- a cardinal number, five plus one.
- a symbol for this number, as 6 or VI.
- a set of this many persons or things.
- a playing card, die face, or half of a domino face with six pips.
- a hit in which the ball crosses the boundary line of the field without a bounce, counting six runs for the batsman.
- an automobile powered by a six-cylinder engine.
- a six-cylinder engine.
- Slang.
- the area directly behind a person; back: Check your six—there's a hottie approaching.
- the area directly behind a person in motion; tail: The pilot had an enemy plane on his six.
- amounting to six in number.
- at sixes and sevens,
- in disorder or confusion.
- in disagreement or dispute.
- back1 (def. 54).
- back1 (def. 62).
- the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
- a numeral, 6, VI, etc, representing this number
- something representing, represented by, or consisting of six units, such as a playing card with six symbols on it
- six hours after noon or midnight
- Also called: sixer cricket
- a stroke in which the ball crosses the boundary without bouncing
- the six runs scored for such a stroke
- a division of a Brownie Guide or Cub Scout pack
- at sixes and sevens
- in disagreement
- in a state of confusion
- to upset or overwhelm someone completely; stun
- a situation in which the alternatives are considered equivalent
- amounting to six
- (as pronoun)
- a group of six young composers in France, who from about 1916 formed a temporary association as a result of interest in neoclassicism and in the music of Satie and the poetry of Cocteau. Its members were Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Francis Poulenc, Georges Auric, Louis Durey, and Germaine Tailleferre
