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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.]
 nosturi, tunkki, jakki, pistorasia
  • (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.]
 aasiori, pistorasia, rainelippu
  • (slang, chiefly, US) Money. [from 19th c.]
 fyrkka, hynä, massi, paalu
  • (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.]
 jakki
  • (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.]
 jakki, pistorasia
  • (countable, now, chiefly, US) A man, a fellow; a typical man; men in general. [from 16th c.]
 jätkä
  • A plant or animal.
 koiras
  • (nautical, now, rare, historical) A jack crosstree. [from 19th c.]
 laivastolippu
  • 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.]
 luisti
  • Any of the marine fish in the family Carangidae. [from 17th c.]
 piikkimakrilli

jack verb

  /d͡ʒæk/
  • (transitive) To physically raise using a jack.
 nostaa tunkilla, tunkata
  • (transitive, colloquial) To steal (something), typically an automobile; to rob (someone).
 varastaa

Jack properNoun

  /d͡ʒæk/
  • A en given name, also used as a pet form of John or more rarely, Jacob.
 Jaakko, Jussi

jacked adjective

  /d͡ʒækt/
  • (slang) Strong and/or muscled.
 lihaksikas, vahva
  • (slang) High on drugs or stimulants.
 pilvessä

jacks noun

  /d͡ʒæks/
  • (slang, now, _, chiefly, _, Irish) Alternative form of jakes: an outhouse or lavatory.
 puusee, veski, vessa

jack verb

  /d͡ʒæk/
  • (transitive, slang, baseball) To hit (the ball) hard; especially, to hit (the ball) out of the field, producing a home run.
 lyödä kunnari

jacks noun

  /d͡ʒæks/
  • (poker slang) A pair of jacks.
 jätkäpari
jack-knife
linkkuveitsi, mennä linkkuun, olla linkussa, vetää linkkuun, panna linkkuun, taittaa, taittua
slippery jack
voitatti
Jack-in-the-pulpit
aaroninsauva, kärsäkalla
pallet jack
haarukkavaunu, pumppukärry
jumping jack
haarahyppy
Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon
pukinparta
jack mackerel
piikkimakrilli
jack of all trades
jokapaikanhöylä, tuhattaituri

🇫🇮 fi en 🇬🇧

Viiltäjä-Jack
Jack the Ripper
lazy-jack
lazy jacks
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