Definition of six

six    

noun

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  I'll keep at it so long as you got my six.

  Watch your six.

  Last edited on Nov 26 2010. Submitted by Ivan from Croatia on Aug 01 2005.

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• Air Force pilots refer horizontal directions to an imaginary clock with twelve o'clock dead ahead and six dead behind. "Six" is therefore the direction of greatest danger.
  • See more words with the same meaning: military (related to).

  Last edited on Nov 26 2010. Submitted by Harold Zimmerman from Pleasanton, CA, USA on Jun 06 2008.

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516	Definitions include: a "Long Island Ice Tea" (also called a "Long Island Iced Tea") which is a strong alcoholic mixed drink.
6	Definitions include: see six.
6 up	Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
a couple beers short of a six-pack	Definitions include: a little crazy
a few cans short of a six pack	Definitions include: of lower than average intelligence.
deep six	Definitions include: to kill or eliminate, as in to have been buried six feet under the ground
eighty-six	Definitions include: see 86.
Joe Six-pack	Definitions include: the average male.
same old seven and six	Definitions include: "Same old thing".
sixer	Definitions include: a six-pack of beer.
six feet under	Definitions include: dead and buried.
six-figure	Definitions include: worth 100,000 units of a currency to just below 1,000,000 units.
six figures	Definitions include: 100,000 units of a currency to just below 1,000,000 units.
six fow	Definitions include: "six four" - a tricked out ride or cool car.
six pack	Definitions include: very toned abdominal muscles.
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