Jack
/dʒˈæk/
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Definitions
Noun
a small worthless amount; "you don''t know jack"
Noun
a man who serves as a sailor
Noun
someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
Noun
immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted
Noun
a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling
Noun
an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug
Noun
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
Noun
small flag indicating a ship''s nationality
Noun
one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince
Noun
tool for exerting pressure or lifting
Noun
any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas
Noun
male donkey
Verb
lift with a special device; "jack up the car so you can change the tire"
Verb
hunt with a jacklight
Synonyms
diddley
diddly
diddlyshit
diddly-shit
diddlysquat
diddly-squat
doodly-squat
gob
jack up
jackass
jackfruit
jacklight
jackstones
Jack-tar
jak
knave
laborer
labourer
manual laborer
mariner
old salt
sea dog
seafarer
seaman
shit
squat
tar
More General Terms
ass
ball
bring up
carangid
carangid fish
court card
crewman
edible fruit
electrical device
elevate
face card
flag
game equipment
get up
hunt
hunt down
lift
picture card
raise
run
sailor
small indefinite amount
small indefinite quantity
tool
track down
working man
working person
workingman
workman
More Specific Terms
able seaman
able-bodied seaman
agricultural laborer
agricultural labourer
Alectis ciliaris
amberfish
amberjack
banded rudderfish
bargee
bargeman
blue runner
boatswain
bo''s''n
bos''n
bosun
bo''sun
bracero
bumper jack
Caranx bartholomaei
Caranx crysos
Caranx hippos
cleaner
crevalle jack
day laborer
day labourer
deckhand
digger
dishwasher
dock worker
docker
dockhand
dock-walloper
dockworker
drudge
Elagatis bipinnulata
faller
feller
fireman
galley slave
gandy dancer
gipsy
gravedigger
gypsy
hand
helmsman
hewer
hired hand
hired man
hod carrier
hodman
itinerant
jack crevalle
jackscrew
kingfish
leatherjack
leatherjacket
lighterman
loader
logger
longshoreman
lumberjack
lumberman
lumper
miner
mineworker
mule driver
mule skinner
muleteer
navvy
officer
peon
phone jack
pilot
platelayer
porter
rail-splitter
rainbow runner
roustabout
rudderfish
runner
sawyer
screw jack
sea lawyer
section hand
Seriola dorsalis
Seriola grandis
Seriola zonata
ship''s officer
skinner
splitter
sprayer
stacker
steeplejack
steerer
steersman
stevedore
stoker
telephone jack
threadfish
thread-fish
tracklayer
whaler
woodcutter
wrecker
yardman
yellow jack
yellowtail