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Jack properNoun

  /d͡ʒæk/
  • A en given name derived from a pet form of the name John. Occasionally a diminutive of other given names such as Jackson, Jacob, Jacqueline or Jonathan.
 Iacobus, Jacobus, Jacomus, Iohannes, Ioannes

jack noun

  /d͡ʒæk/
  • (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.]
 vexillum
  • 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.]
 Gryllus
  • (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.]
 capsella contactus
  • (countable, now, chiefly, US) A man, a fellow; a typical man; men in general. [from 16th c.]
 homo
  • (bowls) A small, typically white, ball used as the target ball in bowls; a jack-ball. [from 17th c.]
 porcella

jack verb

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

jacked adjective

  /d͡ʒækt/
firmus
jack of all trades
homo omnis Minervae
jack of all trades, master of none
Johannes factotum
jack shit
hilum
jack up
allevo
jack-ball
parvus
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