daks

See also: Daks

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From DAKS, trademark for a brand of trousers originally made in the 1930s by Simpsons of Piccadilly; formed from the initials of Alexander Simpson and the first and last letters of the name of his business associate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

• dacks

Pronunciation

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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^[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

• trackie daks
• underdaks

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

daks

1. plural of dak

Anagrams

• DASK, S.Dak.

Bikol Central

Etymology

Shortened form of dakula (“big”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaks/, [ˈd̪aks]

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdaks/, [ˈdaks]
• Rhymes: -aks

Adjective

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

1. having a large penis; well-endowed

   Synonym: (gay slang) dakota

   Antonym: (gay slang) juts

Related terms

• dakota
• daktao
• daktinig
• laki