Jake

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Jake can refer to:

• A shortened form of the male name Jacob
• Jamaican ginger or Jake, a ginger extract used to bootleg liquor during prohibition
• Jake, an old-fashioned slang term for "all right" or "OK"
• Less Than Jake, a popular ska punk band
• Jake, a pet dog of Betty Spaghetty
• Jake the Alligator Man, an oddity on view in Long Beach, Washington
• Jake, a slang term used in Scotland to describe a tramp, vagrant
• Jake, a slang term used in Discordianism to describe a prank or mindfuck (often celebrated on Jake Day)
• Jake brake, slang for engine braking, a method of braking large diesel-powered vehicles; it is rather loud and its use is prohibited in many areas
• A jake, a young male turkey
• Jake Berenson, a fictional character from Animorphs by K. A. Applegate
• Jake, a fictional video game character in Ape Escape series.
• Jake, a Java port of the Quake 2 Engine
• Jake, the main character in the Disney channel TV series American Dragon: Jake Long
• Mike "Jake" Shane, one half of the professional wrestling tag team, the Gymini
• Jacob "Jake" P. Spidermonkey, one of the main characters of My Gym Partner's a Monkey
• Jake Gyllenhaal, American actor
• Jake, a slang term for a police officer
• Jake, a slang term in New England for a firefighter
• Aichi E13A Japanese World War II seaplane, codenamed Jake
• Jake, a Canadian pop band
• Jake, a Hollister Co. cologne by A&F Fragrances