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jack
I. \ˈjak\ noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English jacke, from Jacke, nickname for Johan (John)
1.
a.
(1) capitalized, obsolete : a man of the common people; also : an impertinent or rude fellow
< familiar both with peers and Jacks — British Magazine >
(2) sometimes capitalized : a human being : man — used as an intensive in such phrases as every man jack
< virtually every man jack — Time >
or every jack one
< dead, dead every jack one of them — W.S.Maugham >
(3) capitalized, slang : pal, buddy, guy — usually used in address
< what they get you for, Jack — Thurston Scott >
< I love it all, Jack — Chandler Brossard >
b.
(1) often capitalized : sailor — called also jack-tar
(2) sometimes capitalized : laborer, servant, attendant
(3) : lumberjack
(4) Australia : policeman
c.
(1) : a playing card carrying the figure of a servant or soldier and ranking usually below the queen — called also knave
(2) [by shortening] : jackpot 1a(4)
(3) : a player's bet in a lottery that he can name all five numbers that will be drawn
2.
a. : a figure usually of a man that strikes the time on a bell especially in a turret clock
b.
(1) : any of various portable hand-operated machines for lifting heavy weights or otherwise exerting great force by utilizing the principle of the lever, screw, toggle joint, or hydraulic press
(2) : a clamp commonly of the screw type for holding work firmly in a desired position (as in a machine)
(3) : a usually triangular wooden brace fastened to the floor by means of a foot iron and a stage screw and hinged to the back of a wall or other scenic unit in a stage set in order to prop it up from behind
c. : a contrivance for turning a spit
d. : an intermediate upright piece of wood at the inner end of each key in any of several keyboard instruments (as a harpsichord or piano) communicating its action to the string by means of a quill, a metal tangent, or a hammer
e.
(1) : a small white target ball at which bowls are rolled in lawn bowling
(2) [probably short for jackstone] : a small round stone : pebble; especially : one used in the game of jacks
(3) : a small six-pointed usually metal object used in the game of jacks
(4) jacks plural but singular in construction : a game played with a set of small objects (as stones, bones, or metal pieces, and often a ball) in which the players toss, catch, and move these objects in a variety of figures requiring coordination of hand and eye
(5) [by shortening] : jackknife 2
f. : a bat to close a masonry course
g.
(1) dialect England : one fourth of a pint; also : half-pint
(2) [by shortening] : applejack
< a side of beef and a gallon of jack to wash it down — G.A.Chamberlain >
also : brandy
< the stuff tasted like raisin jack — Gore Vidal >
< an extra supply of prune jack — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania >
h.
(1) : a lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles in a knitting machine
(2) : a lever that raises a harness especially on dobby looms
(3) : creel 3
(4) : a machine like a fly frame to handle fine cotton roving
i. : a small flag showing nationality flown by a ship usually on a jack staff at the bowsprit cap or at the bow but elsewhere in making certain signals
j.
(1) : a bar of iron athwartships at a topgallant masthead to support a royal mast and spread the royal shrouds
(2) : lazy jack 2
k. : a pan or frame for the fuel of a torch used in hunting or fishing at night; also : the torch itself : jacklight
l.
(1) : a receptacle with one or more connections to electric circuits arranged for convenient plugging in of connections to other circuits
(2) : a female metallic terminal or junction piece by means of which instruments may be quickly inserted in a line or telephone circuits quickly joined at the central office or exchange
m. : sphalerite
n. slang : money
< hadn't that much jack — Nevil Shute >
3. : something smaller than the usual or typical of its kind — used in combination
< jack rafter >
< jackshaft >
4.
a. : any of several fishes: as
(1) : pike, pickerel; especially : a young or small pike
(2) : walleyed pike
(3) : a fish of the family Carangidae; especially : a crevalle (Caranx hippos)
(4) : a young male fish
< a jack salmon >
b. : the male of various animals especially of the domestic ass or donkey
c. : any of several birds: as
(1) [by shortening] : jackdaw
(2) [by shortening] : jacksnipe
d. : bone spavin
e. [by shortening] : jackrabbit
Synonyms: see flag
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
intransitive verb
1. : to hunt or fish at night with a jacklight; specifically : to hunt game especially deer illegally at night by shining a spotlight that dazzles and holds immobile
2. slang chiefly Britain : to give up suddenly or readily — used with up
transitive verb
1. : to hunt or fish at night with a jacklight : kill with the aid of a jacklight
< a buck that had been jacked on his own land — New York Herald Tribune >
2.
a. : to move or lift by or as if by means of a jack — usually used with up
< jack up an automobile >
< jacked up my shorts — Harold Robbins >
b. : raise, increase
< decided to jack their fees — Wall Street Journal >
— usually used with up
< stepped in to jack up … the prices he got — F.L.Allen >
c. : to raise the level or quality of : bolster — usually used with up
< jacking up discipline — R.M.Neal >
< has ideas about jacking up audiences — New Yorker >
< this whole business of jacking up the soul — P.G.Wodehouse >
d. : to take to task : call to account : reprimand or scold sharply — used with up
< jacked up two or three men of the company — R.P.Reeder >
3. : to pass (boards) up to a piler on top of a lumber pile
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English jakke, from Middle French jaque, jaques — more at jacket
1. : a coarse cheap body garment worn for defense during the medieval period; especially : one made of leather and sometimes lined with metal
2. : a vessel for holding liquor made originally of waxed leather and coated on the outside with tar or pitch : jug, tankard
IV.
variant of jackfruit
V.
variant of jack cheese |