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- Jack definition is - a game played with a set of small objects that are tossed, caught, and moved in various figures. How to use jack in a sentence.
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n.2.b. One who works in a specified manual trade. Often used in combination: a lumberjack; a steeplejack.
3. Abbr. JGames A playing card showing the figure of a servant or soldier and ranking below a queen. Also called knave.
4. Gamesa. jacks(used with a sing. or pl. verb) A game played with a set of small, six-pointed, traditionally metal pieces and a small ball, the object being to pick up the pieces in various combinations.
5. Sports A pin used in some games of bowling.
6. a. A usually portable device for raising heavy objects by means of force applied with a lever, screw, or hydraulic press.
7. A device used for turning a spit.
8. Nauticala. A support or brace, especially the iron crosstree on a topgallant masthead.
b. A small flag flown at the bow of a ship, usually to indicate nationality.
9. The male of certain animals, especially the ass.
10. Any of various food and game fishes of the family Carangidae, found in tropical and temperate seas.
12. A socket that accepts a plug at one end and attaches to electric circuitry at the other.
14. Applejack.
15. Slang A small or worthless amount: You don't know jack about that.
v.tr.1. To hunt or fish for with a jacklight: hunters illegally jacking deer.
2. a. To move or hoist by using a jack. Often used with up:jacked the rear of the car to replace the tire.
b. To raise (something) to a higher level, as in cost. Often used with up:'Foreign producers jacked up the price on some steels by over 100%'(Forbes).
3. Baseball To hit (a pitched ball) hard, especially for a home run.
4. Slangb. To rob or cheat: The dealer jacked me on the price.
v.intr.2. To plug into an electronic device by means of a jack.
Phrasal Verbs: jack around2. To toy, tinker, or mess: He's been jacking around with that motor for days.
3. To take unfair advantage of, deceive, or manipulate.
jack offVulgar Slang2. To bring (someone) to orgasm.
jack up
[From the name Jack, from Middle English Jakke, possibly from Old French Jacques, from Late Latin Iacōbus; see Jacob. N., sense 15, short for jack shit. V. tr., senses 4a and b, short for hijack.]
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jacks
(dʒæks) nPitch High Low Jack And Game
(Games, other than specified) (functioning as singular) a game in which bone, metal, or plastic pieces (jackstones) are thrown and then picked up in various groups between bounces or throws of a small ball. Sometimes called: knucklebones
[C19: shortened from jackstones, variant of checkstones pebbles]
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Jacks
A children's game played with a small ball and several jacks (see Jack, number 1).
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| Noun | 1. | jacks - a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball knucklebones, jackstones |
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