Jack - English meaning

noun

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.

Usage examples:

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

noun

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

Usage examples:

Notice also that it is not legal for east to put the jacks in the front hand, because it would then…

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

noun

A small white ball in bowls, at which the players aim.

Usage examples:

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

noun

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

Usage examples:

In korea, young girls play a game of jacks, tossing small stones onto the ground, throwing a ball u…

noun

Used to typify an ordinary man.

Usage examples:

He had that world-weary look of the working jack who'd seen everything

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

Usage examples:

At daylight we hoisted the jack for a pilot and a delaware pilot came off, boat c, but couldn't tak…

noun

Money.

noun

A device for turning a spit.

Usage examples:

When running a spit from a weight driven clockwork jack, it is essential to ensure that the joint o…

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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.

Usage examples:

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

noun

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

Usage examples:

On any dive one can easily spot angel fish, manta rays, hammerhead sharks, jacks and trevailles, ba…

noun

The male of various animals, especially a merlin.

Usage examples:

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

noun

Used in names of animals that are smaller than similar kinds, e.g. jack snipe.

Usage examples:

The jack snipe is an extremely difficult bird to see, partly because they are not very common but m…

noun

Short for jack shit.

noun

A socket designed to receive a jack plug.

Usage examples:

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

noun

A plug used in a jack socket, consisting of a shaft used to make a connection that transmits a signal, typically used in sound equipment.

noun

Another term for blackjack (sense 5).

noun

A sleeveless padded tunic worn by foot soldiers.

verb

Take (something) illicitly; steal.

Usage examples:

What's wrong is to jack somebody's lyrics and not acknowledge the fact

adjective

Tired of or bored with someone or something.

Usage examples:

People are getting jack of strikes

noun

A device used to raise and hold something heavy off the ground, esp. one for raising a vehicle so that a tire can be changed

Usage examples:

The jack of diamonds, a microphone jack