Jack is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for JACK in dictionary:

VERB:
• to raise with jack
• take (something) illicitly; steal
• rob (someone)
• To hunt game at night by means of a jack. See 2d Jack, n., 4, n.
• To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks. See 2d Jack, n., 5.
• lift with a special device
• hunt with a jacklight
• lift or push (an object) with a jack
NOUN:
• a device for raising e.g. a car
• a device for lifting heavy objects, especially one for raising the axle of a motor vehicle off the ground so that a wheel can be changed or the underside inspected.
• a playing card bearing a representation of a soldier, page, or knave, normally ranking next below a queen.
• a socket with two or more pairs of terminals designed to receive a jack plug.
• a small white ball in bowls, at which the players aim.
• a game played by tossing and catching small round pebbles or star-shaped pieces of metal or plastic.
• a pebble or piece of metal or plastic used in the game of jacks.
• used to typify an ordinary man
• used as a form of address to a man whose name is not known.
• a lumberjack.
• a detective or police officer.
• a steeplejack.
• the figure of a man striking the bell on a clock.
• a small version of a national flag flown at the bow of a vessel in harbour to indicate its nationality.
• money.
• a device for turning a spit.
• a part of the mechanism in a spinet or harpsichord that connects a key to its corresponding string and causes the string to be plucked when the key is pressed down.
• a marine fish that is typically laterally compressed with a row of large spiky scales along each side, important in many places as food or game fish.
• the male of various animals, especially a merlin or (US) an ass.
• used in names of animals that are smaller than similar kinds, e.g. jack snipe.
• a sleeveless padded tunic worn by foot soldiers.
• device for raising a motor vehicle or other heavy object
• A large tree, the Artocarpus integrifolia, common in the East Indies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs in having its leaves entire. The fruit is of great size, weighing from thirty to forty pounds, and through its soft fibrous matter are scattered the seeds, which are roasted and eaten. The wood is of a yellow color, fine grain, and rather heavy, and is much used in cabinetwork. It is also used for dyeing a brilliant yellow.
• A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John.
• An impertinent or silly fellow; a simpleton; a boor; a clown; also, a servant; a rustic.
• A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also Jack tar, and Jack afloat.
• 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
• A device to pull off boots.
• A sawhorse or sawbuck.
• A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke jack, or kitchen jack.
• A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting.
• A lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles.
• A grating to separate and guide the threads; a heck box.
• A machine for twisting the sliver as it leaves the carding machine.
• A compact, portable machine for planing metal.
• A machine for slicking or pebbling leather.
• A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for multiplying speed.
• A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught.
• In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece communicating the action of the key to the quill; -- called also hopper.
• In hunting, the pan or frame holding the fuel of the torch used to attract game at night; also, the light itself.
• A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack.
• The small bowl used as a mark in the game of bowls.
• The male of certain animals, as of the ass.
• A young pike; a pickerel.
• The jurel.
• A large, California rock fish (Sebastodes paucispinus); -- called also boccaccio, and merou.
• The wall-eyed pike.
• A drinking measure holding half a pint; also, one holding a quarter of a pint.
• A flag, containing only the union, without the fly, usually hoisted on a jack staff at the bowsprit cap; -- called also union jack. The American jack is a small blue flag, with a star for each State.
• A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree.
• The knave of a suit of playing cards.
• A coarse and cheap mediaeval coat of defense, esp. one made of leather.
• A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack.
• a small worthless amount
• a man who serves as a sailor
• someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
• immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted
• a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling
• an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug
• 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
• small flag indicating a ship\'s nationality
• one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince
• tool for exerting pressure or lifting
• any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas
• male donkey
ADJECTIVE:
• tired of or bored with someone or something
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to raise with a type of lever

Words related to JACK

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Words that contain JACK

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How to use JACK in a sentence

• At the end of a half-hour the bullets and shells passed over the group as Jack and his squad pushed along the hilly way.
• These were the true associates of bold Jack Donahoo.
• Ignore it as he might, deep in his inner soul Jack knew this man to be his master.
• Honest Jack Woodvil, I will get drunk with you to-morrow.
• Jack fell down And broke his crown, And Jill came tumbling after.
• The furze bushes roared as the wind went through, and the heather made a mysterious whispering, but Jack did not mind the noises that affect the nerves of cultured persons.
• Just before dark he heard Jack coming to see Whitie again.
• CHAPTER IX The Complexity of Simple Matters The army, for a period extending over many months, had imposed a rigid discipline on Jack MacRae.
• Thus he won over a handful of the Guard, and, begging for solitude, he straightway set about escape with a courage and an address which Jack Sheppard might have envied.
• They could not understand why Nolan kept by himself while they were playing high-low jack.
• Jack Halloway had meant it when he admitted to Brent in New York that it would not do to give rein to his thoughts of Alexander.
• We thought we saw a motor boat towing it away to-day, and chased after it just about the time Jack spied you lads in the rowboat hauling something.
• Jack pointed him out to his wife one night at the theatre.
• Jack, Jim, and the Burman now marched swiftly up the river bank towards the road which ran from the broken bridge.
• Here they stayed for three hours, and Jack, after he had eaten the meal the Panthays prepared, dozed in the shade.
• But Jack knew that appearances are too often deceitful.
• Haydon sat down with his back against the cliff, but Jack could not keep still.
• She was joined by her little Jack, who threw himself on his knees, weeping, near his mother.
• She felt that her strength would soon fail her, and then she thought of little Jack.
• Happily, the ferns and the papyrus grew in profusion along the banks, and the marrow or pith, which has a sweet flavor, was appreciated by all, particularly by little Jack.
• Jack and I have played ghost many a time, and have even scared each other while we were doing it, because we were so frightful-looking.
• Dave and Jack received glad greetings from Zeke and George, and Silvermane was an object of wonder and admiration.
• In the morning Jack and I took our usual paddle, and having the tackle on board, tried fishing.
• Jack brushed it away and crept backward into the shell.

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