Meaning
9 senses(transitive)To physically raise using a jack.
He jacked the car so that he could replace the brake pads.
(transitive)To raise or increase.
If you want to jack your stats you just write off failures as invalid results.
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.
(colloquial, transitive)To steal (something), typically an automobile; to rob (someone).
Someone jacked my car last night!
укра́стьukrástʹ, угнатьugnatʹ, увести́uvestí
(intransitive)To dance by moving the torso forward and backward in a rippling motion.
(colloquial, vulgar)To jack off, to masturbate.
To fight.
(informal, intransitive, transitive)To jerk or move by jerking; to remove or move (something).
(slang, transitive)To hit (the ball) hard; especially, to hit (the ball) out of the field, producing a home run.
- lift with a special device
- hunt with a jacklight
Examples
342 sentencesHe is a jack-of-all-trades.
Він майстер на всі руки. — deniko
ruОн мастер на все руки. — Helginka
deEr ist ein Tausendsassa. — Dalyup
Tom is a jack of all trades.
Том — майстер на всі руки. — deniko
Where do you keep your jack?
I've got the jack of hearts.
ruУ меня валет червей. — Wezel
deIch habe den Herzbuben. — Esperantostern
You'll have to jack up the car.
ruВам придётся поднять машину домкратом. — sharptoothed
Translations
5 languagesOrigin
Transferred use of the personal name Jack.Transferred use of the personal name Jack.
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Forms
jacks, jacking, jacked, jackedPhrasal verbs
5 phrasal verbsSynonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle