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/dʒak/

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- 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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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.
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Jack: Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. With Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Brian Kerwin, Jennifer Lopez. Because of an unusual disorder that has aged him four times faster than a typical human being, a boy looks like a 40-year-old man as he starts fifth grade at public school after being homeschooled.
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- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
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- Release Date: 1996-08-09
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Apr 23, 2024 · It is often regarded as an independent name. During the Middle Ages it was very common, and it became a slang word meaning "man", as seen in the terms jack-o'-lantern, jack-in-the-box, lumberjack and so on. It was frequently used in fairy tales and nursery rhymes, such as Jack and the Beanstalk, Jack and Jill, Little Jack Horner, and ...
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Jack is a common name, a surname, a flag, a device, and many other things. Learn about the different meanings and uses of Jack in various contexts, such as places, people, animals, arts, and technology.
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Jack is a 1996 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film co-produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. The film stars Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Jennifer Lopez, Brian Kerwin, Fran Drescher, and Bill Cosby. Williams plays the role of Jack Powell, a boy who ages four times faster than normal as a result of a unique medical condition.