jack
- Proper noun. (given name, male) , also used as a pet form of John.
- Proper noun. (informal) A sailor.
- Proper noun. (informal, archaic) a soldier.
- Noun. (slang) Jack Daniel's, a brand of American whiskey.
- Noun. A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object.
- Noun. A man or men in general.
- Noun. A male animal.
- Noun. (card games) The card ranking between the (term, ten) and (term, queen) of any suit, picturing a knave or prince on its face. In some card games has a value of eleven based on its rank, but in many card games has a value of ten like the ''ten'', ''queen'', and (term, king) cards. Also called a ''knave''.
- Noun. (archaic) A knave (a servant or later, a deceitful man).
- Noun. (zoology) A male ass.
- Noun. A surface-mounted connector for electrical, especially telecommunications, equipment.
- Noun. (sports) A target ball in bowls, etc; a jack-ball.
- Noun. (games) A small, six-pointed playing piece used in the game of jacks.
- Noun. (colloquial) Nothing, jackshit.
- Noun. (nautical) A small flag at the bow of a ship.
- Noun. (nautical) A naval ensign flag flown from the main mast, mizzen mast, or the aft-most major mast of (especially) British sailing warships; Union Jack.
- Noun. (military) A coarse and cheap medieval coat of defense, especially one made of leather.
- Noun. (two-up, lang en) A penny with a head on both sides, used for cheating. (Reference: Sidney J. Baker, ''The Australian Language'', second edition, 1966, chapter XI section 3, page 243.).
- Noun. (slang) Money.
- Noun. (slang, Appalachians) A smooth often ovoid large gravel or small cobble in a natural water course.
- Noun. A common name for the freshwater pike, green pike or pickerel.
- Noun. Large California rockfish.
- Noun. An order of marine fish in the ''Carangidae'' family.
- Noun. (obsolete, nautical) A sailor; a "jack tar".
- Verb. (transitive) To use a jack.
- Verb. (transitive, colloquial) To steal something, typically an automobile.
- Verb. (transitive) To raise or increase.
- Verb. (transitive, slang) To hit (the ball) hard; especially, to hit (the ball) out of the field, producing a home run.
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