to jack
- verb
- /dʒæk/
- He used a hydraulic jack to lift the car so he could change the tire.
Examples
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To fix the broken axle, they decided to jack up the truck for better access.
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After a tire blew out, we had to jack the vehicle up to replace it.
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We gotta jack it up.
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Or do you want us to jack it up and haul it away?
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I need you to jack up the bids.
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In front of the station, a cab is jacked up; the driver is replacing a flat.
Fiction book (1990) -
Jack up the front right bumper and take off your tire.
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A single skipped payment can cause a card issuer to jack up your interest rate.
Blog text (13) -
When supplies dwindle, they jack up the price so we all conserve more.
Blog text (1) -
I sent a tow car over to your garage this afternoon... and they jacked up that burned-out truck of yours.
Synonyms
To raise something higher by hand or with a machine
To lift a car or truck off the ground with a small lifting tool
To lift a car off the ground with a jack to fix or change a part
To lift or move heavy things using a tall machine with a long arm
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Offensive
To touch your own private parts to get sexual pleasure, usually by a man
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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Etymology
Jack as a verb meaning to lift comes from the tool called a jack used to raise heavy objects, so to 'jack' something is to lift it up with that device.