saga of the Two Top-scoring American Aces of World War II, Penguin, →ISBN, page 98:
topics: government
military
politics
war
qualifier: by ellipsis of six o'clock
glosses: Rear, behind (rear side of something).
examples: text: His century featured 12 sixes.
text: England required 15 from the last over of the regular match. Ben Stokes hit a six and benefited when a throw from the deep hit him and went for four overthrows.
ref: 2019 July 14, Stephan Shemilt, “England win Cricket World Cup: Ben Stokes stars in dramatic finale against New Zealand”, in BBC Sport, London:
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An event whereby a batsman hits a ball which does not bounce before passing over a boundary in the air, resulting in an award of 6 runs for the batting team.
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A touchdown.
glosses: A bathroom or toilet.
glosses: Small beer sold at six shillings per barrel.
Derived terms: at sixes and sevens
deep six
hit someone for six
long six
pick six
short six
six feet under
Related terms: word: 6
word: 陸
word: 陆
word: 六
word: Ⅵ
word: VI
word: στ΄
word: ϛ΄
word: Table of cardinal numbers 0 to 9 in various languages