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1. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › jackJack Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   Learn the various meanings and uses of the word jack as a noun and a verb, from a game and a card to a device and a slang term. See synonyms, examples, phrases, and related articles.

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3. www.nytimes.com › 2024/07/21 › worldThe Billionaire Criminal Who Secretly Profited Off Jack Ma’s...

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   5 days ago · Four years ago, Jack Ma was the embodiment of China’s spectacular economic rise. Already the country’s wealthiest and most famous businessman, he was poised to become one of the richest in the ...

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishJACK | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   Learn the meanings and uses of the word jack in different contexts, such as equipment, card, ball, game, and slang. See pronunciation, translations, and related words and phrases.

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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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6. www.imdb.com › title › tt0116669Jack (1996) - IMDb

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   Aug 9, 1996 · Jack is a 1996 movie about a boy who ages four times faster than normal and looks like a 40-year-old man. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this film.

   • 5.8/10 (64K)
   • Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

   • Director: Francis Ford Coppola
   • Release Date: 1996-08-09

7. www.dictionary.com › browse › jackJACK Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

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   Jack definition: any of various portable devices for raising or lifting heavy objects short heights, using various mechanical, pneumatic, or hydraulic methods.. See examples of JACK used in a sentence.

8. www.cnn.com › 2024/07/16 › entertainmentTenacious D: Jack Black’s band cancels tour after backlash to ......

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   Jul 16, 2024 · Jack Black’s comedy rock band Tenacious D has canceled its remaining tour dates after band member Kyle Gass sparked a backlash with an apparent joke about Saturday’s assassination attempt on ...

9. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › JackJack - Wikipedia

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   Jack (given name), a male given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name. Jack (surname), including a list of people with the surname. Jack (Tekken), multiple fictional characters in the fighting game series Tekken. Jack the Ripper, an unidentified British serial killer active in 1888.