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1. jack
   A wheeled device with lifting capabilities, used to move pallets or heavy loads of product (often onto skids or pallets).
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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...
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3. JACK
   Commonly used audio connector. May be mono or stereo.
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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 have XLR (qv) connectors.
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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...
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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, bandera de tajamar Russian - gyuis Dutch - gues Polish…
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7. jack
   powered linear actuator Category: Mechanical engineering • A spring-steel wire part comprising a straight stem containing a loop near the top,to which a string from the jacquard of the lace furnishing machine is attached,and a point at the top at right angles to the stem.The point can en...
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8. Jack
   Connector primarily used for headphones and microphone connection, partly also as Audio - or Video connection.
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9. 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....
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10. 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 ...
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11. 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 part clad.» Sir J. Harrington.
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12. Jack
    Jack noun [ Named from its resemblance to a jack boot .] A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack . [ Obsolete] Dryden.
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13. Jack
    Jack intransitive verb To hunt game at night by means of a jack. See 2d Jack , noun , 4, noun
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14. Jack
    Jack transitive verb To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks. See 2d Jack , noun , 5.
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15. jack
    <marine biology> Young salmon, usually a male, that matures precociously. ... (12 Jan 1998) ...
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16. jack
    noun any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas
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17. jack
    noun tool for exerting pressure or lifting
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18. jack
    jack up verb lift with a special device; `jack up the car so you can change the tire`
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19. 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
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20. jack
    noun one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince
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21. jack
    noun male donkey
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22. 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...
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23. 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 ...
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24. 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 spinet and virginal, is produced by ... ...
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25. 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, ...
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