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jack

[ ˈjak]

jack

noun

[ˈjak]

plural jacks

Definition of jack

(Entry 1 of 2)

1a jacks plural in form but singular in construction : a game played with a set of small objects that are tossed, caught, and moved in various figures

b : a small 6-pointed metal object used in the game of jacks

2a : a playing card carrying the figure of a soldier or servant and ranking usually below the queen

b : jackpot sense 1b(2)

3 : any of various usually mechanical devices: such as

a : a usually portable mechanism or device for exerting pressure or lifting a heavy body a short distance

b : a device for turning a spit

4 : a female fitting in an electric circuit used with a plug to make a connection with another circuit

5a : man —usually used as an intensive in such phrases as every man jack

b often capitalized : sailor

c(1) : servant, laborer

(2) : lumberjack

6 : something that supports or holds in position: such as

a : an iron bar at a topgallant masthead to support a royal mast and spread the royal shrouds

b : a wooden brace fastened behind a scenic unit in a stage set to prop it up

7a : any of several fishes
especially : any of various carangids

b : a male donkey

c : jackrabbit

d : any of several birds (such as a jackdaw)

8a : a small white target ball in lawn bowling

b : a small national flag flown by a ship

9 slang : money

10a : applejack

b : brandy

11 : jackknife sense 2

12 : monterey jack

13 US slang : anything at all —used in negative constructionsIn short, Dinger or Homer or whoever it was who wrote the Odyssey didn't know jack about travel.— Steve Rushin

jack

verb

jacked; jacking; jacks

Definition of jack (Entry 2 of 2)

transitive verb

1a : to move or lift by or as if by a jack

b : to raise the level of —usually used with up
//jack up the price

c : to take to task

2 : to hunt or fish for at night with a jacklight

intransitive verb

: to hunt or fish at night with a jacklight

Other Words from jack

Verb

jacker noun

Synonyms & Antonyms for dainty

Synonyms: Noun

bread
[slang],
bucks,
cabbage
[slang],
cash,
change,
chips,
coin,
currency,
dough,
gold,
green,
kale
[slang],
legal tender,
lolly
[British],
long green
[slang],
loot,
lucre,
money,
moola
(or moolah)
[slang],
needful,
pelf,
scratch
[slang],
shekels
(also sheqels or shekelim or shekalim or sheqalim),
tender,
wampum

Recent Examples on the Web

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
//Enthusiasm has waned, though, after a series of contentious decisions including eliminating the dedicated headphone jack from new iPhones and frequent changes to the iTunes/Music app.
— David Ingram, NBC News, "iPhone update leaves Apple fans fuming over deleted emails," 24 Oct. 2019
//Further Reading Remember that time Nintendo got rid of the headphone jack?
— Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, "$199 Analogue Pocket promises FPGA accuracy for portable retro gaming," 16 Oct. 2019
//When declarer repeated the finesse, West won and shifted to the jack of clubs, and South ended up down three.
— Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, "Bridge: Sept. 21 2019," 21 Sep. 2019
//Swap in Monterey jack, or any deli sliced cheese, for the pepper jack.
— Becky Krystal, The Denver Post, "How to upgrade your sandwich with clever twists on 5 classics," 22 Aug. 2019
//The left earcup has the power button and a slot for the 2.5mm headphone jack.
— Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, "Bose is back on top when it comes to noise-canceling headphones," 25 July 2019
//These include stretching the display to the edges of the device and erasing the headphone jack.
— Dan Gallagher, WSJ, "Apple’s Shine Goes Only So Far Now," 28 June 2019
//There’s no headphone jack, which will disappoint long-time Samsung fans.
— courant.com, "CNET: Best phones for 2019," 6 Sep. 2019
//Rides, kid’s games, poker, black jack, bars-n-bells and many more games of chance.
— Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, "Things to do this week in Cincinnati: Aug. 26-Sept. 2," 26 Aug. 2019
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
//Can’t remember seeing a defensive lineman more jacked up over a sack than Christian Barmore midway through the second quarter.
— Michael Casagrande | Mcasagrande@al.com, al, "A few extra observations from Alabama win at Texas A&M," 14 Oct. 2019
//The citizenry is jacked up with contempt, and over the idea of true romance.
— Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Know, "Can Western art enter the modern era? Yes, and it’s happening here in Denver.," 29 Sep. 2019
//But the duo is kneecapped by a dearth of olive oil that leaves the condiment tasting less like a sauce and more like tomato paste jacked up with oregano.
— Dominic Armato, azcentral, "Fellow Osteria in Scottsdale is too interesting to ignore but too inconsistent to embrace," 16 July 2019
//Or maybe because we were simply jacked up on our first King Cake sugar rush of the season.
— Mardi Gras Czar, NOLA.com, "Mardi Gras Czar says it's Krewe de Vieux time: Refuse to be offended," 25 Jan. 2018
//Bichette’s onslaught didn’t matter much on Thursday given that 25-year-old lefty Thomas Pannone was clobbered for seven runs in 2 1/3 innings to jack his ERA all the way up to 6.83.
— Jon Tayler, SI.com, "Bo Bichette's Historic Start to His Career Makes Blue Jays' Future Even More Exciting," 9 Aug. 2019
//However, the biggest motive for FaceApp to collect your information is most likely ad targeting, and the motive to make a scary face-aging filter is likely just to jack up downloads so that more people are dumping info into the data set.
— Kaitlyn Tiffany, Vox, "Anime brings in more than $19 billion a year. Its artists are earning barely enough to survive.," 17 July 2019
//Experts say that means auction houses are free to use shills to jack up the bidding.
— Dennis Wagner, azcentral, "Fake bids drive up prices on popular site Auction Nation, Republic finds," 24 June 2019
//Seven days of hearings Hundreds of companies began queuing up to testify in Washington on Monday for seven days of hearings on the Trump administration's proposal to jack up tariffs on $300 billion in Chinese imports.
— Rachel Layne, CBS News, "Tariffs on China goods will hit women shoppers hardest, JC Penney argues," 20 June 2019

