jack
- noun
- /dʒæk/
- You could have picked whatever's at the bottom here, but you didn't do that, and you picked the Jack of clubs.
- a jack
- jack of spades
- jack of diamonds
So the two cards with the same suit are the two and the Jack, right?
- So the two cards with the same suit are the two and the Jack, right?
- If you post, meaning you hit the Jack or the four, you have to double the pot.
- And then the big giant, I think those are Jack of diamonds anyway, but big giant bold leaf in there, leaf texture right here.
Examples
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Five of clubs, and a jack of hearts.
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The ten, jack, queen, king of spades.
Fiction book (1994) -
So the two cards with the same suit are the two and the Jack, right?
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Sure enough, we got a seven, a jack, and a queen.
Fiction book (2000) -
All right, I pick the jack of hearts.
Fiction book (1990) -
Four points for an ace, three points for a king, two points for a queen, one point for a jack.
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Those five cards are comprised of the Jack, Queen, King, or Ace.
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I got three jacks, man!
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Darlene flipped a jack and dealt a four from the top of the deck.
Fiction book (1994) -
In the card game, she drew a jack and felt excited about her chances to win.
Synonyms
A playing card that shows a young man now called a jack
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 the playing card replaced the old word 'knave', which meant a 'young man', and people began to call that young-man card a jack, which is why the card shows a young man between ten and queen.