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jack

Noun

1 a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack" [syn: diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, squat, shit]

2 a man who serves as a sailor [syn: mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog]

3 someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor [syn: laborer, manual laborer, labourer]

4 immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit of; its seeds are commonly roasted [syn: jackfruit, jak]

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

6 game equipment consisting of one of several small objects picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks

7 small flag indicating a ship's nationality

8 one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince [syn: knave]

9 tool for exerting pressure or lifting

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

11 male donkey [syn: jackass]

Verb

1 lift with a special device; "jack up the car so you can change the tire" [syn: jack up]

2 hunt with a jacklight [syn: jacklight]

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English

Pronunciation

, /dʒæk/, /dZ

Extensive Definition

Jack may refer to:

Jack (connector), an electrical connector
- Jack plug, a common audio connector
JACK Audio Connection Kit, a computer sound server
Jack (device), a device used to lift heavy objects
Jack (human modeling), a human modeling and simulation system
Jack (playing card), the lowest face card in a deck of playing cards
Jack (tree), a relative of the mango
Jack (software), audio CD ripper
Jacking, a form of dance popular in the late 1980s
Jacks, playground game for children
Jack, one of a pair of windmills at Clayton, Sussex.

in entertainment and fiction

Jack Bauer, the main character of 24
Jack (band), a Britpop band
Jack (cat), a cat on Blue Peter.
Jack (film), a 1996 American film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Robin Williams
Jack, The titular character of the 2001 animated series Samurai Jack
Jack (Tekken), a series of robots in the Tekken series
Jack (webcomic), an online adult furry comic by David Hopkins
Jack FM, a radio format in Canada and the United States
Jack of Fables, an American comic book series
- Jack Horner (Fables), the main character of Jack of Fables
Jack Sparrow, the main character of the film Pirates of the Caribbean
The Jack, song by Australian hard rock band AC/DC
Father Jack Hackett, a character from the British television series Father Ted
Jack Skellington, a character in Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
Jack, a fictional character from the TV series The Tribe (1999-2003)

names and aliases

Jack the Ripper (19th century), alias given to an unidentified serial killer of Victorian England
Spring Heeled Jack (19th century), a legendary figure of Victorian England
Jack the Stripper (mid-20th century), nickname given to an unknown serial killer of London, England who stripped victims
Jack (mascot), the Jack-in-the-box mascot of American restaurant chain Jack In The Box

other uses

Jack may also be used for:

Jack Daniel's, a brand of whiskey
Jack plane, a tool for smoothing wood
Jackfruit, a species of tree native to the East Indies
Jacks, maritime flags flown from the bow of a ship
Sailors
Jack (fish), several species of fish

Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words

AB, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Dannebrog, Dylan, Flying Dutchman, Jolly Roger, Neptune, OD, Old Glory, Poseidon, Rocky Mountain canary, Star-Spangled Banner, Stars and Stripes, Union Flag, Union Jack, Varuna, able seaman, able-bodied seaman, ace, and blue, ass, baluster, balustrade, banderole, banister, banner, banneret, base, best bower, black flag, blue ensign, bluejacket, blunt, boodle, bower, brass, bread, buccaneer, bucks, bunting, burgee, burro, cabbage, cards, caryatid, cash, chips, clubs, coachwhip, coin, colonnade, color, colors, column, crab, crane, cuddy, dado, deck, deep-sea man, derrick, deuce, diamonds, dickey, die, dinero, donkey, dough, dummy, ensign, erector, face cards, fair-weather sailor, fisherman, flag, flush, footstalk, forklift, full house, gantry crane, gelt, gilt, gonfalon, gonfanon, grease, green, green stuff, greenbacks, guidon, hand, hearts, hearty, hoist, house flag, hydraulic tailgate, jack afloat, jack-tar, jackass, jackscrew, jacky, jennet, jenny, jenny ass, joker, kale, king, knave, left bower, lever, lift, lifter, limey, lobsterman, long pennant, mariner, matelot, mazuma, merchant flag, money, moolah, mopus, national flag, navigator, neddy, newel-post, oil of palms, ointment, oof, ooftish, oriflamme, pack, pair, pedestal, pedicel, peduncle, pendant, pennant, pennon, pennoncel, picture cards, pier, pilaster, pile, piling, pillar, pirate, playing cards, plinth, pole, post, privateer, queen, queen-post, red, red ensign, rhino, rocks, round, royal flush, royal standard, rubber, ruff, sailor, salt, scratch, sea dog, sea rover, seafarer, seafaring man, seaman, shaft, shekels, shipman, signal flag, simoleons, singleton, socle, spades, spondulics, staff, stalk, stanchion, stand, standard, stem, straight, streamer, subbase, sugar, surbase, swallowtail, tackle, tar, tarpaulin, the needful, tin, trey, trick, tricolor, trump, trunk, upright, vexillum, viking, wampum, water dog, whaler, white, windjammer, windlass, windsailor

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