jack

jack1 [ dʒæk ] noun *

▸ 1 for lifting something heavy

▸ 2 for electricity supply

▸ 3 playing card

▸ 4 anything/nothing at all

▸ 5 (object used in) game

▸ 6 in lawn-bowling

1. ) count a piece of equipment used for lifting and supporting a heavy object, for example a car when you are changing a tire

2. ) count a type of electrical PLUG that fits into a SOCKET with one hole

a ) a SOCKET that a jack fits into

3. ) count a PLAYING CARD that has a picture of a young man on it and is worth more than a ten and less than a queen:

the jack of diamonds

4. ) jack or jack shit uncount AMERICAN IMPOLITE anything or nothing at all

5. ) count a small metal or plastic object with six points used for playing jacks

a ) jacks uncount a children's game in which you pick up small objects after you have BOUNCED a ball and before you catch it again

6. ) count a small white ball that you roll larger balls toward in the game of LAWN-BOWLING

jack

jack 2 [ dʒæk ] verb

,jack a`round phrasal verb AMERICAN INFORMAL

1. ) intransitive to waste time doing stupid things

2. ) transitive jack someone around to treat someone badly because you are not direct or honest with them

,jack `off phrasal verb intransitive or transitive AMERICAN IMPOLITE

to MASTURBATE

,jack `up phrasal verb

1. ) transitive to use a jack to lift and support a heavy object, especially a car

2. ) transitive to increase the price, rate, or number of something by a large amount

3. ) intransitive or transitive INFORMAL to put an illegal drug into your body using a needle

a ) be jacked up INFORMAL to be very excited or nervous, especially because you have taken an illegal drug