What does "ajax" mean?
A toilet.
Ajax
/ˈeɪ.d͡ʒæks/ name, noun, prep, slang
name, noun, prep, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A toilet.
- Grammar: ajax is listed as name, noun, prep, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: aias, ajax technique, ajax the great, async request.
- Useful contrasts: blocking, blocking fetch, full reload.
- Usage evidence: Ajax will be champions of the Eredivisie.
How to use "ajax"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A toilet. archaic, historical, no-plural
"I say this much of this action, that it is requisite we should remit the same unto certaine prescribed night-houres, and by custome (as I have done) force and subject our selves unto it; But not (as I have done), growing in yeeres, strictly tie himselfe to the care of a particular convenient place, and of a commodious Ajax or easie close-stoole for that purpose, and make it troublesome with long sitting and nice observation."
- 2 An ace and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em. no-plural, slang
Preposition
- 1 Nearby, over there Polari
"In the bar we would stand with our sisters, varda (look at) the bona cartes (male genitals) on the butch homme (man, pronounced o-me) ajax (nearby), who, if we fluttered our ogle riahs (eye lashes) at him sweetly, might just troll over to offer a light for the unlit vogue (cigarette) clenched between out teeth. [The explanations in round brackets are by Peter Burton]"
Proper Noun
- 1 Either of two heroes of the Trojan War. Greek
"In the legend of the Trojan War, Ajax was king of Salamis and son of Telamon. After Achilles, he was the bravest Greek warrior at Troy. In Homer's epic poem the Iliad, Ajax engages in many combats for..."
- 2 A group of techniques for creating interactive Web applications, in which applications can retrieve data from the server asynchronously in the background without interfering with the display and behavior of the existing page.
"An Ajax application eliminates the start-stop-start-stop nature of interaction on the Web by…"
- 3 A ghost town in Utah.
"Seldom was the missionary more agreeably surprised than when the mail stage which had picked him up from the train at Ajax, Utah, drew up at an old ranch."
- 4 Alternative form of Ajax. alt-of, alternative
- 5 A town in Ontario, Canada.
"In relative terms, the history of Ajax, Ontario, a town twenty-three miles east of Toronto, is short, spanning a little more than half a century. (Interestingly, to me at least, is the fact that the town is the same age as I am.)."
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- 6 An unincorporated community in South Dakota.
"Once across Spring Creek the branch line turns southeast and then southwest and proceeds toward Ajax, South Dakota."
- 7 An unincorporated community in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.
"THE road north took us to Ajax, Louisiana, more of a crossroads than an actual town. The RV park sat just a minute or so from the interstate and miles from much else; a saw mill near the highway and a diner across the road were the only..."
- 8 An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
- 9 The Amsterdam football club AFC Ajax
- 10 Nickname of Aspen Mountain, a mountain in Pitkin County, Colorado.
Synonyms
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Example
"Ajax will be champions of the Eredivisie."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "ajax"?
Common synonyms include: aias, ajax technique, ajax the great, async request, asynchronous, asynchronous call.
How do you use "ajax" in a sentence?
Ajax will be champions of the Eredivisie.
How do you pronounce "ajax"?
Pronounced /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒæks/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Latin Aiāx, from Ancient Greek Αἴᾱς (Aíās).
Etymology 2
Short for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML.
Etymology 3
Possibly from adjacent.
Etymology 4
Humorous respelling of a jakes.
Etymology 5
Phonetic similarity to ace jack.