jack
noun
1 jack
A small worthless amount:
— You don't know jack.
synonyms: diddley, diddly, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddlyshit, diddlysquat, doodly-squat, shit, squat.
Roget 312:
rotation,
revolution,
spinning,
gyration,
turning about an axis,
turning aound an axis,
circulation,
roll;
circumrotation†,
circumvolution,
circumgyration†;
volutation†,
circination†,
turbination†,
pirouette,
convolution.
verticity†,
whir,
whirl,
eddy,
vortex,
whirlpool,
gurge†;
countercurrent;
Maelstrom,
Charybdis;
Ixion.
[rotating air]
cyclone;
tornado,
whirlwind;
dust devil.
[rotation of an automobile]
spin-out.
axis,
axis of rotation,
swivel,
pivot,
pivot point;
axle,
spindle,
pin,
hinge,
pole,
arbor,
bobbin,
mandrel;
axle shaft;
gymbal;
hub,
hub of rotation.
[rotation and translation together]
helix,
helical motion.
[measure of rotation]
angular momentum,
angular velocity;
revolutions per minute,
RPM.
[result of rotation]
centrifugal force;
surge;
vertigo,
dizzy round;
coriolus force.
[things that go around]
carousel,
merry-go-round;
Ferris wheel;
top,
dreidel†,
teetotum;
gyroscope;
turntable,
lazy suzan;
screw,
whirligig,
rollingstone†,
water wheel,
windmill;
wheel,
pulley wheel,
roulette wheel,
potter's wheel,
pinwheel,
gear;
roller;
flywheel;
jack;
caster;
centrifuge,
ultracentrifuge,
bench centrifuge,
refrigerated centrifuge,
gas centrifuge,
microfuge;
drill,
augur,
oil rig;
wagon wheel,
wheel,
tire,
tyre [Brit.].
[Science of rotary motion]
trochilics†.
[person who rotates]
whirling dervish.
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Roget 550:
indication;
symbolism,
symbolization;
semiology,
semiotics,
semeiology†,
semeiotics†;
Zeitgeist.
[means of recognition: property]
characteristic,
diagnostic;
lineament,
feature,
trait;
fingerprint,
voiceprint,
footprint,
noseprint
[for animals];
cloven hoof;
footfall;
recognition
(memory)
505.
[means of recognition: tool]
diagnostic,
divining rod;
detector.
sign,
symbol;
index,
indice†,
indicator;
point,
pointer;
exponent,
note,
token,
symptom;
dollar sign,
dollar mark.
type,
figure,
emblem,
cipher,
device;
representation
etc.
554;
epigraph,
motto,
posy.
gesture,
gesticulation;
pantomime;
wink,
glance,
leer;
nod,
shrug,
beck;
touch,
nudge;
dactylology†,
dactylonomy†;
freemasonry,
telegraphy,
chirology [Med.],
byplay,
dumb show;
cue;
hint
etc.
527;
clue,
clew,
key,
scent.
signal,
signal post;
rocket,
blue light;
watch fire,
watch tower;
telegraph,
semaphore,
flagstaff;
cresset†,
fiery cross;
calumet;
heliograph;
guidon;
headlight.
[sign (evidence) on physobj of contact with another physobj]
mark,
scratch,
line,
stroke,
dash,
score,
stripe,
streak,
tick,
dot,
point,
notch,
nick.
print;
imprint,
impress,
impression.
[symbols accompanying written text to signify modified interpretation]
keyboard symbols,
printing symbols;
[Symbols for emphasis],
red letter,
italics,
sublineation†,
underlining,
bold font;
jotting;
note,
annotation,
reference;
blaze,
cedilla,
guillemets†,
hachure [Topo.];
[Special Characters list],
quotation marks,
";
double quotes,
" ";
parentheses,
"( )";
brackets,
"[ ]";
braces,
"{ }",
curly brackets;
arrows,
slashes;
left parenthesis,
"(";
right parenthesis,
")";
opening bracket,
"[";
closing bracket,
"]";
left curly brace,
"{";
right curly brace,
"}";
left arrow,
"";
forward slash,
"/";
backward slash,
"\\";
exclamation point,
"!";
commercial at,
"@";
pound sign,
"#";
percent sign,
"%";
carat,
"^";
ampersand,
"&";
asterisk,
"*";
hyphen,
"-";
dash,
"-",
"_";
em dash,
"--";
plus sign,
"+";
equals sign,
"=";
question mark,
"?";
period,
".";
semicolon,
";";
colon,
":";
comma,
",";
apostrophe,
"'";
single quote,
"'";
tilde,
"~".
[For identification: general]
badge,
criterion;
countercheck†,
countermark†,
countersign,
counterfoil;
duplicate,
tally;
label,
ticket,
billet,
letter,
counter,
check,
chip,
chop;
dib†;
totem;
tessera†,
card,
bill;
witness,
voucher;
stamp;
cacher [Fr.];
trade mark,
Hall mark.
[For identification of people, on a document]
signature,
mark,
autograph,
autography;
attestation;
hand,
hand writing,
sign manual;
cipher;
seal,
sigil [Lat.],
signet,
hand and seal [Law];
paraph†,
brand;
superscription;
indorsement†,
endorsement.
[For identification of people, to gain access to restricted (locations or information)]
password,
watchword,
catchword;
security card,
pass,
passkey;
credentials
etc.
(evidence)
467;
open sesame;
timbrology†;
mot de passe [Fr.],
mot du guet [Fr.];
pass-parole;
shibboleth.
title,
heading,
docket.
address card,
visiting card;
carte de visite [Fr.].
insignia;
banner,
banneret†,
bannerol†;
bandrol†;
flag,
colors,
streamer,
standard,
eagle,
labarum†,
oriflamb†,
oriflamme;
figurehead;
ensign;
pennon,
pennant,
pendant;
burgee†,
blue Peter,
jack,
ancient,
gonfalon,
union jack;
banderole,
old glory [U.S.],
quarantine flag;
vexillum†;
yellow-flag,
yellow jack;
tricolor,
stars and stripes;
bunting.
heraldry,
crest;
coat of arms,
arms;
armorial bearings,
hatchment†;
escutcheon,
scutcheon;
shield,
supporters;
livery,
uniform;
cockade,
epaulet,
chevron;
garland,
love knot,
favor.
[Of locality]
beacon,
cairn,
post,
staff,
flagstaff,
hand,
pointer,
vane,
cock,
weathercock;
guidepost,
handpost†,
fingerpost†,
directing post,
signpost;
pillars of Hercules,
pharos;
bale-fire,
beacon-fire;
l'etoile du Nord [Fr.];
landmark,
seamark;
lighthouse,
balize†;
polestar,
loadstar†,
lodestar;
cynosure,
guide;
address,
direction,
name;
sign,
signboard.
[Of the future]
warning
etc.
668;
omen
etc.
512;
prefigurement
etc.
511.
[Of the past]
trace,
record
&c.,
551.
[Of danger]
warning
etc.
668,
alarm
etc.
669.
[of authority].
scepter
etc.
747.
[of triumph].
trophy
etc.
733.
[of quantity].
gauge
etc.
466.
[Of Distance]
milestone,
milepost.
[Of disgrace],
brand,
fool's cap.
[For detection],
check,
telltale;
test
etc.
(experiment)
463;
mileage ticket;
milliary†.
notification
etc.
(information)
527;
advertisement
etc.
(publication)
531.
word of command,
call;
bugle call,
trumpet call;
bell,
alarum,
cry;
battle cry,
rallying cry;
angelus†;
reveille;
sacring bell†,
sanctus bell [Lat.].
exposition
etc.
(explanation)
522,
proof
etc.
(evidence)
463;
pattern
etc.
(prototype)
22.
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Dutch: schijt
Polish: zero, nic
2 Jack
A man who serves as a sailor.
synonyms: gob, Jack-tar, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, tar.
Dutch: matroos, gob, varensman, zeeman, zeevaarder
Polish: marynarz
3 jack
Someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor.
synonyms: laborer, labourer, manual laborer.
Dutch: arbeider, handarbeider, loonarbeider, werkman
Polish: pracownik fizyczny, fizyczny
4 jack
Immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted.
synonyms: jackfruit, jak.
Polish: jackfruit, dżakfrut
5 jack
A small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling.
Dutch: stekker
Polish: kitty, jack
6 jack
An electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug.
7 jack
Game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks.
synonym: jackstones.
8 jack
Small flag indicating a ship's nationality.
9 jack
One of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince.
synonym: knave.
