Definition for: jack

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Dutch

Noun

het jack , n ( plural: jacks, jacken)

1. jacket

English

Pronunciation

• AHD: jăk , IPA: /dʒæk/ , SAMPA: /dZ{k/

Rhymes: -æk

Noun

jack ( plural jacks )

1. A device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object.

   car jack

   pneumatic jack

2. ( playing cards ) The card ranking between the ten and queen of any suit, with a picture of a knave or prince on its face; often with value 11.
3. A male ass.
4. A socket for electrical equipment.

   telephone jack

5. One of many X-shaped metal structures.
6. A target ball in bowls, etc.
7. ( colloquial, short for jackshit ) Nothing.
8. A small flag at the bow of a ship
9. A coarse and cheap medieval coat of defense, especially one made of leather.

   Quotations

   • 1786 : The aketon, gambeson, vambasium, and jack were military vestments, calculated for the defence of the body, differing little from each other, except in their names, their materials and construction were nearly the same, the authorities quoted in the notes, shew they were all composed of many folds of linen, stuffed with cotton, wool or hair, quilted, and commonly covered with leather, made of buck or doe skin. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons , page 15.

10. ( two-up ) A penny with a head on both sides, used for cheating. (Reference: Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language , second edition, 1966, chapter XI section 3, page 243.)
11. ( slang ) money
12. A common name for the freshwater pike, green pike or pickerel
13. Large California rockfish
14. An order of marine fish in the Carangidae family

Synonyms

• ( playing card ): knave
• ( male ass ): jackass

Translations

device for raising and supporting a heavy object

playing card

male ass

electrical socket

X-shaped metal structure

target ball in bowls

slang: nothing See jackshit

flag at bow of ship

coarse medieval coat

• Czech : kluk, spodek m (2)
• Slovak : dolník m (2)

Transitive verb

to jack ( third-person singular simple present jacks , present participle jacking , simple past jacked , past participle jacked )

1. (transitive) To use a jack.

   He jacked the car up so that he could replace the brake pads.

2. (transitive) ( baseball ) (slang) To hit the ball hard.

   Jones jacks it into the alley, clearing the bases.

3. (transitive) ( baseball ) (slang) To hit a home run.
4. (transitive) To steal.

   Someone jacked my car last night!

Interjection

jack

1. ( baseball ) (slang) A player has hit a home run

   Jack! Tie score.

See also

• bootjack
• cheap-jack
• Jack
• jack in
• jack off
• jack plug
• one-eyed jack
• jacked
• cottonmouth jack
• whitetongue jack
• blackfin jack
• yellowfin jack
• bicolor jack
• Senegal jack
• horse-eye jack
• Crevalle jack
• green jack

Other Translations for "jack"

Braille 6 Dot
Braille 8 Dot
Sign Language Spelling
Morse Code		.--- .- -.-. -.-
Binary		1101010 1100001 1100011 1101011
Hex		6A61636B
Pig Latin		ackjay

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