jack
[noun]
Synonyms: mariner, jack-tar, sailor, sailorman, salt, seaman, tar, tarpaulin, flag, banner, bannerol, color, ensign, pendant, pennant, pennon, standard, streamer, money, bread, cash, coin, dough, greenbacks, mazuma, scratch, shekels, wampum

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. jack¹ /dʒæk/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: From the man's name Jack]

1. a piece of equipment used to lift a heavy weight off the ground, such as a car, and support it while it is in the air:
a hydraulic jack

2. a card used in card games that has a man’s picture on it and is worth less than a queen and more than a ten
jack of hearts/clubs etc
a pair of jacks

3. an electronic connection for a telephone or other electric machine:
a phone jack

4.
a) jacks [plural] a children’s game in which the players try to pick up small objects called jacks while bouncing and catching a ball
b) a small metal or plastic object that has six points, used in this game

5. a small white ball at which players aim larger balls in the game of bowls

6. jack (shit) American English spoken not polite a rude expression meaning anything at all:
He doesn’t know jack shit about cars.
⇒ jumping jack, Union Jack

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. jack² verb
jack somebody around phrasal verb
American English spoken to waste someone’s time by deliberately making things difficult for them:
Stop jacking me around and make up your mind!
jack something ↔ in phrasal verb
British English informal to stop doing something:
I’d love to jack in my job and go and live in the Bahamas.
jack off phrasal verb
American English informal not polite to masturbate
jack something ↔ up phrasal verb

1. to lift something heavy off the ground using a jack:
Jack the car up higher – I can’t get the tire off.

2. informal to increase prices, sales etc by a large amount:
They’re just interested in jacking up their profit margins.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

jack
noun
 ⇒ Note at CARD

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Jack
See: ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

jack
̈ɪdʒæk
See: every last man also every man jack

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