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jack noun

  /d͡ʒæk/
  • A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, now especially to lift one side of a motor vehicle when (e.g.) changing a tyre. [from 17th c.]
 gato, gata, cric, crico, clavija
  • (bowls) A small, typically white, ball used as the target ball in bowls; a jack-ball. [from 17th c.]
 boliche
  • (nautical) A small ship's flag used as a signal or identifying device; a small flag flown at the bow of the vessel. [from 17th c.]
 asno, pabellón
  • (electronics) A switch for a jack plug, a jackknife switch; (more generally) a socket used to connect a device to a circuit, network etc. [from 19th c.]
  • (games) A small, six-pointed playing piece used in the game of jacks. [from 19th c.]
  • A non-tool object or thing.
  • A pike, especially when young. [from 16th c.]
 clavija
  • Each of a series of blocks in a harpsichord or the earlier virginal, communicating the action of the key to the quill; sometime also, a hopper in a modern piano. [from 16th c.]
 clavija, saltador

Jack properNoun

  /d͡ʒæk/
  • Ellipsis of Monterey Jack., a type of cheese.
 Jacobo, Santiago, Diego, Jaime, Jacob, Iago
  • A en given name, also used as a pet form of John or more rarely, Jacob.
 Juanito

jack verb

  /d͡ʒæk/
  • (transitive, colloquial) To steal (something), typically an automobile; to rob (someone).
 afanar, robar
  • (transitive) To physically raise using a jack.
 levantar

jacks noun

  /d͡ʒæks/
  • (games) A children's game involving picking up objects; knucklebones; jackstones.
 matatena, matatenas, payana, yacs, yacses, yaquis

jacked adjective

  /d͡ʒækt/
  • (slang) Strong and/or muscled.
 musculoso
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