jack
- noun
- /dʒæk/
- Slang
- I don't make jack.
- jack shit
- know jack
- get jack
I don't think we have Jack shit figured out, man.
- I don't think we have Jack shit figured out, man.
- The ROI of a piano to me is Jack shit.
- And when you have a no, a public with no middle class, your companies aren't going to be worth Jack shit and nobody's going to want to invest in America.
- You can still see Mark anyway that were by the by, they did Jack shit.
- But Bert, I want to sell your Wellington letter because I don't make Jack off of it.
Examples
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We let him get in that car, we got jack squat.
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Facts, analysis, etc. don't mean jack to a significant fraction of the electorate.
Blog text (18) -
Her seal of approval means jack to me.
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Truth is, Obama is a lawyer and doesn't know jack-squat about economics.
Blog text (9) -
Phillippi describes Wagoner as a numbers guy who didn't know jack about cars.
Academic text (2011) -
He complains all the time, but he has done jack with his life.
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I don't want to hear anything about it; I care about jack.
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Despite his efforts, he managed to earn jack during the summer break.
Synonyms
Something worthless or untrue that people say to you
An amount that is nothing
Something that has no value or use
Not anything or zero
A very small amount, almost nothing
A very small amount, almost nothing
Nothing at all
A very small or worthless amount
A very small amount or nothing at all
A very small amount that is almost nothing
A very small amount or nothing at all
Antonyms
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 'nothing' in slang comes from an older use of jack for a small or worthless thing, so in negative phrases it came to mean 'nothing at all'.