Russian Meaning of jack

домкрат

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Definitions and Meaning of jack in English

Wordnet

jack (n)

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

Wordnet

jack (v)

lift with a special device

hunt with a jacklight

Webster

jack (n.)

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 tar, and 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 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 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.

Webster

jack (v. i.)

To hunt game at night by means of a jack. See 2d Jack, n., 4, n.

Webster

jack (v. t.)

To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks. See 2d Jack, n., 5.

FAQs About the word jack

домкрат

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 resemblin

наличные,монета,Валюта,деньги,Баксы,Хлеб,Капуста,изменение,чипсы,монета

No antonyms found.

jacinth => Гиацинт, jacconet => Жаконет, jacchus => Яхус, jacare => Кайман, jacaranda => Жакаранда,