daks

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From DAKS, trademark for a brand of trousers originally made in the 1930s by Simpsons of Piccadilly; formed from the initials of Alexander Simpson and the first and last letters of the name of his business associate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

dacks

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

daks pl (plural only)

(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^[1], 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^[2], 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 edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun edit

daks

plural of dak

Anagrams edit

DASK, S.Dak.

Bikol Central edit

Etymology edit

Shortened form of dakula (“big”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈdaks/, [ˈd̪aks]

Adjective edit

daks

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

Cimbrian edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

daks m

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

References edit

“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 edit

Noun edit

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

Alternative spelling of dachs

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Noun edit

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

Alternative spelling of dachs

Tagalog edit

Etymology edit

From a clipping of Cebuano dako (“big”) +‎ -s.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈdaks/, [ˈdaks]

Adjective edit

daks (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔)

(gay slang, vulgar) having a large penis; well-endowed
Synonym: (slang) dakota

Antonym: (gay slang) juts