ALL meanings of jackstraw
jack·straw
J j - noun jackstraw one of a group of strips of wood or similar objects, as straws or toothpicks, used in the game of jackstraws. 1
- noun jackstraw jackstraws, (used with a singular verb) a game in which players compete in picking up, one by one, as many jackstraws as possible without disturbing the heap. 1
- noun jackstraw Obsolete. a straw-stuffed figure of a man; scarecrow; straw man. an insignificant person. 1
- noun jackstraw (usually plural) One of the pieces used for the game variously called jackstraws or pick-up-sticks. 1
- noun jackstraw a thin strip of wood used in the game of spillikins 0
- noun jackstraw an insignificant person 0
- noun jackstraw straw man (sense 2) 0
- noun jackstraw a narrow strip of wood, plastic, etc. used in a game (jackstraws) played by tossing a number of such strips into a jumbled heap and trying to remove them one at a time without moving any of the others 0