What does "sixer" mean?

A shot in which the ball passes over the boundary without touching the ground, for which the batting team is awarded six runs.

What is a synonym for "sixer"?

Common synonyms include: six, 6, captain hicks, half a dozen, hexad, sestet.

noun, slang

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Noun

1
A shot in which the ball passes over the boundary without touching the ground, for which the batting team is awarded six runs. colloquial
2
A transgender person India
3
A player for the 76ers, a team from Philadelphia. informal
4
the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one wordnet
5
A Cub Scout or Brownie who leads a group of six.
"Many packs have a sixer's council where the sixers, and sometimes the seconds, meet with Akela and some of the other leaders."

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6
A prison sentence of six months. slang
"1869, A Merchant. Editor: Frank Henderson, Six Years in the Prisons of England The copper knew I did that job, and had me up on suspicion some time after, and gave me a drag (three months) over it. The next bit I did was a 'sixer' (six months), and I escaped from prison in about three weeks after I got it."
7
A six-pack of a beverage. slang
"Well, I'll let you get back to work. I'll swing by later on with a sixer of Melonade!"
8
A conker that has won six matches. UK
"The history of 'oners' becoming 'sixers' through successive victories[…]"