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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, geus
  • 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

jacks noun

  /d͡ʒæks/
  • (games) A children's game involving picking up objects; knucklebones; jackstones.
 bikkelen

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.
 Jacobus, Jaap, Jacob, Jakob

jacked adjective

  /d͡ʒækt/
corpulent
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