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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.]
 krik, aansluiting, aansluitpunt, stekker, stopkontakt
  • (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.]
 aansluiting, aansluitpunt, stekker, stopkontakt
  • (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.]
 ezel
  • 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.]
 jekker

Jack properNoun

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

jacks noun

  /d͡ʒæks/
  • (games) A children's game involving picking up objects; knucklebones; jackstones.
 bikkelen
jack of all trades
duizendpoot, duivel-doet-al, manusje-van-alles
jumping jack
trekpop
jack mackerel
horsmakreel
jack of diamonds
ruitenboer
jack-knife
knipmes, zakmes
jack of clubs
klaverboer
jack of hearts
hartenboer
jack-in-the-box
duiveltje-uit-een-doosje

🇳🇱 nl en 🇬🇧

jack noun

hunter
jack-o'-lantern
jack-o'-lantern
Jack the Ripper
Jack the Ripper
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