jack

Meaning

Noun

A coarse mediaeval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.

Verb

1. To physically raise using a jack.
2. To raise or increase.
3. To increase the potency of an alcoholic beverage similarly to distillation by chilling it to below the freezing point of water, removing the water ice crystals that form, and leaving the still-liquid alcoholic portion.
4. (colloquial) To steal (something), typically an automobile; to rob (someone).
5. To dance by moving the torso forward and backward in a rippling motion.
6. (colloquial) To jack off, to masturbate.
7. To fight.
8. (informal) To jerk or move by jerking; to remove or move (something).

Adj

Tired, disillusioned; fed up (with).

Verb

To hit (the ball) hard; especially, to hit (the ball) out of the field, producing a home run.

Concepts

jack

knave

jackfruit

jak

lever

crane

derrick

jacklight

jackass

jackstones

socket

dick

jackfish

horse mackerel

jack tree

plug

vise

jack up

laborer

labourer

manual laborer

diddley

diddly

diddly-shit

diddly-squat

diddlyshit

diddlysquat

doodly-squat

shit

squat

jack-fruit

bloke

dude

piglet

pike

American pike

common pike

great lakes pike

great northern pickerel

great northern pike

northern pike

pickerel

butterfish

deady

grouper

graysby

rock cod

rock grouper

rock hind

African pompano

Cuban jack

Indian threadfin trevally

ciliated thread-fish

cobblerfish

cordonnier

fiddler

hairfish

jacks

pennant fish

pennant trevally

pennantfish

thread pompano

thread-fin jackfish

thread-finned trevally

threadfin

threadfin mirrorfish

threadfin pompano

threadfin trevally

threadfinned trevally

threadfish

bumpnose kingfish

bumpnose trevally

bumpnosed trevally

greater kingston

redtail scad

robin

roughear scad

round robin

leatherjacket

maracaibo leatherjack

castin leatherjack

castin leatherjacket

runner

big eye scad

big-eye scad

big-eyed scad

bigeye scad

bigeye scad atulai

chicharro

goggle-eye

goggle-eyed scad

goggler

horse-eye jack

purse-eye scad

purse-eyed scad

capstan

give up

jack in

pack in

stop

jack mackerel

scad

hoist

raise

increase

arrange

organize

flag

ensign

jug

tankard

jacket

Joe

johnny

J

artocarpus

jack-tree

chain block

chain fall

chain hoist

plug socket

clip-spring switch

snap switch

spring switch

spigot

hub

plug jack

rabbet

spur

staddle

stayer

stilt

strutting

supporter

elevator

hoister

hoisting apparatus

hoisting engine

lifter

lifting machine

blende

false galena

lead marcasite

mock lead

mock ore

pseudogalena

sphalerite

steel jack

connector

connector plug

male connector

boy

chum

fella

hombre

lumberman

ball

bowl

conglobation

conglomeration

globe

orb

pellet

sphere

electric outlet

electrical outlet

outlet

outlet box

point

power point

receptacle

buck private

common soldier

enlisted man

enlisted person

enlisted woman

private

man-at-arms

pawn

serviceman

soldier

warrior

block and tackle

fell

hide

lumberjack

tire iron

tire tool

ship’s flag

cove

guy

kitty

valet

catty

buck

cat

Jack

Pronounced as (IPA)

/d͡ʒæk/

Etymology

table
Inherited from Middle English jakke, from Anglo-Norman jacke, Middle French jaque, jacque, from jacques (“peasant”), from the proper name Jacques. Compare jacquerie.