Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - jack
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 a device for lifting heavy objects, esp. the axle of a vehicle off the ground while changing a wheel etc. 2 a court-card with a picture of a man, esp. a soldier, page, or knave, etc. 3 a ship's flag, esp. one flown from the bow and showing nationality. 4 a device using a single plug to connect an electrical circuit. 5 a small white ball in bowls, at which the players aim. 6 a = JACKSTONE. b (in pl.) a game of jackstones. 7 (Jack) the familiar form of John esp. typifying the common man or the male of a species (I'm all right, Jack). 8 the figure of a man striking the bell on a clock. 9 sl. a detective; a policeman. 10 US sl. money. 11 = LUMBERJACK. 12 = STEEPLEJACK. 13 a device for turning a spit. 14 any of various marine perchlike fish of the family Carangidae, including the amberjack. 15 a device for plucking the string of a harpsichord etc., one being operated by each key. --v.tr. (usu. foll. by up) 1 raise with or as with a jack (in sense 1). 2 colloq. raise e.g. prices. Phrases and idioms every man jack each and every person. Jack Frost frost personified. jack in (or up) sl. abandon (an attempt etc.). jack-in-the-box a toy figure that springs out of a box when it is opened. jack-in-office a self-important minor official. jack of all trades a person who can do many different kinds of work. jack-o'-lantern 1 a will-o'-the wisp. 2 a lantern made esp. from a pumpkin with holes for facial features. jack plane a medium-sized plane for use in rough joinery. jack plug a plug for use with a jack (see sense 4 of n.). Jack tar a sailor. on one's jack (or Jack Jones) sl. alone; on one's own. Etymology: ME Iakke, a pet-name for John, erron. assoc. with F Jacques James 2. n. 1 = BLACKJACK(3). 2 hist. a sleeveless padded tunic worn by foot-soldiers. Etymology: ME f. OF jaque, of uncert. orig.
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English Jacke, familiar term of address to a social inferior, nickname for Johan John Date: 1548 1. man, sailor, c. servant, laborer, lumber~, any of various usually mechanical devices: as, a device for turning a spit, a usually portable mechanism or device for exerting pressure or lifting a heavy body a short distance, something that supports or holds in position: as, an iron bar at a topgallant masthead to support a royal mast and spread the royal shrouds, a wooden brace fastened behind a scenic unit in a stage set to prop it up, 4. any of several fishes, a male donkey, ~rabbit, any of several birds (as a ~daw), 5. a small white target ball in lawn bowling, a small national flag flown by a ship, c. a game played with a set of small objects that are tossed, caught, and moved in various figures, a small 6-pointed metal object used in the game of ~s, 6. a playing card carrying the figure of a soldier or servant and ranking usually below the queen, ~pot 1a(2), money, a female fitting in an electric circuit used with a plug to make a connection with another circuit, 9. apple~, brandy, ~knife 2, Monterey Jack, II. verb Date: circa 1841 intransitive verb to hunt or fish at night with a ~light, transitive verb to hunt or fish for at night with a ~light, 2. to move or lift by or as if by a ~, to raise the level of, to take to task, ~er noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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