What does jack mean?

Definitions for jack
dʒækjack

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, squat, shitnoun

    a small worthless amount

    "you don't know jack"

  2. mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dognoun

    a man who serves as a sailor

  3. laborer, manual laborer, labourer, jacknoun

    someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor

  4. jackfruit, jak, jacknoun

    immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted

  5. jacknoun

    a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling

  6. jacknoun

    an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug

  7. jack, jackstonesnoun

    game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks

  8. jacknoun

    small flag indicating a ship's nationality

  9. jack, knavenoun

    one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince

  10. jacknoun

    tool for exerting pressure or lifting

  11. jacknoun

    any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas

  12. jack, jackassverb

    male donkey

  13. jack, jack upverb

    lift with a special device

    "jack up the car so you can change the tire"

  14. jacklight, jackverb

    hunt with a jacklight

GCIDE

  1. Jacknoun

    The knave of a suit of playing cards.12. (pl.) A game played with small (metallic, with tetrahedrally oriented spikes) objects (the jacks(1950+), formerly jackstones) that are tossed, caught, picked up, and arranged on a horizontal surface in various patterns; in the modern American game, the movements are accompanied by tossing or bouncing a rubber ball on the horizontal surface supporting the jacks. same as jackstones.

  2. Jacknoun

    Apple jack.

  3. Jacknoun

    Brandy.

Wiktionary

  1. jackverb

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

  2. Jacknoun

    Jack Daniel's, a brand of American whiskey.

  3. Etymology: Short for Jack Tar.

Wikipedia

  1. Jack

    Jack is a song by British record producer Breach. It was released through Dirtybird Records as a single on 12 July 2013, and peaked at number 9 in the UK Singles Chart.

ChatGPT

  1. Jack

    Jack is a male given name of English origin that is derived from the name John. It is a versatile name that can be used as a standalone name or as a diminutive form for various names such as Jackson, Jacob, or Jonathan. It is widely used in English-speaking countries and has a strong association with being cheerful, friendly, and down-to-earth. Jack can also be used as a slang term to refer to a generic or everyman person.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Jacknoun

    a large tree, the Artocarpus integrifolia, common in the East Indies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs in having its leaves entire. The fruit is of great size, weighing from thirty to forty pounds, and through its soft fibrous matter are scattered the seeds, which are roasted and eaten. The wood is of a yellow color, fine grain, and rather heavy, and is much used in cabinetwork. It is also used for dyeing a brilliant yellow

  2. Jacknoun

    a familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John

  3. Jacknoun

    an impertinent or silly fellow; a simpleton; a boor; a clown; also, a servant; a rustic

  4. Jacknoun

    a popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also Jack tar, and Jack afloat

  5. Jacknoun

    a mechanical contrivance, an auxiliary machine, or a subordinate part of a machine, rendering convenient service, and often supplying the place of a boy or attendant who was commonly called Jack

  6. Jacknoun

    a device to pull off boots

  7. Jacknoun

    a sawhorse or sawbuck

  8. Jacknoun

    a machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke jack, or kitchen jack

  9. Jacknoun

    a wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting

  10. Jacknoun

    a lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles

  11. Jacknoun

    a grating to separate and guide the threads; a heck box

  12. Jacknoun

    a machine for twisting the sliver as it leaves the carding machine

  13. Jacknoun

    a compact, portable machine for planing metal

  14. Jacknoun

    a machine for slicking or pebbling leather

  15. Jacknoun

    a system of gearing driven by a horse power, for multiplying speed

  16. Jacknoun

    a hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught

  17. Jacknoun

    in the harpsichord, an intermediate piece communicating the action of the key to the quill; -- called also hopper

  18. Jacknoun

    in hunting, the pan or frame holding the fuel of the torch used to attract game at night; also, the light itself

  19. Jacknoun

    a portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack

  20. Jacknoun

    the small bowl used as a mark in the game of bowls

  21. Jacknoun

    the male of certain animals, as of the ass

  22. Jacknoun

    a young pike; a pickerel

  23. Jacknoun

    the jurel

  24. Jacknoun

    a large, California rock fish (Sebastodes paucispinus); -- called also boccaccio, and merou

