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   jack

   /dʒak/

   noun

   • 1. a device for lifting heavy objects, especially one for raising the axle of a motor vehicle off the ground so that a wheel can be changed or the underside inspected.
   • 2. a playing card bearing a representation of a soldier, page, or knave, normally ranking next below a queen.
   • 3. a socket designed to receive a jack plug.
   • 4. a plug used in a jack socket, consisting of a shaft used to make a connection that transmits a signal, typically used in sound equipment.
   • 5. a small white ball in bowls, at which the players aim.
   • 6. a game played by tossing and catching small round pebbles or star-shaped pieces of metal or plastic.
   • ▪ a pebble or piece of metal or plastic used in the game of jacks.
   • 7. used to typify an ordinary man: informal "he had that world-weary look of the working Jack who'd seen everything"
   • ▪ used as a form of address to a man whose name is not known. informal US
   • ▪ a lumberjack. informal North American
   • ▪ a detective or police officer.
   • ▪ a steeplejack. archaic
   • ▪ the figure of a man striking the bell on a clock.
   • 8. a small version of a national flag flown at the bow of a vessel in harbour to indicate its nationality.
   • 9. money. informal, dated North American
   • 10. a device for turning a spit.
   • 11. a part of the mechanism in a spinet or harpsichord that connects a key to its corresponding string and causes the string to be plucked when the key is pressed down.
   • 12. a marine fish that is typically laterally compressed with a row of large spiky scales along each side, important in many places as food or game fish.
   • 13. the male of various animals, especially a merlin.
   • 14. used in names of animals that are smaller than similar kinds, e.g. jack snipe.
   • 15. short for jack shit informal US

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Jack, pet form of the given name John. The term was used originally to denote an ordinary man (jack1 (sense 7)), also a youth (mid 16th century), hence the ‘knave’ in cards and ‘male animal’. The word also denoted various devices saving human labour, as though one had a helper (jack1 (sense 1, sense 3, sense 10, sense 11), and in compounds such as jackhammer and jackknife); the general sense ‘labourer’ arose in the early 18th century and survives in cheapjack, lumberjack, steeplejack, etc. Since the mid 16th century a notion of ‘smallness’ has arisen, hence jack1 (sense 5, sense 6, sense 8, sense 14).

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   What does Jack mean?

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   What is a car jack?

   • A jack is a device for lifting a vehicle off the ground. There was a truck there with a jack under the back wheel. The car has built-in hydraulic jacks, which facilitate rapid tire changes. Always keep a tire iron, spare tire, and car jack in the trunk of the car, in case of punctures. Collins COBUILD Key Words for Automotive Engineering.

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   What does Jack mean in football?

   • : a playing card carrying the figure of a soldier or servant and ranking usually below the queen … every man jack in the team will want to impress their new manager. Malcolm Macdonald Those two sessions were both open to the public, which meant that any man Jack from the street could have walked in to watch … Neil Ashton

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   Is Jack a plural or singular game?

   • 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 : a playing card carrying the figure of a soldier or servant and ranking usually below the queen … every man jack in the team will want to impress their new manager. Malcolm Macdonald

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