the number 6, or the quantity represented by it
a group of six Cub Scouts or Brownie Guides, the smallest unit in a pack
something having six parts or members, e.g. the smallest unit in a pack of Cub Scouts or Brownie Guides
the age of 6 years
the hour halfway between midday and midnight
a shot in cricket that crosses the boundary before it bounces and scores six runs
at sixes and sevens
in disorder, confused, or in a muddle
[originally in Middle English in the form set (or stand) on six and seven, meaning ‘to gamble all one's possessions’. Association with a 15th-cent. dispute between two livery companies over which should come sixth and which seventh in ceremonial processions, in which they eventually agreed to take turns, is not the true origin.]for six
Brit, informal so as to be totally wrecked, overwhelmed, or defeated, etc
The virus knocked me for six
Trade balance went for six — The Economist
six of one and half a dozen of the other
a situation in which a choice must be made between alternatives that are almost or effectively the same
six adj
sixfold adj and adv
[Old English siex]