Add to Chrome

jackstraw

Jackstraw is a 9 letter word which starts with the letter J and ends with the letter W for which we found 2 definitions.

Definition
(n.) An effigy stuffed with straw; a scarecrow; hence a man without property or influence.
(n.) One of a set of straws of strips of ivory bone wood etc. for playing a child's game the jackstraws being thrown confusedly together on a table to be gathered up singly by a hooked instrument without touching or disturbing the rest of the pile. See Spilikin.

Syllable Information

The word jackstraw is a 9 letter word that has 2 syllable 's . The syllable division for jackstraw is: jack-straw


Words by number of letters: