Jack

  • 81jack up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you jack up a heavy object such as a car, you raise it off the ground using a jack. [V P n] They jacked up the car... [V n P] All I had to do was get everyone out of the car, jack it up, and put on the spare. 2) PHRASAL VERB… …

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  • 82Jack —    1. the penis    One of the male names often used. Whence Jack in the orchard, copulation, and jack off, to masturbate:     The schmuck hasn t done anything but indict homos and jack off artists for two years. (Diehl, 1978)    2. American a… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 83jack —  1. n. Policeman.  2 v. jack it (in) Cease. Stop doing it. Abandon it.  3. on one s Jack (Jones) Alone.  4. Jack of all trades (and master of none) One with some knowledge of many subjects, but no expertise in any one.  5. Jack tar Sailor.  6.… …

    A concise dictionary of English slang

  • 84jack — see every Jack has his Jill Jack is as good as his master jack of all trades and master of none a good Jack makes a good Jill all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy …

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  • 85jack —    This was at one time a far more commonly used first name than it is at the present time. The frequency of its occurrence caused it to be used as a generic term for any man. It is still often used as a transferred name when addressing a… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 86jack — I. noun Etymology: Middle English Jacke, familiar term of address to a social inferior, nickname for Johan John Date: 1548 1. a. man usually used as an intensive in such phrases as every man jack b. often capitalized sailor c. (1) …

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  • 87Jack (EP) — Infobox Album | Name = Jack Type = EP Artist = Moose Released = 4th March, 1991 Recorded = ? Genre = Rock Length = 14:45 Label = Hut Records Producer = Guy Fixen Reviews = | Jack is the debut EP by the UK, band Moose, released in March 1991 on… …

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  • 88jack — 1. noun /dʒæk/ a) A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object. She used a jack to lift her car and changed the tire. b) A man or men in general. Every man jack. Syn …

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  • 89jack — Synonyms and related words: AB, Ancient Mariner, Argonaut, Dannebrog, Dylan, Flying Dutchman, Jolly Roger, Neptune, OD, Old Glory, Poseidon, Rocky Mountain canary, Star Spangled Banner, Stars and Stripes, Union Flag, Union Jack, Varuna, able… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 90JACK —    a familiar form of John, the most widely spread of Christian names, and said to be derived from the French JACQUES or, as others maintain, from JANKIN a distinctive form of JOHAN or JOHN; JOHNKIN gives us JOCK and JOCKEY; from its extreme… …

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