1. plural of six; the numbers or things numbered six
2. playing cards, dice faces, or domino tiles showing six spots
3. groups or sets of six items

Examples

• Roll the dice and try to get two sixes.
• The children counted by sixes: six, twelve, eighteen, twenty-four.
• She had three sixes in her hand during the card game.
• The eggs are sold in sixes at the farmer’s market.
• All the sixes were removed from the deck before we started playing.
• The bowling pins are arranged with sixes on each side.