  25. Jacknoun

    the wall-eyed pike

  26. Jacknoun

    a drinking measure holding half a pint; also, one holding a quarter of a pint

  27. Jacknoun

    a flag, containing only the union, without the fly, usually hoisted on a jack staff at the bowsprit cap; -- called also union jack. The American jack is a small blue flag, with a star for each State

  28. Jacknoun

    a bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree

  29. Jacknoun

    the knave of a suit of playing cards

  30. Jacknoun

    a coarse and cheap mediaeval coat of defense, esp. one made of leather

  31. Jacknoun

    a pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack

  32. Jackverb

    to hunt game at night by means of a jack. See 2d Jack, n., 4, n

  33. Jackverb

    to move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks. See 2d Jack, n., 5

  34. Etymology: [Pg. jaca, Malayalam, tsjaka.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Jack

    jak, n. used as a familiar name or diminutive of John: a saucy or paltry fellow: a sailor: any instrument serving to supply the place of a boy or helper, as a bootjack for taking off boots, a contrivance for turning a spit (smoke-jack, roasting-jack), a screw for raising heavy weights, a figure which strikes the bell in clocks: the male of some animals: a young pike: a support to saw wood on: a miner's wedge: a flag displayed from the bowsprit of a ship: a leather pitcher or bottle: a coat of mail: (coll.) a knave in cards: the small white ball that forms the aim in bowls.—ns. Jack′-a-dan′dy, a dandy or fop, esp. if diminutive; Jack′-a-Lan′tern, the ignis fatuus or Will-o'-the-Wisp; Jack′-a-Lent′ (Shak.), a boy (for Jack of Lent, a kind of puppet formerly thrown at in sport at Lent); Jack′-block, a block of pulleys used for raising and lowering topgallant-masts.—n.pl. Jack′boots, large boots reaching above the knee, to protect the leg, formerly worn by cavalry, and covered with plates of iron.—ns. Jack′-cross′-tree, the cross-tree at the head of a topgallant-mast; Jack′-flag, a flag which is hoisted at the spritsail topmast-head; Jack′-fool, an absolute ass; Jack′-in-off′ice, a conceited and impertinent official; Jack′-in-the-box′, a box with a figure in it that springs up when the lid is lifted; Jack′-in-the-green′, a May-day chimney-sweep almost covered up with green shrubs; Jack′-knife, a large clasp-knife; Jack′-man, a soldier armed with a jack or coat of mail: a retainer; Jack′-nas′ty, a sneak, a sloven; Jack′-of-all′-trades, one who can turn his hand to anything; Jack′-plane, a large, strong plane used by joiners; Jack′-pudd′ing, a merry-andrew, buffoon; Jack′-rabb′it, one of several species of prairie-hares, with very long ears and legs; Jack′-raft′er, a rafter, shorter than the rest, used in hip-roofs; Jack′-sauce (Shak.), a saucy fellow; Jack′-screw, a screw for raising heavy weights; Jack′-slave (Shak.), a low servant, a vulgar fellow; Jack′-smith, a smith who makes jacks for the kitchen; Jack′-snipe, a small species of snipe; Jack′-staff, the staff on which the jack is hoisted.—n.pl. Jack′-stays, ropes or strips of wood or iron stretched along the yards of a ship to bind the sails to.—ns. Jack′-straw, a straw effigy, a low servile fellow; Jack′-tar, a sailor; Jack′-towel, a long endless towel passing over a roller.—Jack Frost, frost personified as a mischievous fellow; Jack Ketch, a public hangman—from one so named under James II.; Jack Sprat, a diminutive fellow.—Cheap Jack (see Cheap); Every man Jack, one and all; Yellow Jack (slang), yellow fever. [Fr. Jacques, the most common name in France, hence used as a substitute for John, the most common name in England; but it is really=James or Jacob—L. Jacobus.]

