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Meaning jack meaning

What does jack mean?
Definitions in simple English

jack Noun

— A jack is a machine for lifting heavy thing. Often a jack is used to lift a car for fixing. — A jack is a plug or connector for electronics. — A jack is a flag used at by ships at sea. — Another word for nothing. — A jack is a playing card with a J on it.

jack Verb

— To use a jack. He jacked the car up so that he could replace the brake pads. — To steal. Someone jacked my car last night!

Jack Proper noun

— Jack is a male given name.

jack

— noun a small worthless amount you don't know jack — noun tool for exerting pressure or lifting — noun one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince — noun small flag indicating a ship's nationality — noun 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 — noun an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug — noun a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling — noun male donkey — noun any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas — verb (= jack up) lift with a special device jack up the car so you can change the tire — verb (= jacklight) hunt with a jacklight — noun (= jackfruit) immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted — noun (= laborer) someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor

Jack

— noun (= mariner) a man who serves as a sailor

Synonyms jack synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as jack?

jack English » English

knave jackfruit lever jak socket jackstones jacklight jackass derrick crane vise squat shit plug manual laborer labourer laborer jackfish jack-fruit jack up jack tree horse mackerel dude doodly-squat diddlysquat diddlyshit diddly-squat diddly-shit diddly diddley dick bloke warrior valet tire tool tire iron threadfish threadfinned trevally threadfin trevally threadfin pompano threadfin mirrorfish threadfin thread-finned trevally thread-fin jackfish thread pompano tankard supporter strutting stop stilt

Jack English » English

Johnny John tar seaman old salt knave gob Jack-tar seafarer sea dog mariner Joe James Jake Hank wright workman workingman worker wind lass sailor robot operative labourer laborer jack hand dude buster Shawn Shane Sean Joan Jim Jean Jacob Hyacinthe

Topics jack topics

What do people use jack to talk about?
Physical actions Move something Move something in a direction

Lift
Work and occupation Work Worker

Expert

Conjugation jack conjugation

How do you conjugate jack?

jack · verb

Examples jack examples

How do I use jack in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Jack bought a present for his friend.
My name is Jack.
My name's Jack.
Jack of all trades, and master of none.
You shouldn't talk about Jack behind his back.
Robert got the better of Jack in the game of chess.
Mary blamed Jack for leaving their children unattended.
Mary swims as fast as Jack.
Bill is as tall as Jack.
Tom is as tall as Jack.
That is no fault of Jack's.
The hand of the magician was quicker than our eyes. Before we could say Jack Robinson, the cards he was holding between his fingers disappeared.
Jill is engaged to Jack.
No other boy in our class is more studious than Jack.
A jack of all trades is a master of none.
The speeding vehicle skidded and crashed head-on into the rear-end of a truck before the driver could say Jack Robinson.
John sits by Jack.
You can count on Jack.

Movie subtitles

It's been two weeks since Jack left.
I woke up early, rode out to Jack's land.
Elizabeth, Jack promised to come home to you.
Jack was a ladies' man.
Jack had lots of appeal for Georgia.
To show her utter contempt for Jack, she picked out the most deplorable looking tramp in the dancehall.
This daring theft was discovered only when Mr. Wallace Jack called at the jeweler's shop at 73 rue Jacob, where he had left his famous diamond to be reset.
Ah, it's a jack.
Photography by Jack Steven.
Do you suppose this hornblower would care 2 straws about that, jack?
Better let dawker make sure, jack.
Jack, i've just seen dawker. He says if you want to go about 6,000, blow your nose once. When you blow it the second time, he'll take it as a signal to stop bidding altogether.
Jack, go and offer her my smelling salts.
Blow your nose, jack.
Hey, Jack, I been tellin' you about this here boy Coleman.
That's another buffalo hide you owe me, Jack.
Oh, his name is Jack.
Jack, you head down by Front Street.
Jack Gilbert.
Which one of you two are Jack Oakie?
Say, Jack Oakie, what's your name?
Jack, go to the Union National Bank and take your money out.
All right, Jack.
The politician, loads of jack.
The South Side is rolling in jack.
Flora, played by Gloria Stuart, is Dr Cranley's distressed daughter, who, we can tell, is very much in love with Jack Griffin, the stranger at the inn.
He obviously is in the employ of Flora's father, as is Jack Griffin, the Rains character.
More developments regarding Jack Griffin's experiments, and one major discovery coming up, regarding a dangerous drug.
JUWELER ARRESTED This daring theft was discovered only when Mr. Wallace Jack called at the jeweler's shop at 73 rue Jacob, where he had left his famous diamond to be reset.
I was with Billy Haines. Jack Gilbert.
Ace, jack is high.
And I won quite a lot of jack for them, and a little bit for myself.
Oh, Jack, Jack. Come here, get her.
What did you do with that picture of Jack Dempsey?
Jack, I'm talking to you.
Because they have Jack the Ripper, Burke and Hare. the Mad Butcher. the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, things that people pay to see!
You're a real jack-of-all-trades.

News and current affairs

Europe's politicians will be tempted to simply jack up the fiscal deficit to boost domestic incomes rather than undergo politically painful but necessary rationalization.
In the US, large companies were fat and lazy until a new generation of bosses like Jack Welch at General Electric took over and played rough.
An instructive example of the cosmopolitanism bargain came in 2006, when Great Britain's former foreign minister, Jack Straw, raised concerns about the nijab, the full-head covering worn by some Muslim women.
Mr. Zhu has been China's Jack Welch, the tough-minded, longtime CEO of the American conglomerate General Electric--a man celebrated for his candor, his global sophistication, and his insistence on performance.
The spectacle of a communist regime trying to jack up a casino-like capitalist market is just one of the many contradictions that have been accumulating in almost every corner of China's economy and politics.
The group of core senators pushing for financial reform is already strong, including Sherrod Brown, Jeff Merkley, Carl Levin, and Jack Reed.
Jack Bogle, who built his investment-management company, the Vanguard Group, on exactly this principle, with a clear focus on lower fees at every opportunity, has come out strongly in favor of the administration's proposal.
The face of General Electric's longtime boss Jack Welch is in bookstore windows across China, although his latest book is probably a pirated edition because China still has a way to go on copyright protection.

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