jack
Definition of jack:
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part of speech: noun
A name applied as an expression of familiarity; any mechanical contrivance for replacing the personal service of an attendant; a screw for raising heavy weights; a contrivance to turn a spit; any timber cut short of its usual length; a flag or ensign; a sailor - usually in composition, as jack- tar; a prefix signifying male, as jack- ass.
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part of speech: noun
A homely substitute for a coat of mail; a short loose coat terminating at the waist.
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part of speech: noun
Used as a familiar name or diminutive of John; a saucy or paltry fellow: a sailor: any instrument serving to supply the place of a boy or helper, as a bootjack for taking off boots, a contrivance for turning a spit, a screw for raising heavy weights: the male of some animals: a young pike: a support to saw wood on: a miner's wedge: a flag displayed from the bowsprit of a ship: a coat of mail.
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Common misspellings:
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- jake (4.5%)
- ack (9.1%)
- jach (18.2%)
- fack (4.5%)
- jakc (9.1%)
- jacky (13.6%)
- jacob (40.9%)
Usage examples for jack:
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My Brother Jack or, The Story of Whatd'yecallem.
"The Great Musicians: Rossini and His School" – Henry Sutherland Edwards -
Can you forgive me, Jack and take me back?
"Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908" – Lucy Maud Montgomery -
And when do you think of going, Jack
"The Just and the Unjust" – Vaughan Kester -
It is not only for myself I speak, but John likes having you here with his girls; and Jack is so fond of you; and John himself is quite different while you are here.
"Miss Mackenzie" – Anthony Trollope
