jack

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A coarse medieval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.

   • jack of plate
   • jack of mail
   • padded jack
2. 2

   A man.

   • After Dinner they frisk away to some known Place of Rendezvous, where (at Night) every Jack has his Jill and every Jill has her Jack.
3. 3

   A device or utensil.

   • Our hero, among his other remarks, had obſerved, that in this place there was no ſuch utenſil as a jack, and that all the ſpits were turned by dogs, […]
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   1. 4

      A non-tool object or thing.

      • Dead VVine that ſtinks of the Borrachio, ſup / From a fovvl Jack, or greaſie Maple Cup?
      • He had his tea and hot rolls in a morning, while we were battening upon our quarter-of-a-penny loaf—our crug—moistened with attenuated small beer, in wooden piggings, smacking of the pitched leathern jack it was poured from.
   2. 5

      A plant or animal.

   3. 6

      To physically raise using a jack.

      • He jacked the car so that he could replace the brake pads.
      • Large cranes were virtually non-existent in the areas I worked with this truck, so we jacked everything on and off[.]
   4. 7

      To raise or increase.

      • If you want to jack your stats you just write off failures as invalid results.
   5. 8

      To increase the potency of an alcoholic beverage similarly to distillation by chilling it…

      To increase the potency of an alcoholic beverage similarly to distillation by chilling it to below the freezing point of water, removing the water ice crystals that form, and leaving the still-liquid alcoholic portion.

      • Fruit of the orchard has been "jacked" these many generations, with Plymouth Rockers putting the hard cider barrel down into the ground to freeze, and […]
   6. 9

      To steal (something), typically an automobile

      To steal (something), typically an automobile; to rob (someone).

      • Someone jacked my car last night!
      • A kid in a M3's getting jacked right in front of me
      • Now I'm in a new whip counting the big stack / Yellow-gold chain and the diamonds are black / Jack me? Nah, you don't wanna do that
   7. 10

      To dance by moving the torso forward and backward in a rippling motion.

   8. 11

      To jack off, to masturbate.

      • I don't even care about mine, I can get my shit off while jacking in the shower.
   9. 12

      To fight.

   10. 13

       To jerk or move by jerking

       To jerk or move by jerking; to remove or move (something).

   11. 14

       Tired, disillusioned

       Tired, disillusioned; fed up (with).

       • In the end, black and white were both crawling on the ground in reconciliation. Both saying that they were plain jack of each other.
   12. 15

       The edible fruit of the Asian tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus)

       The edible fruit of the Asian tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus); also the tree itself.

       • A mock living burial of the principal performer, who is placed in a pit, which is covered with planks, on the top of which a sacrifice is performed, with a fire kindled with jack wood (Artocarpus integrifolia) and a plant called erinna.
   13. 16

       The related tree Mangifera caesia.

   14. 17

       A home run.

       • The year before ('76) Kingman had 37 jacks with only 502 PAs. Is that the limit?
       • 3-run jacks are just another tool in a team's chest. The goal is to make the playoffs, then win at least one more game than your opponent each round. And repeat next year, and the year after that, and...
   15. 18

       To hit (the ball) hard

       To hit (the ball) hard; especially, to hit (the ball) out of the field, producing a home run.

       • An excellent piece of work, Wayne thought, so good in fact, he wasn’t surprised when Bailey walked to the plate and on the first pitch jacked the ball far into the parking lot outside the left-field fence for a tournament winning homerun.
       • Therefore, even though Vizquel is certainly not a power hitter, at times he will try to jack the ball, perhaps pulling it with just enough oomph to carry down the line for a homer.
       • Maybe he hung a curve ball to somebody and they jacked it out of the park on him and he wasn’t upset about it.
   16. 19

       A unisex given name derived from a pet form of the name John. Occasionally a diminutive…

       A unisex 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.

       • Since every Jack became a gentleman there's many a gentle person made a Jack.
       • Heere comes leane Iacke, heere comes bare-bone. How now my ſweet Creature of Bombaſt, how long is't agoe, Iacke, ſince thou ſaw'ſt thine owne Knee?
   17. 20

       A surname.

   18. 21

       Jack Daniel's, a brand of Tennessee whiskey.

       • Before I leave, brush my teeth with a bottle of Jack.
       • Got a boy back home in Michigan / And it tastes like Jack when I'm kissing him / So I told him that I never really liked his friends / Now he's gone and he's calling me a bitch again
   19. 22

       An unincorporated community in Coffee County, Alabama, United States.

   20. 23

       An unincorporated community in Dent County, Missouri, United States.

   21. 24

       Ellipsis of Monterey Jack, a type of cheese.

   22. 25

       A placeholder or conventional name for any man, particularly a younger, lower-class man.

       • Well, if you ever plan to motor west / Jack, take my way, it's the highway that's the best / Get your kicks on Route 66
   23. 26

       Ellipsis of Jack Tar, a sailor.

       • When he went home on leave he rioted on a large scale—pompously. Jack ashore—with a difference—in externals only.
   24. 27

       Ellipsis of Jack Rum, a soldier.

   25. 28

       A jacqueminot rose.

The neighborhood

• synonymJohn
• synonymJacques
• synonymJacob
• synonymJames