Meaning

1 senses

  1. To perform menial or routine tasks

Examples

189 sentences

  1. The jackal is full of mischief.

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  2. The jackals found the giraffe carcass.

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  3. He saw a jackal run away.

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  4. The jackal meticulously chose its prey.

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  5. The jackal has been roaming around.

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Origin

Borrowed from French chacal, chacale, checale, schakal, ciacale, from Turkish çakal, from

Borrowed from French chacal, chacale, checale, schakal, ciacale, from Turkish çakal, from Ottoman Turkish چقال (çakâl), from Classical Persian شغال (šaġāl), borrowed from Sanskrit शृगाल (śṛgāla, “jackal”), the alternative form of सृगाल (sṛgāla).

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Forms

jackals, jackaling, jackaled, jackaled
Base formjackal · to jackal
3rd person singularjackals
Present participlejackaling
Past simplejackaled / jackalled
Past participlejackaled / jackalled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyjackal
he, she, itjackals

Past simpleLesson

all personsjackaled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave jackaled
he, she, ithas jackaled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill jackal

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
jabberjackjackassjackdawjacketA1
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