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English noun: jack | |||
| 1. | jack (quantity) a small worthless amount | ||
| Samples | You don't know jack. | ||
| Synonyms | diddley, diddly, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddlyshit, diddlysquat, doodly-squat, shit, squat | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity | ||
| 2. | Jack (person) a man who serves as a sailor | ||
| Synonyms | gob, Jack-tar, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, tar | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | crewman, sailor | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | able seaman, able-bodied seaman, bargee, bargeman, bo's'n, bo'sun, boatswain, bos'n, bosun, deckhand, helmsman, lighterman, officer, pilot, roustabout, sea lawyer, ship's officer, steerer, steersman, whaler | ||
| 3. | jack (person) someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor | ||
| Synonyms | laborer, labourer, manual laborer | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | working man, working person, workingman, workman | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | agricultural laborer, agricultural labourer, bracero, cleaner, day laborer, day labourer, digger, dishwasher, dock worker, dock-walloper, docker, dockhand, dockworker, drudge, faller, feller, fireman, galley slave, gandy dancer, gipsy, gravedigger, gypsy, hand, hewer, hired hand, hired man, hod carrier, hodman, itinerant, loader, logger, longshoreman, lumberjack, lumberman, lumper, miner, mineworker, mule driver, mule skinner, muleteer, navvy, peon, platelayer, porter, rail-splitter, sawyer, section hand, skinner, splitter, sprayer, stacker, steeplejack, stevedore, stoker, tracklayer, woodcutter, wrecker, yardman | ||
| 4. | jack (food) immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted | ||
| Synonyms | jackfruit, jak | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | edible fruit | ||
| Part meronym | Artocarpus heterophyllus, jackfruit, jackfruit tree | ||
| 5. | jack (artifact) a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ball | ||
| Part meronym | bowls, lawn bowling | ||
| 6. | jack (artifact) an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | electrical device | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | phone jack, telephone jack | ||
| 7. | jack (artifact) game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks | ||
| Synonyms | jackstones | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | game equipment | ||
| 8. | jack (artifact) small flag indicating a ship's nationality | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | flag | ||
| 9. | jack (artifact) one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince | ||
| Synonyms | knave | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | court card, face card, picture card | ||
| 10. | jack (artifact) tool for exerting pressure or lifting | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | tool | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bumper jack, jackscrew, screw jack | ||
| 11. | jack (animal) any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | carangid, carangid fish | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Alectis ciliaris, amberfish, amberjack, banded rudderfish, blue runner, Caranx bartholomaei, Caranx crysos, Caranx hippos, crevalle jack, Elagatis bipinnulata, jack crevalle, kingfish, leatherjack, leatherjacket, rainbow runner, rudderfish, runner, Seriola dorsalis, Seriola grandis, Seriola zonata, thread-fish, threadfish, yellow jack, yellowtail | ||
| Member meronym | Carangidae, family Carangidae | ||
| 12. | jack (animal) male donkey | ||
| Synonyms | jackass | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ass | ||
English verb: jack | |||
| 1. | jack (contact) lift with a special device | ||
| Samples | Jack up the car so you can change the tire. | ||
| Synonyms | jack up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise | ||
| 2. | jack (competition) hunt with a jacklight | ||
| Synonyms | jacklight | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hunt, hunt down, run, track down | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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