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jack

jack

1 8.0
A small flag flown at the front of a ship to show its country
  • noun
  • /dʒæk/
translation icon : banderín
  • The house next door still had a Christmas wreath in the window and a plastic jack-o'-lantern on the porch.

Like look at him, white van man, Union Jack hanging up in the window.

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Examples

  • Some of the pumpkins would be carved into intricate designs, others left plain, and still others made into traditional jack-o'-lanterns.

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  • I don't think it's too far to ask that mosques in Britain should fly the Union Jack and mosques in Britain should pray for the royal family.

  • Like look at him, white van man, Union Jack hanging up in the window.

  • Half of them have the Union Jack inserted in it.

  • And what the retailers started doing because the shoes were the Union Jack on each side, the box lid was a Union Jack.

  • They throw him an English Union Jack flag.

  • Halloween was over, and it was time to take down the orange construction paper jack-o-lanterns and the black witches from the windows of the classroom.

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  • You've seen the Union Jack and the Hong Kong colonial flag staging A revival at at at at at protests and rallies.

  • But they had like the Union Jack roll down and they started playing Takata and Feud by Bach, like the organ thing, like the Dracula music.

  • During the naval ceremony, the ship proudly displayed its jack at the bow to indicate its nationality.

Idioms

every man Jack
  • Informal
1 9.0

Every person, without exception

1 4.3

A person who can do many different jobs but is not an expert

Compounds

A carved hollow pumpkin with a light inside used as a Halloween decoration

4 2.8

The national flag of the United Kingdom showing the crosses of England, Scotland, and Ireland

Jack Frost
  • Literature
3 6.3

An imaginary figure who brings cold and makes frost on windows

3 4.6

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

2 4.3

A toy figure with moving arms and legs that moves up and down when you pull its strings

1 3.4

A socket on a wall where you plug a telephone to connect it

A toy box with a clown or figure that pops out when opened

1 6.7

A medium pine tree with two yellow-green needles on each branch and rough scaly bark

cheap-jack
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who sells poor-quality goods in a loud, showy way

jack plane
  • Specialized
1 7.6

A hand tool with a long flat bottom for smoothing and shaping wood before finishing

A woodland plant with a hooded green or purple flower and red berries

9.9

A small salmon that lives along the northern Pacific coasts and in the Great Lakes

6.8

A tool that lifts a car by its bumper to change a tire

8.3

A surprising thing that seems to come by luck, not skill, like a small toy in a snack box

crevalle jack
  • Specialized
9.9

A large silver fish that lives near the coast in warm seas and fights hard when caught

man jack
  • Archaic
9.9

Every single person in a group with none left out

high-low-jack
  • Jargon
9.9

Card game where players score points by taking the highest card, the lowest card, the jack, or most cards

jack bean
  • Specialized
8.4

A bushy tropical plant grown for animal feed and to improve soil

jack crevalle
  • Specialized
8.5

A large strong fish people catch for sport in the western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

jack ladder
  • Specialized
9.4

A rope or chain with steps used to climb between a ship and small boats

5.6

A small fish from the Pacific coast that people eat

8.1

A North American oak tree with broad leaves that have deep notches and dark bark

9.5

Small young salmon, often male Pacific salmon that return early to rivers

A wild plant with leaves that smell like garlic and can be eaten

A large pocket knife with a blade that folds and locks

jack-o-lantern
  • Specialized
9.9

A large poisonous mushroom with an orange cap that glows at night

A large poisonous mushroom with orange caps that grows in tight groups and gills that glow in the dark

A poisonous mushroom with bright orange caps that grows in woods and fields

jack-o'-lantern
  • Archaic
8.5

A pale light seen at night over wet ground in old stories

Jack-tar
  • Archaic
9.9

A person who works on a ship, often in the British navy

screw jack
  • Specialized
5.6

A tool that lifts heavy things by turning a screw, often used to raise a car

A small wall socket where you plug a phone to connect to the phone line

A simple card game for two players where one player tries to win all the other player's cards

9.9

A bold jay from northern North America with a black cap that steals food

yellow jack
  • Archaic
9.9

A yellow flag flown on a ship to show disease on board

9.8

A yellowish fish found in the western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

yellow jack
  • Archaic
8.8

A serious disease spread by mosquitoes that causes fever and yellow skin

Surface Forms

jack singular
jacks plural

Etymology

Jack for a small ship flag comes from the long use of jack as a simple name for sailors and small items, so the jack is the little flag flown at the bow to show a ship's country or identity.