jack

UK /d͡ʒæk/ US /d͡ʒæk/
noun 13verb 6name 5adj 1

Definitions

noun

1

A coarse medieval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.

jack of plate

jack of mail

noun

1

A man.

After Dinner they frisk away to some known Place of Rendezvous, where (at Night) every Jack has his Jill and every Jill has her Jack.

2

A man.

Call you me daughter? now I promiſe you / You haue ſhewd a tender fatherly regard, / To wiſh me wed to one halfe Lunaticke, / A mad-cap ruffian, and a ſwearing Iacke, / That thinkes with oathes to face the matter out.

3

A man.

4

A man.

When Wardell arrived on the scene, they were surprised to find that he was unshaven, and did not look too happy. One of them remarked: "The 'Jacks' (detectives) are after you."

'I'd like you to meet DCI Henry Christie,' FB was saying. The older of the two jacks reached forward and gave Henry's right paw a quick tug.

5

A man.

verb

1

To physically raise using a jack.

He jacked the car so that he could replace the brake pads.

Large cranes were virtually non-existent in the areas I worked with this truck, so we jacked everything on and off[.]

2

To raise or increase.

If you want to jack your stats you just write off failures as invalid results.

3

To increase the potency of an alcoholic beverage similarly to distillation by chilling it to below the freezing point of water, removing the water ice crystals that form, and leaving the still-liquid alcoholic portion.

Fruit of the orchard has been "jacked" these many generations, with Plymouth Rockers putting the hard cider barrel down into the ground to freeze, and […]

The potency of a jacked beverage depends on the temperature applied to the original beverage; the colder the liquor, the more water can be frozen out […]. In New England, where this technique was historically used, people could get applejack to around 30 percent alcohol […].

4

To steal (something), typically an automobile; to rob (someone).

Someone jacked my car last night!

A kid in a M3's getting jacked right in front of me

5

To dance by moving the torso forward and backward in a rippling motion.

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