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jacks

jack
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [jak]
    • /dʒæk/
    • /dʒæks/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [jak]
    • /dʒæk/

Definitions of jacks word

  • noun jacks a male given name, form of Jacob or John. 1
  • verb with object jacks to steal: Some neighborhood kids jacked her car and took it for a joyride. Hackers jacked my email account in a phishing scam. 1
  • verb with object jacks to rob: He got jacked on his way home from the club. 1
  • verb without object jacks to jacklight. 1
  • adjective jacks Carpentry. having a height or length less than that of most of the others in a structure; cripple: jack rafter; jack truss. 1
  • idioms jacks every man jack, everyone without exception: They presented a formidable opposition, every man jack of them. 1

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Origin of jacks

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English jakke, Jakke used in addressing any male, especially a social inferior, variant of Jakken, variant of Jankin, equivalent to Jan John + -kin -kin; extended in sense to anything male, and as a designation for a variety of inanimate objects

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Parts of speech for Jacks

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

jacks popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

jacks usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for jacks

noun jacks

  • knaves — an unprincipled, untrustworthy, or dishonest person.
  • cards — any game or games played with cards, esp playing cards
  • cadets — Plural form of cadet.
  • divers — several; various; sundry: divers articles.
  • marines — of or relating to the sea; existing in or produced by the sea: marine vegetation.

verb jacks

  • hoists — Plural form of hoist.
  • constructs — Plural form of construct.
  • heaves — to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax.
  • hikes — Plural form of hike.
  • pries — to try, test, or taste.

Antonyms for jacks

verb jacks

  • declines — Plural form of decline.
  • decreases — Plural form of decrease.
  • drops — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
  • fallsAlbert Bacon, 1861–1944, U.S. politician: senator 1912–21; secretary of the Interior 1921–23; convicted in Teapot Dome scandal.
  • hurts — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hurt.

Top questions with jacks

  • how to play jacks?

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