First Known Use of jack

Noun

1548, in the meaning defined at sense 5a

Verb

circa 1833, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

History and Etymology for jack

Noun

Middle English Jacke, familiar term of address to a social inferior, nickname for Johan John

Dictionary Entries near jack

Phrases Related to jack

jack in

the Union Jack

More Synonyms and Antonyms ofjack

Synonyms of jack

1 slang something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment

I'd buy that watch, but I don't have the jack right now

Synonyms for jack

bread
[slang],
bucks,
cabbage
[slang],
cash,
change,
chips,
coin,
currency,
dough,
gold,
green,
kale
[slang],
legal tender,
lolly
[British],
long green
[slang],
loot,
lucre,
money,
moola
(or moolah)
[slang],
needful,
pelf,
scratch
[slang],
shekels
(also sheqels&"wvl">or shekelim&"wvl">or shekalim&"wvl">or sheqalim),
tender,
wampum

Words Related to jack

2 a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling

a Portuguese ship flying the national jack

Synonyms for jack

Words Related to jack

3 an adult male human being

hey, jack, can you spare some change?

Synonyms for jack

bastard,
bloke
[chiefly British],
buck,
cat,
chap
[chiefly British],
chappie
[British],
dude,
fella,
fellow,
galoot
[slang],
gent,
gentleman,
guy,
hombre,
joe,
joker,
lad,
male,
man

Words Related to jack

buddy,
buster

4 one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel

the streets of the old seaport were once full of jacks, harlots, and other dockside denizens

Synonyms for jack

Words Related to jack

lime-juicer
[slang],
limey
[slang]

5 the total of the bets at stake at one time

tension was mounting as the jack was getting bigger by the minute

Synonyms for jack

Words Related to jack

fund,
kitty

6 a person whose job is to cut down trees

we'll need to hire more jacks to get this forest cleared before winter

Synonyms for jack

Words Related to jack

lumberer

sawyer

forester

More Definitions forjack

jack

noun

English Language Learners Definition of jack

: a device used for lifting something heavy (such as a car)

: a playing card that has a picture of a soldier or servant and that is worth more than a ten and less than a queen

: a small opening where something connects with a wire to something else

jack

noun

\ ˈjak \

Kids Definition of jack

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : a device for lifting something heavy a short distance

2 : a playing card with the picture of a young man

3 : a small six-pointed usually metal object used in a children's game ( jacks )

4 : a socket used with a plug to connect one electric circuit with another

jack

verb

jacked; jacking

Kids Definition of jack (Entry 2 of 2)

: to move or lift with a special device
//We need to jack up the car.