<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>One of a group of strips of wood or similar objects, as straws or toothpicks, used in the game of jackstraws.</li><li>Jackstraws (used with a singular verb): a game in which players compete in picking up, one by one, as many jackstraws as possible without disturbing the heap.</li><li>Obsolete: a straw-stuffed figure of a man; scarecrow; straw man.</li><li>An insignificant person.</li></ul>