jack

Meaning

Noun

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

Verb

1. (transitive) To physically raise using a jack.
2. (transitive) 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, transitive) To steal (something), typically an automobile; to rob (someone).
5. (intransitive) To dance by moving the torso forward and backward in a rippling motion.
6. (colloquial, vulgar) To jack off, to masturbate.
7. To fight.
8. (informal, intransitive, transitive) 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.

Opposite of

plug

Synonyms

knave

jackfruit

jak

lever

socket

jacklight

crane

jackass

jackstones

derrick

jackfish

diddly-shit

bloke

squat

doodly-squat

diddly-squat

labourer

dick

diddlyshit

diddley

jack tree

jack-fruit

diddlysquat

diddly

dude

horse mackerel

vise

manual laborer

plug

jack up

laborer

shit

💩

fell

ensign

conglobation

enlisted man

elevator

🛗

common soldier

boy

👦

electric outlet

chum

catty

bowl

ball

jacket

Jack

increase

cat

😺

hub

hombre

Translations

valet

cric

Bube

boer

🅰️

Wagenheber

fante

cricco

gato

😺

sota

martinetto

cric

krik

valete

binda

Pronounced as (IPA)

/d͡ʒæk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: jakke

In summary

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