Jack - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor (syn: laborer, labourer)
- immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted
- a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling
- an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug
- game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks (syn: jackstones)
- small flag indicating a ship's nationality
- one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince (syn: knave)
- tool for exerting pressure or lifting
- any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas
- male donkey (syn: jackass)
verb
Extra examples
...I'd buy that watch, but I don't have the jack right now....
...a Portuguese ship flying the national jack...
You have to jack up the car in order to change a wheel.
You don't know jack about that!
The actor cuts a dashing figure as a young Jack Kennedy.
As the saying goes, “All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”
...the most notorious serial killer of the 19th century remains known only by the pseudonym of Jack the Ripper...
When Jack wants something, he comes on like a truck.
He quickly interposed himself between Jack and Alice.
He needed a small drink to jack up his failing courage.
Jack comes and retails the story of Mark's relationship with Mary to my friend.
Jack stabbed the intercom on his desk.
Jack took notes which he would work up into a report later.
Jack carried his grandson up the stairs.
He grinned, and then checked himself, not wanting to upset Jack.
Phrasal verbs
Word forms
I/you/we/they: jack
he/she/it: jacks
present participle: jacking
past tense: jacked
past participle: jacked
singular: jack
plural: jacks
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