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Jacks

noun

1.

A game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball. Synonyms: jackstones, knucklebones.

Jack

noun

1.

A small worthless amount. Synonyms: diddley, diddly, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddlyshit, diddlysquat, doodly-squat, shit, squat.

2.

A man who serves as a sailor. Synonyms: gob, Jack-tar, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, tar.

3.

Someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor. Synonyms: laborer, labourer, manual laborer.

4.

Immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted. Synonyms: jackfruit, jak.

5.

A small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling.

6.

An electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug.

7.

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. Synonym: jackstones.

8.

Small flag indicating a ship's nationality.

9.

One of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince. Synonym: knave.

10.

Tool for exerting pressure or lifting.

11.

Any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas.

12.

Male donkey. Synonym: jackass.

verb

1.

Lift with a special device. Synonym: jack up.

2.

Hunt with a jacklight. Synonym: jacklight.

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"Jacks" Quotes from Famous Books

... level of the city. It was found that the business quarter was laid too low—that it was damp, and could not be properly drained. It was determined to raise the whole quarter bodily from six to eight feet higher! And the extraordinary feat was accomplished with the help of screw-jacks, safely and satisfactorily. ...

— A Boy's Voyage Round the World • The Son of Samuel Smiles

... did not expect you, but you are always welcome in this house." Lady Herschel followed—very noble looking; she does not look as old as I, but of course must be; but English women, especially of her station, do not wear out as we do, who are "Jacks at ...

— Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals • Maria Mitchell

... were the right sort of jacks; for, when the attendant went round to see if all was safe for the night, he found the three seated together, one of them reading aloud ...

— Beneath the Banner • F. J. Cross

... her at all, Matt! The Frenchmen did it," Cappy shrilled. "The crazy, frog-eating jumping-jacks of Frenchmen! The tramp wasn't flying the German flag—naturally the Frenchmen had hauled it down; so the Germans didn't investigate her. Besides, they were in a hurry—you'll remember the Japs were on ...

— Cappy Ricks Retires • Peter B. Kyne

... a shuddering, silent dread, settled on the city. Many a round-paunched citizen, emasculated by years devoted to business, anxiously awaited the conquerors, trembling lest his roasting-jacks or kitchen knives should be looked upon ...

— Maupassant Original Short Stories (180), Complete • Guy de Maupassant

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