jack in English

noun

1

a device for lifting heavy objects, especially one for raising the axle of a motor vehicle off the ground so that a wheel can be changed or the underside inspected.

Finally, lower the jack so the wheel is back down on the road.

2

a playing card bearing a representation of a soldier, page, or knave, normally ranking next below a queen.

Notice also that it is not legal for East to put the jacks in the front hand, because it would then not be possible to make a middle hand that was better and a back hand that was better still from the remaining ten cards.

3

a socket with two or more pairs of terminals, designed to receive a jack plug.

The right side is home to an earphone jack , power socket and, under a cover, a USB 2.0 port.

synonyms: socket, outlet, plug, connection

4

a game played by tossing and catching small round pebbles or star-shaped pieces of metal or plastic.

In Korea, young girls play a game of jacks , tossing small stones onto the ground, throwing a ball up in the air, and and trying to pick the stones up before catching the ball.

5

in lawn bowling, the small ball at which the players aim.

Lawn bowling required four bowls for each player and a jack for a goal.

6

used as a form of address to a man whose name is not known.

7

a small version of a national flag flown at the bow of a vessel in harbor to indicate its nationality.

At daylight we hoisted the jack for a pilot and a Delaware pilot came off, Boat C, but couldn't take us to New York.

8

money.

9

a device for turning a spit.

When running a spit from a weight driven clockwork jack , it is essential to ensure that the joint or bird is properly centred, or the spit may stop running.

10

a part of the mechanism in a spinet or harpsichord that connects a key to its corresponding string and causes the string to be plucked when the key is pressed down.

Volume can be increased only by engaging more sets of strings and jacks .

11

a marine fish that is typically laterally compressed with a row of large spiky scales along each side. Jacks are important in many places as food or game fish.

On any dive one can easily spot angel fish, manta rays, hammerhead sharks, jacks and trevailles, barracudas… Finding Nemo would be impossible if he got lost here.

12

the male of some animals, especially a merlin or an ass.

A mule results from a cross between a female horse, or mare, and a male donkey, or jack .

13

used in names of animals that are smaller than similar kinds, e.g., jacksnipe.

The Jack Snipe is an extremely difficult bird to see, partly because they are not very common but mostly because they are so well-camouflaged they will often sit unnoticed and let you walk past them.

14

a sleeveless padded tunic worn by foot soldiers.

verb

1

take (something) illicitly; steal.

his MO in the studio remains the same—jack other people's tracks and present them in a new context

noun

socket, outlet, plug, connection
mariner, seafarer, gob, old salt, jack-tar, seaman, sea dog, tar
laborer, manual laborer
jackass
jackstones
jackfruit
doodly-squat, squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly, shit
knave

verb

jack up
jack up

Use "jack" in a sentence

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5. Jack has become Jack of all trades and master of none.

6. That's real cute, Jack.

7. – Jack can't talk Thai.

8. Jack up the car.

9. Jack is quite stylish.

10. Maybe Jack was right.

11. Come on down, Jack.

12. Jack Berry, American television.

13. Jack is a schoolteacher.

14. Finally some guts, Jack.

15. Jack deserted his wife.

16. Jack emitted a curse.

17. Jack up your shorts!

18. Jack, we were here.

19. To kill humans, Jack.

20. No, Jack, I swear.

21. Calling Jack accomplishes nothing.

22. DNA confirmed, it's Jack.

23. Two more weeks, Jack.

24. Lay off bullying Jack.

25. Casebook: Jack the Ripper Forums

26. Those memories are yours, Jack.

27. Who the hell is Jack?

28. 9 Get it together, Jack.

29. Cactus Jack Slade has arrived

30. Jack readily agreed to help.

31. Come and queue up, Jack.

32. Jack enamoured with scientific researches.

33. Jack, the gush, was crying.

34. The child was baptized Jack.

35. Bred by Sweet Seeds, Black jack is a cross of Black Domina and Jack Herer

36. It's aflutter over jack. Oh...

37. Adjustable stiffness jack spring actuator

38. Adjustable bed with mechanical jack

39. You're out of limes, Jack.

40. Jack is a clever student.

41. Jack is niggling at bones.

42. Jack picks up his surfboard.

43. Jack was alienated from Mary.

44. Jack warmly embraced his son.

45. Jack tucked his shirt in.

46. You mustn't jack up prices.

47. Jack quietly excused his rudeness.

48. Jack is a jazz buff.

49. Jack bore away the prize.

50. Jack vaulted over the railings.