Roget 840:
amusement,
entertainment,
recreation,
fun,
game,
fun and games;
diversion,
divertissement;
reaction,
solace;
pastime,
passetemps [Fr.],
sport;
labor of love;
pleasure
etc.
827.
relaxation;
leisure
etc.
685.
fun,
frolic,
merriment,
jollity;
joviality,
jovialness†;
heyday;
laughter
etc.
838;
jocosity,
jocoseness†;
drollery,
buffoonery,
tomfoolery;
mummery,
pleasantry;
wit
etc.
842;
quip,
quirk.
[verbal expressions of amusement: list]
giggle,
titter,
snigger,
snicker,
crow,
cheer,
chuckle,
shout;
horse laugh,
belly laugh,
hearty laugh;
guffaw;
burst of laughter,
fit of laughter,
shout of laughter,
roar of laughter,
peal of laughter;
cachinnation†;
Kentish fire;
tiger.
play;
game,
game at romps;
gambol,
romp,
prank,
antic,
rig,
lark,
spree,
skylarking,
vagary,
monkey trick,
gambade,
fredaine†,
escapade,
echappee [Fr.],
bout,
espieglerie [Fr.];
practical joke
etc.
(ridicule)
856.
dance;
hop,
reel,
rigadoon†,
saraband†,
hornpipe,
bolero,
ballroom dance;
[ballroom dances: list],
minuet,
waltz,
polka,
fox trot,
tango,
samba,
rhumba,
twist,
stroll,
hustle,
cha-cha;
fandango,
cancan;
bayadere†;
breakdown,
cake-walk,
cornwallis [U.S.],
break dancing;
nautch-girl;
shindig [U.S.];
skirtdance†,
stag dance,
Virginia reel,
square dance;
galop†,
galopade†;
jig,
Irish jig,
fling,
strathspey†;
allemande [Fr.];
gavot†,
gavotte,
tarantella;
mazurka,
morisco†,
morris dance;
quadrille;
country dance,
folk dance;
cotillon,
Sir Roger de Coverley;
ballet
etc.
(drama)
599;
ball;
bal,
bal masque,
bal costume;
masquerade;
Terpsichore.
festivity,
merrymaking;
party
etc.
(social gathering)
892;
blowout [U.S.],
hullabaloo,
hoedown,
bat [U.S.],
bum [U.S.],
bust [Slang],
clambake [U.S.],
donation party [U.S.],
fish fry [U.S.],
jamboree [Slang],
kantikoy†,
nautch†,
randy,
squantum [U.S.],
tear [Slang],
Turnerfest†,
yule log;
fete,
festival,
gala,
ridotto†;
revels,
revelry,
reveling;
carnival,
brawl,
saturnalia,
high jinks;
feast,
banquet
etc.
(food)
298;
regale,
symposium,
wassail;
carouse,
carousal;
jollification,
junket,
wake,
Irish wake,
picnic,
fete champetre [Fr.],
regatta,
field day;
treat.
round of pleasures,
dissipation,
a short life and a merry one,
racketing,
holiday making.
rejoicing
etc.
838;
jubilee
etc.
(celebration)
883.
bonfire,
fireworks,
feu-de-joie,
firecracker.
holiday;
gala day,
red letter day,
play day;
high days and holidays;
high holiday,
Bank holiday;
May day,
Derby day;
Saint Monday,
Easter Monday,
Whit Monday;
Bairam†;
wayz-goos†,
bean feast;
Arbor Day,
Declaration Day,
Independence Day,
Labor Day,
Memorial Day,
Thanksgiving Day;
Mardi gras [Fr.],
mi-careme [Fr.],
feria [Lat.],
fiesta.
place of amusement,
theater;
hall,
concert room,
ballroom,
assemblyroom†;
music hall.
park,
plaisance†;
national park,
national forest,
state park,
county park,
city park,
vest-pocket park,
public park
(public)
737.1;
arbor;
garden
etc.
(horticulture)
371;
pleasure ground,
playground,
cricketground,
croquet ground,
archery ground,
hunting ground;
tennis court,
racket court;
bowling alley,
green alley;
croquet lawn,
rink,
glaciarum†,
skating rink;
roundabout,
merry-go-round;
swing;
montagne Russe [Fr.].
game of chance,
game of skill.
athletic sports,
gymnastics;
archery,
rifle shooting;
tournament,
pugilism
etc.
