jack
- noun
- /dʒæk/
- To change the tire, we need to lift the car with a jack from the trunk.
- hydraulic jack
- screw jack
And right now it's gas station and two jacks on this truck.
- And right now it's gas station and two jacks on this truck.
Examples
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I'll get the tire iron or the jack outta the trunk.
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We'll get a heavy duty jack and lift it off.
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The front jack has not worked properly.
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I have located a spare but no jack.
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- I want you to get a jack and change the tire on that pick up.
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Not to tell your business or nothing, but um, it can be dangerous leaving a car on a jack like that in the dirt.
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Just help me get the jack, and the spare out of the trunk.
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All we gotta do is file the cross bolt on the car jack that he's under.
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As Marvin struggles, the car slips off the jack and slams to the pavement.
Fiction book (1991) -
He used the jack to lift the vehicle high enough to replace the flat tire.
Synonyms
A device that uses a screw to lift or move heavy things
A tool that lifts heavy things by turning a screw, often used to raise a car
A tool that lifts a car by its bumper to change a tire
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
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Jack meaning the lifting tool gets its name from the idea of a handy helper called 'Jack' used for simple machines, and that is why we call the device a jack that helps lift heavy things and say 'jack up' when we raise a car.