Definitions for shako

shako shak·o

Spelling: [shak-oh, shey-koh]
IPA: /ˈʃæk oʊ, ˈʃeɪ koʊ/

Shako is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 49 anagrams from letters in shako (ahkos).

Definitions for shako

noun

  1. a military cap in the form of a cylinder or truncated cone, with a visor and a plume or pompon.

Origin of shako

1805-15; French schako Hungarian csákó, short for csákós (süveg) peaked (cap), adj. derivative of csák peak Middle High German zacke peak, point; see tack1

Examples for shako

Two of these had the number of their regiment on their shako.

It was true that I had been to blame for taking the soldier's shako, but after all, he had commenced.

He sprang up with a loud oath, and knocked my shako off my head.

He took off his shako and ran his hand through his mop of red hair.

The young officer, his hand to his shako, ran up to his superior.

Seeing that he was not wanted further, he touched his shako and withdrew.

One of these, in its explosion, knocked off my shako and killed a man beside me.

If I had but a frock and a shako, thought I, I could make my way.

The young man let fall his shako from his hand, and laid it on his sword-hilt.

"I congratulate you," said the captain, as I picked up my shako.

Word Value for shako
Scrable

12

Words with friends

11

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