Definition of jack

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of jack is as below...

Jack (n.) A grating to separate and guide the threads; a heck box.

Lern More About Jack

Jump :: Jump (n.) A kind of loose jacket for men.
Garibaldi :: Garibaldi (n.) A jacket worn by women; -- so called from its resemblance in shape to the red shirt worn by the Italians patriot Garibaldi.
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A mechanical contrivance, an auxiliary machine, or a subordinate part of a machine, rendering convenient service, and often supplying the place of a boy or attendant who was commonly called Jack.
Jack :: "Jack (n.) A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John..
Jackdaw :: "Jackdaw (n.) See Daw, n..
Saurel :: Saurel (n.) Any carangoid fish of the genus Trachurus, especially T. trachurus, or T. saurus, of Europe and America, and T. picturatus of California. Called also skipjack, and horse mackerel..
Ketch :: Ketch (n.) A hangman. See Jack Ketch.
Cheap-jack :: Cheap-jack (n.) Alt. of Cheap-joh.
Split :: Split (v. i.) to divide one hand of blackjack into two hands, allowed when the first two cards dealt to a player have the same value..
Jack :: Jack (n.) A young pike; a pickerel.
Natterjack :: Natterjack (n.) A European toad (Bufo calamita), having a yellow line along its back..
Wasp :: Wasp (n.) Any one of numerous species of stinging hymenopterous insects, esp. any of the numerous species of the genus Vespa, which includes the true, or social, wasps, some of which are called yellow jackets..
Jackscrew :: "Jackscrew (n.) A jack in which a screw is used for lifting, or exerting pressure. See Illust. of 2d Jack, n., 5..
Skipjack :: Skipjack (n.) A name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc..
Jack :: Jack (n.) A machine for slicking or pebbling leather.
Jak :: Jak (n.) see Ils Jack.
Color :: Color (n.) A distinguishing badge, as a flag or similar symbol (usually in the plural); as, the colors or color of a ship or regiment; the colors of a race horse (that is, of the cap and jacket worn by the jockey)..
Jacketed :: "Jacketed (a.) Wearing, or furnished with, a jacket..
Sontag :: Sontag (n.) A knitted worsted jacket, worn over the waist of a woman's dress..
Deal :: Deal (n.) Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us