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Look up: Jack


  1. jack
    A wheeled device with lifting capabilities, used to move pallets or heavy loads of product (often onto skids or pallets).
    Found op http://www.fmi.org/facts_figs/glossary_search.cfm

  2. jack
    [n] - a small worthless amount 2. [n] - an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug 3. [n] - game equipment consisting of one of several small objects picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks 4. [n] - small flag indicating...
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=jack

  3. JACK
    Commonly used audio connector. May be mono or stereo.
    Found op http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/music%20tech%20glossary/Music%20Tech%20Gl

  4. Jack
    A type of connector used in sound equipment; sometimes called a phone jack. There are two types, mono and stereo, found in two sizes (standard: 6.3mm and mini: 3.5mm). At one time most sound equipment used standard jacks, but now they are usually only used on line-level gear: microphones normally ha...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21207

  5. Jack
    Mechanical or hydraulic device for lifting heavy equipment off the floor. Can also be used where a force needs to be applied between two points.Bottle JackPhotograph courtesy of Draper.co.ukA small hydraulic jack.Inflatable JackPhotograph courtesy of Draper.co.ukA strong sealed bag that is placed un...
    Found op http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/j/a/jack/source.html

  6. Jack
    a flag hoisted at the bow of a ship. In navies this is, as a rule, a flag identifying nationality, but not necessarily in the same design as the ensign, while on non-naval vesels, the jack may have other meanings, or be decorative. French - pavillon de beaupré German - gösh Spanish - torrotito, ba...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  7. Jack
    Connector primarily used for headphones and microphone connection, partly also as Audio - or Video connection.
    Found op http://www.medium.co.uk/public/sales/glossaryj.html

  8. Jack
    Jack (jăk) noun [ Portuguese jaca , Malayalam, tsjaka .] (Botany) A large tree, the Artocarpus integrifolia , common in the East Indies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs in having its leaves entire....
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/J/1

  9. Jack
    Jack noun [ French Jacques James, Latin Jacobus , Greek ..., Hebrew Ya 'aqōb Jacob; prop., seizing by the heel; hence, a supplanter. Confer Jacobite , Jockey .] 1. A familiar nickname of, or substitute ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/J/1

  10. Jack
    Jack noun [ French jaque , jacque , perhaps from the proper name Jacques . Confer Jacquerie .] A coarse and cheap mediæval coat of defense, esp. one made of leather. « Their horsemen are with jacks for most par...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/J/1

  11. Jack
    Jack noun [ Named from its resemblance to a jack boot .] A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack . [ Obsolete] Dryden.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/J/1

  12. Jack
    Jack intransitive verb To hunt game at night by means of a jack. See 2d Jack , noun , 4, noun
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/J/1



  1. Jack
    Jack transitive verb To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks. See 2d Jack , noun , 5.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/J/1

  2. jack
    <marine biology> Young salmon, usually a male, that matures precociously. ... (12 Jan 1998) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?jack

  3. jack
    noun any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=jack

  4. jack
    noun tool for exerting pressure or lifting
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=jack

  5. jack
    jack up verb lift with a special device; `jack up the car so you can change the tire`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=jack

  6. jack
    noun 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
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=jack

  7. jack
    noun one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=jack

  8. jack
    noun male donkey
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=jack

  9. Jack
    • (n.) A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack. • (n.) A large, California rock fish (Sebastodes paucispinus); -- called also boccaccio, and merou. • (n.) The male of certain animals, as of the ass. • (n.) A machine for twisting the sliver as it leaves the ca...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/jack/

  10. jack
    (from the article `bowls`) outdoor game in which a ball (known as a bowl) is rolled toward a smaller stationary ball, called a jack. The object is to roll one`s bowls so that ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/j/1

  11. jack
    (from the article `harpsichord`) ...placed beneath the horizontal plane of the strings, which pass over a bridge that is glued to the soundboard and that transmits their vibration to ... ...sound of the wing-shaped harpsichord and its smaller rectangular, triangular, or polygonal relatives, the spin...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/j/1

  12. jack
    (from the article `gill`) ...servings of whiskey or wine. The term jill appears in the nursery rhyme `Jack and Jill.` Soon after ascending to the throne of England in 1625, ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/j/1

  13. jack
    (from the article `keyboard instrument`) ...phase of Cristofori`s work, Maffei`s diagram may be in error. In the surviving instruments a pivoted piece of wood is set into the key. The ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/j/1

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