  2. Jack

    Jak, jak, n. a tree of the East Indies of the same genus as the bread-fruit tree. [Port. jaka—Malay tsjaka.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Jack

    a familiar form of John, the most widely spread of Christian names, and said to be derived from the French Jacques or, as others maintain, from Jankin, a distinctive form of Johan or John; Johnkin gives us Jock and Jockey; from its extreme commonness it has acquired that slightly contemptuous signification observable in such compounds as "every man Jack," "Jack-of-all-trades," "Jack-an-apes," and the name as applied to the knaves in playing-cards, and to the small white ball used as a mark in the game of bowls is an example of its transferred sense.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. jack

    In the British navy the jack is a small union flag, formed by the intersection of St. George's and St. Andrew's crosses (which see), usually displayed from a staff erected on the outer end of a ship's bowsprit. In merchant ships the union is bordered with white or red. (See UNION-JACK.) Also, a common term for the jack or cross-trees. Also, a young male pike, Esox lucius, under a foot in length. Also, a drinking vessel of half-pint contents. (See BLACK-JACK.)--Jack, or Jack Tar, a familiar term for a sailor. A fore-mast man and an able seaman. It was an early term for short coats, jackets, and a sort of coat-of-mail or defensive lorica, or upper garment.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. jack

    See Implements.

  2. jack

    (Fr. jacque). A coat of defensive armor, quilted and covered with leather, worn particularly by horsemen; a buff-jerkin; rarely, a coat of mail.

Rap Dictionary

  1. jackverb

    Jack Hedges still owns your asses. New and up to date version - Jack 6.0: Get it now.. "Jack will always be the best" - Jack HedgesAGAIN.

  2. jackverb

    The best in the world. "Jack Hedges rules your asses." - Jack Hedges

  3. jackverb

    To rob someone face to face. "Lets see who the fu** I'ma jack today" -- Ice Cube (Robin hood).

  4. jackverb

    To steal a car while someone is driving it. "...and you always down to jack a bitch fo her ride then you might be gang related" -- AnyBody Killa (gang related)

  5. jackverb

    Shortened form of the name of the Tennessee whiskey, Jack Daniels. "I wanna have a good time and enjoy my Jack, sit back and watch the women get drunk as hell." Ludacris - Get Back '04

  6. jackverb

    Getting beat up. "He got jawjacked." meaning they busted his jaw.

  7. jackverb

    Masturbating. Sometimes "jack off."

  8. jacknoun

    Nothing, "I ain't got jack to give you".

  9. jacknoun

    Money.

  10. jacknoun

    Phone, cellular phone wu-tang "miss, gimme ya jack, aw shit, low battery..."

Editors Contribution

  1. Jacknoun

    A character in Dragon Ball ultra


    Submitted by Gygf on January 3, 2022  

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Who Was Who?

  1. Jack

    The man who kept company with Jill. Occupation: Water carrier. Killed while at work. Ambition: An artesian well in the valley.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. JACK

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Jack is ranked #2382 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Jack surname appeared 15,256 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 5 would have the surname Jack.

    59% or 9,015 total occurrences were White.
    28.6% or 4,365 total occurrences were Black.
    4.9% or 751 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    2.8% or 435 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    2.6% or 397 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.9% or 296 total occurrences were Asian.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'jack' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1871

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'jack' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1703

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of jack in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of jack in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of jack in a Sentence

  1. Justin Dini:

    After watching Jack execute on his vision at Square, and more recently at Twitter as CEO, we are highly confident in Jack's ability to serve as CEO of both companies.

  2. Jack Kerouac:

    Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night? ~ Jack Kerouac.

  3. Peiter Zatko:

    Jack Dorsey reached out and asked me to come and perform a critical task at Twitter. I signed on to do it and believe I'm still performing that mission.

  4. Morgan Ortagus:

    But the one thing that confounds me is the lack of planning, the lack of execution by this administration in withdrawing these forces, general Jack Keane has talked about why did we do this during the height of fighting season, why do seemingly have no plan in place for tens of thousands of people, tens of thousands, who helped us over the last 20 years. I also hear reports we have duel citizens -- dual citizens, American citizens who are potentially still there. It looks chaotic, it looks mismanaged, and the things that’s concerning to me is that this administration looks caught by surprise.

  5. Lyndon B. Johnson:

    Jack was out kissing babies while I was out passing bills. Someone had to tend the store.

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