jack
A coarse medieval coat of defence, especially one made of leatherA coarse medieval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.
» He is a jack-of-all-trades.
Er ist ein Tausendsassa.
Он мастер на все руки.
Він майстер на всі руки.
Meaning
46 sensesA coarse medieval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.
jack of plate
jack of mail
A man.
(capitalized)A name applied to a hypothetical or typical man.
(US, countable)A man, a fellow; a typical man; men in general.
(colloquial)A sailor.
a man who serves as a sailor
(slang)A policeman or detective; (Australia) a military policeman.
(Canada, US, colloquial)A lumberjack.
(India, historical, slang)A sepoy.
A mechanical device or utensil used for lifting.
A device for turning a spit; a smokejack or roasting jack.
Each of a series of blocks in a harpsichord or the earlier virginal, communicating the action of the key to the quill; sometime also, a hopper in a modern piano.
A tool used in manual production of glass objects (like bottles or wine glasses).
A device used to hold a boot by the heel, to assist in removing the boot.
A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, now especially to lift one side of a motor vehicle when (e.g.) changing a tyre.
She used a jack to lift her car and changed the tire.
Wagenheber
домкра́тdomkrát
домкра́тdomkrát
Examples
342 sentencesHe is a jack-of-all-trades.
Він майстер на всі руки.
ruОн мастер на все руки.
deEr ist ein Tausendsassa.
Tom is a jack of all trades.
Том — майстер на всі руки.
Where do you keep your jack?
I've got the jack of hearts.
ruУ меня валет червей.
deIch habe den Herzbuben.
You'll have to jack up the car.
ruВам придётся поднять машину домкратом.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 5
By meaning 5
Origin
Inherited from Middle English jakke, from Anglo-Norman jacke, Middle French jaque, jacque,Inherited from Middle English jakke, from Anglo-Norman jacke, Middle French jaque, jacque, from jacques (“peasant”), from the proper name Jacques. Compare jacquerie.
Transferred use of the personal name Jack.
From Portuguese jaca (“jackfruit”), from Malayalam ചക്ക (cakka).
Named after Scottish botanist William Jack, who described the species.
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Forms
plural: jacksSynonyms
110 synonyms- male donkey:jackass
- one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince:knave
- 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:jackstones
- a small worthless amount:doodly-squatdiddly-squatdiddlysquatdiddly-shitdiddlyshitdiddlydiddleysquat
- immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted:jackfruitjak
- someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor:laborermanual laborerlabourer