-jackcomb. form

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element; e.g. truckjack Brit.

/ˈtrʌkdʒak/, U.S.

/ˈtrəkˌdʒæk/.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: hijack v.

Etymology: < -jack (in hijack v.). Apparently earliest in skyjack v. Compare jack v.³, and also -jacker comb. form, -jacking comb. form.

colloquial.

Forming nouns and verbs (often ad hoc formations) referring to the action of taking away or taking over another's property, esp. a vehicle in transit, without permission, or performing some comparable irregular activity; (also) referring to the action of gaining unauthorized control of another's computer system, network, social media account, etc. Cf. -nap comb. form.

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1977 Sunday Times Mag. 27 Nov. 40 (heading) Yachtjack! Yacht hijacking: is it becoming a problem in the Northwest?

1999 N.Y. Times 23 Sept. a21/1 When computer users tried to reach those sites.., they were..‘page-jacked’ to a tawdry site run by the Australian company.

2003 T. Richards & E. Blehm P3 228 We worked our way down the busy sidewalk with Erik running out into the street at opportune moments to photo-jack cars.

2004 Impact Aug. 48/2 Riddick ship-jacks him and heads to the planet Helion to find the man who sent Toombs.

2005 J. Weiner Goodnight Nobody xxi. 179 Then I got stroller-jacked... A man in a stained baseball cap..grabbed the stroller's handlebars, and wheeled it swiftly into a dark alley.

2010 Observer 28 Feb. 44/5 Last week energy secretary Ed Miliband was the victim of a ‘Twitter-jack’.

2012 Sun (Nexis) 27 Feb. 28 (heading) Truckjack killer. A naked man, 26, stole a fire truck and killed a pedestrian.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	-jack
释义	-jackcomb. form Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element; e.g. truckjack Brit. /ˈtrʌkdʒak/, U.S. /ˈtrəkˌdʒæk/. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: hijack v. Etymology: < -jack (in hijack v.). Apparently earliest in skyjack v. Compare jack v.³, and also -jacker comb. form, -jacking comb. form. colloquial. Forming nouns and verbs (often ad hoc formations) referring to the action of taking away or taking over another's property, esp. a vehicle in transit, without permission, or performing some comparable irregular activity; (also) referring to the action of gaining unauthorized control of another's computer system, network, social media account, etc. Cf. -nap comb. form. ΚΠ 1977 Sunday Times Mag. 27 Nov. 40 (heading) Yachtjack! Yacht hijacking: is it becoming a problem in the Northwest? 1999 N.Y. Times 23 Sept. a21/1 When computer users tried to reach those sites.., they were..‘page-jacked’ to a tawdry site run by the Australian company. 2003 T. Richards & E. Blehm P3 228 We worked our way down the busy sidewalk with Erik running out into the street at opportune moments to photo-jack cars. 2004 Impact Aug. 48/2 Riddick ship-jacks him and heads to the planet Helion to find the man who sent Toombs. 2005 J. Weiner Goodnight Nobody xxi. 179 Then I got stroller-jacked... A man in a stained baseball cap..grabbed the stroller's handlebars, and wheeled it swiftly into a dark alley. 2010 Observer 28 Feb. 44/5 Last week energy secretary Ed Miliband was the victim of a ‘Twitter-jack’. 2012 Sun (Nexis) 27 Feb. 28 (heading) Truckjack killer. A naked man, 26, stole a fire truck and killed a pedestrian. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < comb. form1977
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