jack
- noun
- /dʒæk/
- She's gettin' too big to be runnin' around wild as a jack rabbit.
Examples
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It's not good for a jack, you know.
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You're a one-eyed jack around here, Dad.
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He set the washed jar down on the priest's door sill, then untied the priest's two donkeys, the jack and the sweet jenny, each marked with a crude cross on the flank, and led them out to forage.
Fiction book (2000) -
A male donkey, known as a jack, is often used for breeding purposes.
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In the farm, they have a jack that helps with the new herd of donkeys.
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To distinguish between genders, farmers identify a male donkey as a jack.
Synonyms
Idioms
Compounds
The national flag of the United Kingdom showing the crosses of England, Scotland, and Ireland
- Informal
A person who can do many different jobs fairly well but is not an expert
A person who killed several women in London in the late 1800s and was never identified
A toy figure with moving arms and legs that moves up and down when you pull its strings
- US
A medium pine tree with two yellow-green needles on each branch and rough scaly bark
- Specialized
A hand tool with a long flat bottom for smoothing and shaping wood before finishing
- Archaic
A surprising thing that seems to come by luck, not skill, like a small toy in a snack box
- Specialized
A large silver fish that lives near the coast in warm seas and fights hard when caught
- Jargon
Card game where players score points by taking the highest card, the lowest card, the jack, or most cards
- Specialized
A large strong fish people catch for sport in the western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
A large poisonous mushroom with orange caps that grows in tight groups and gills that glow in the dark
- Specialized
A tool that lifts heavy things by turning a screw, often used to raise a car
A simple card game for two players where one player tries to win all the other player's cards
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jack for a male donkey comes from the longer word jackass, where jack was a common man's name used for male animals, so a male donkey is simply called a 'jack'.