jake v.
1. (US) to loaf, to neglect a commitment.
Long Season 114: [A] fly ball that Cimoli [. . .] should have gobbled up. But Gino broke late, then quit on the ball, and it went over his head. [...] ‘That jakin’ bastard!’ I yelled. | ||
Dock Ellis 172: ‘They always said he was jaking.’ In baseball language, jaking is malingering. | ||
Don’t Look Back 51: White players were free [...] to jake it when they did, safe in the knowledge that there weren’t enough good black players to seriously challenge big league sovereignty. |
2. (US campus) to cancel an appointment without prior notice, to drop out of an arrangement.
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