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English
Image:Jackscrew.gif|thumb|A jack (mechanical device)
Pronunciation
enPR|j�k, IPA|/d�æk/, SAMPA|/dZ{k/
audio|en-us-jack.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|æk

Etymology 1
jakke, from the name Jack.

Noun
en-noun

1. A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object.

#:car jack
#:pneumatic jack

1. (playing cards) The card ranking between the ten and queen of any suit, with a picture of a knave or prince on its face; often with value 11.
2. A male ass.
3. A socket for electrical, especially telecommunications, equipment.

#:telephone jack

1. rfv-sense One of many X-shaped metal structures.
2. A target ball in bowls, etc; a jack-ball
3. A small, six-pointed playing piece used in the game of jacks.
4. (colloquial, short for jackshit) Nothing.
5. nauticalA small flag at the bow of a ship
6. A coarse and cheap medieval coat of defense, especially one made of leather.

#:Quotations
#:*1786, The aketon, gambeson, vambasium, and jack were military vestments, calculated for the defence of the body, differing little from each other, except in their names, their materials and construction were nearly the same, the authorities quoted in the notes, shew they were all composed of many folds of linen, stuffed with cotton, wool or hair, quilted, and commonly covered with leather, made of buck or doe skin. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 15.

1. two-up A penny with a head on both sides, used for cheating. (Reference: Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, second edition, 1966, chapter XI section 3, page 243.)
2. slang money
3. A common name for the freshwater pike, green pike or pickerel
4. Large California rockfish
5. An order of marine fish in the Carangidae family
6. context|nautical|obsolete A sailor. Also known as a jack tar.
7. A term of familiar address.

Synonyms
(playing card): knave
(male ass): jackass

Translations
trans-top|device for raising and supporting a heavy object
Danish: donkraft
Dutch: krik f
Esperanto: kriko
Finnish: tunkki, nosturi
French: cric#French|cric m
Italian: cric#Italian|cric m
Japanese: 起�� (�����, kijūki), ���� (jyakki)
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Maltese: Ä¡akk
Russian: домк�а� (domkrát) m
Spanish: gato m
Swedish: Domkraft
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trans-top|playing card
Czech: kluk m, spodek m
Danish: knægt
Dutch: boer m, zot m (Flemish)
Esperanto: bubo, fanto, pa�io
Finnish: sotilas, jätkä, solttu
French: valet#French|valet m
German: Bube m
trans-mid
Italian: fante m
Japanese: ���� (jyakku)
Maltese: kavall m
Portuguese: valete m
Russian: вале� (val'ét) m
Spanish: sota f
Slovene: fant m, pob m
Swedish: knekt c
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trans-top|male ass
Danish: æselhingst
Dutch: ezel m
Esperanto: azeno
French: âne m
Italian: asino m
Japanese: �驢馬/��� (osuroba)
trans-mid
Maltese: ħmar m
Spanish: asno m
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trans-top|electrical socket
Danish: stik
Dutch: stopkontakt n (mains), aansluitpunt n (connector), aansluiting f (connection), stekker
m (plug)
Japanese: ���� (jyakku), 差���� (������, sashikomiguchi)
trans-mid
Russian: гнездо (gn'ezdó) n, �аз��м (razjóm) m
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trans-top|X-shaped metal structure
trans-mid
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trans-top|target ball in bowls
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slang: nothing
See jackshit

trans-top|flag at bow of ship
Danish: gøs
Japanese: ��� (�����, kokuseki-ki), ��� (�����, senshu-ki)
trans-mid
Russian: г�й� (g'ujs) m
trans-bottom

trans-top|coarse medieval coat
Dutch: jekker m
Esperanto: jako
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Slovak: dolník m (2)

Etymology 2

Verb
en-verb

1. transitive To use a jack.

#: He jacked the car up so that he could replace the brake pads.

1. transitive baseball (slang) To hit the ball hard.

#: Jones jacks it into the alley, clearing the bases.

1. transitive baseball (slang) To hit a home run.
2. transitive To steal.

#: Someone jacked my car last night!

Interjection
jack

1. baseball (slang) A player has hit a home run

#: Jack! Tie score.

See also
bootjack
bicolor jack
blackfin jack
cheap-jack
cottonmouth jack
Crevalle jack
green jack
horse-eye jack
jack in
jack it in
jack of all trades
jack off
jack up
jack plug
jack rabbit
Jack
jacked
one-eyed jack
Senegal jack
Union jack
whitetongue jack
yellowfin jack

References
R:1913

Category:Card games
Category:Fish

Dutch

Noun
het jack n (plural: jacks or jacken)

1. jacket

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