1 [C] a device for raising heavy objects off the ground, especially motor vehicles so that a wheel can be changed
2 [C] an electronic connection between two pieces of electrical equipment
3 [C] (in a pack / deck of cards) a card with a picture of a young man on it, worth more than a ten and less than a queen:
the jack of clubs
4 [C] (in the game of BOWLS) a small white ball towards which players roll larger balls
5 (jacks) [pl.] a children's game in which players bounce a small ball and pick up small metal objects, also called jacks before catching the ball
seealsoBLACKJACK, FLAPJACK, UNIONJACK
IDIOMS
a jack of all trades a person who can do many different types of work, but who perhaps does not do them very well
moreatALLRIGHTadj.
Part of speech: verb
PHRASALVERBS
jack sth<->in (BrE, informal) to decide to stop doing sth, especially your job:
After five years, he decided to jack it all in.
jack off (!!!, slang) (of a man) to MASTURBATE
jack sth<->up
1 to lift sth, especially a vehicle, off the ground using a jack:
Thieves jacked up the car and stole the wheels.
2 (informal) to increase sth, especially prices, by a large amount
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