jack
- noun
- /dʒæk/
- Fortunately, most computers have a headphone jack or line-out jack, and most music classrooms have some type of sound amplification system.
- headphone jack
- phone jack
- output jack
But it's always been missing one thing, a mic Jack.
- But it's always been missing one thing, a mic Jack.
- It also has USBC and of course a headphone Jack.
- There's no headphone Jack on this, but it's a tablet.
Examples
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Optional PC software is available for access via the front jack or by a communications port.
Academic text (1996) -
Oh, it's got a headphone jack.
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Hey, uh, have any of you guys seen the phone jack?
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Should I just plug this in the phone jack?
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Let's connect it to the downstairs jack and see what happens.
Fiction book (1996) -
But in positive news, there is still a headphone Jack up top.
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There's a headset jack on this thing.
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There's an Ethernet Jack along with HDMI, USBC, and the power cable.
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You can connect your headphones to the jack on the top of your smartphone.
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He plugged the device into the audio jack to listen to his music.
Synonyms
A place on a computer where you plug in devices for power or data
A place in a wall where you plug devices to get power
A place in a wall where you plug in an electrical device to get power
A socket where you plug in power cords
A socket on a wall where you plug a telephone to connect it
An electrical socket in a wall where you connect a device to get power
A socket in a wall that you plug devices into to get power
A small wall socket where you plug a phone to connect to the phone line
A device in a wall or lamp that a light bulb goes into to get power
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 an electrical socket comes from the old use of jack for small tools and fittings, so a jack is the small hole or connector that a plug fits into to link devices.