(contention)
720;
sports
etc.
622;
horse racing,
the turf;
aquatics
etc.
267;
skating,
sliding;
cricket,
tennis,
lawn tennis;
hockey,
football,
baseball,
soccer,
ice hockey,
basketball;
rackets,
fives,
trap bat and ball,
battledore and shuttlecock,
la grace;
pall-mall,
tipcat†,
croquet,
golf,
curling,
pallone†,
polo,
water polo;
tent pegging;
tilting at the ring,
quintain [Mediev.];
greasy pole;
quoits,
horseshoes,
discus;
rounders,
lacrosse;
tobogganing,
water polo;
knurr and spell†.
[childrens' games]
leapfrog,
hop skip and jump;
mother may I;
French and English,
tug of war;
blindman's bluff,
hunt the slopper†,
hide and seek,
kiss in the ring;
snapdragon;
cross questions and crooked answers. ;
crisscross,
hopscotch;
jacks,
jackstones†,
marbles;
mumblety-peg,
mumble-the-peg,
pushball,
shinney,
shinny,
tag
&c.;
billiards,
pool,
pingpong,
pyramids,
bagatelle;
bowls,
skittles,
ninepins,
kain†,
American bowls†;
tenpins [U.S.],
tivoli.
cards,
card games;
whist,
rubber;
round game;
loo,
cribbage,
besique†,
euchre,
drole†,
ecarte [Fr.],
picquet†,
allfours†,
quadrille,
omber,
reverse,
Pope Joan,
commit;
boston,
boaston†;
blackjack,
twenty-one,
vingtun [Fr.];
quinze [Fr.],
thirty-one,
put,
speculation,
connections,
brag,
cassino†,
lottery,
commerce,
snip-snap-snoren†,
lift smoke,
blind hookey,
Polish bank,
Earl of Coventry,
Napoleon,
patience,
pairs;
banker;
blind poker,
draw poker,
straight poker,
stud poker;
bluff,
bridge,
bridge whist;
lotto,
monte,
three-card monte,
nap,
penny-ante,
poker,
reversis†,
squeezers,
old maid,
fright,
beggar-my-neighbor;
baccarat.
[cards: list]
ace,
king,
queen,
knave,
jack,
ten,
nine,
eight,
seven,
six,
five,
four,
trey,
deuce;
joker;
trump,
wild card.
[card suits: list]
spades,
hearts,
clubs,
diamonds;
major suit,
minor suit.
bower;
right bower,
left bower;
dummy;
jackpot;
deck.
[hands at poker: list]
pair,
two pair,
three of a kind,
straight,
flush,
full-house,
four of a kind,
royal flush;
misere
&c..
[board games: list]
chess,
draughts,
checkers,
checquers,
backgammon,
dominos,
merelles†,
nine men's morris,
go bang,
solitaire;
game of fox and goose;
monopoly;
loto
&c.;
[word games: list],
scrabble,
scribbage,
boggle,
crossword puzzle,
hangman.
morra†;
gambling
etc.
(chance)
621.
toy,
plaything,
bauble;
doll
etc.
(puppet )
554;
teetotum†;
knickknack
etc.
(trifle)
643;
magic lantern
etc.
(show)
448;
peep show,
puppet show,
raree show,
gallanty show†;
toy shop;
quips and cranks and wanton wiles, nods and becks quips and cranks and wanton wiles, nods and becks and wreathed smiles"
[Milton].
entertainer,
showman,
showgirl;
dancer,
tap dancer,
song-and-dance man;
vaudeville act;
singer;
musician
etc.
416.
sportsman,
gamester,
reveler;
master of ceremonies,
master of revels;
pompom girl†;
arbiter elegantiarum [Lat.];
arbiter bibendi [Lat.],
archer,
fan [U.S.],
toxophilite†,
turfman†.
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Dutch: jekker, boer
Polish: jopek, jop, walet, dupek
10 jack
Tool for exerting pressure or lifting.
Dutch: autocric, autokrik, cric, dommekracht, krik, vijzel
Polish: dźwignik, podnośnik
11 jack
Any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas.
Polish: ostrobok
12 jack
Male donkey.
synonym: jackass.
Dutch: ezel
verb
1 jack
Lift with a special device:
— Jack up the car so you can change the tire.
synonym: jack up.
2 jack
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