Определение a-jack в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь
- Cracker Jack
- One kernel of the Cracker Jack snack
A Cracker Jack fell to the theater floor.
- Cracker Jack
- A quantity of the snack. Usually Cracker Jacks
He stuffed himself with Cracker Jack.
- Cracker Jack
- A boxed snack consisting of caramel-coated popcorn and peanuts, well known for including surprise toys of nominal value
Take me out to the ball game / Take me out with the crowd / Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack / I don't care if I never get back.
- I'm all right, Jack
- A comment that indicates a selfish attitude. Not worried about any problems your friends and neighbours might have. Often associated with strikes and other trade union industrial actions
From my vantage point at the large, shiny bar in the centre of the room, I could swear I spotted Harriet Harman with her trade unionist husband I'm all right, Jack Dromey.
- Jack
- A sailor
- Jack
- Jack Daniel's, a brand of American whiskey
- Jack
- A male given name, also used as a pet form of John
GWENDOLEN. Jack?...No, there is very little music in the name Jack, if any at all, indeed. It does not thrill. It produces absolutely no vibrations...I have known several Jacks, and they all, without exception, were more than usually plain. Besides, Jack is a notorious domesticity for John!.
- Jack
- a soldier
- Jack Benny
- A three and a nine as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em
- Jack Frost
- A personification of winter
- Jack Ketch
- the devil
- Jack Ketch
- a public executioner
- Jack Ketch
- the gallows
- Jack Ketch
- death
- Jack Mormon
- A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who believes in the premises of the faith but does not adhere to its standards — as in the consumption of alcohol, coffee, and tobacco
- Jack O'Lantern
- Alternative spelling of jack-o'-lantern
We helped the children carve pumpkins into Jack O'Lanterns.
- Jack Pudding
- A buffoon character appearing in stage and street performances
Then he brought forward Jack Pudding, and had a dialogue with him ; the jocularity of which,' by heavens ! made the heart ache to hear.
- Jack Russell terrier
- A type of small dog, usually brown and white coloured, often used by farmers for rodent control
- Jack Russell terriers
- plural form of Jack Russell terrier
- Jack Tar
- Alternative spelling of jacktar
- Jack in the pulpit
- A woodland plant of northern Europe, Arum maculatum
- Jack in the pulpit
- cat's cradle
- Jack in the pulpit
- A plant in the northeastern North America, Arisaema triphyllum
- Jack o' the clock
- Any of the mechanical figures that come out regularly to strike the bell of a clock
- Jack of all Trades
- Alternative spelling of jack of all trades
- Jack out of doors
- A homeless person, or vagrant
the Lord Julio Romero at Yvoy, having committed this oversight to issue out of his holde, to parlie with the Constable of France, at his returne found the Towne taken, and himselfe jack-out-of-doors.
- Jack the Ripper
- An unidentified 19th century murderer in England, who has become part of folklore
- Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon
- A biannual plant distributed across Europe and North America, scienitific name Tragopogon pratensis
- Jack-of-all-trades
- Alternative spelling of jack of all trades
- Monterey Jack
- A white, mild, American cheese similar to cheddar
- Spring Heeled Jack
- A mythical character from England, recognized during the 19th century
- Union Jack
- The flag, consisting of the flags of England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland combined, flown on ships of the government of the United Kingdom
- Union Jack
- The flag, consisting of the blue star-studded field in the corner of the national ensign, flown at the jack staff by ships at anchorUS FM 55-501 MARINE CREWMAN’S HANDBOOK; 1 December 1999
- Union Jack
- The flag of the United Kingdom, consisting of the flags of England (St. George's Cross), Scotland (St. Andrew's Cross), and Ireland (St. Patrick's Cross) now only used in Northern Ireland combined
- Y-jack
- A splitter; a device used to split a single jack into two
If you bring along your own pair of headphones and a Y-jack, two people can share one audioguide and save.
- all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
- Too much hard work and not enough leisure time can be unhealthy
- all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
- Too much focus on one's career is often viewed unfavorably
- back to back jack
- Two home runs hit by consecutive batters
Smith, Jones ... back to back jack in the sixth chasing the starter.
- before you can say Jack Robinson
- Very quickly. Quicker than you expect
You have to be careful in that area. They'll have your wallet before you can say Jack Robinson.
- cable jack
- A jack on a wall used to connect a television to the cable television service
- cable-jack
- Attributive form of cable jack
cable-jack installation.
- calving jack
- A device used to assist the birth of a calf when it needs to be helped out of the womb by applying traction
- cargo jack
- a large screw jack used to stow a cargo (such as hides or cotton) by compressing them into a smaller volume
- cross-jack yard
- The lower yard on the mizenmast of a square-rigged ship
- every man Jack
- All the members of a group with no exceptions
When the captain offered a free round of grog to the crew, every man Jack of them lined up for a cupful.
- every man jack
- Alternative spelling of every man Jack
- fuck you Jack, I'm alright
- A phrase used to epitomize arrogance and selfishness, with total disregard towards others
- ice-jack
- To freeze underneath an element or between two elements and jacking up the overlaying element, thereby separating it from its underlayment
The support pylon for the ski gondola collapsed because of ice-jacking.
- jack
- To use a jack
He jacked the car up so that he could replace the brake pads.
- jack
- Large California rockfish
- jack
- A penny with a head on both sides, used for cheating. (Reference: Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, second edition, 1966, chapter XI section 3, page 243.)
- jack
- An order of marine fish in the Carangidae family
- jack
- A coarse and cheap medieval coat of defense, especially one made of leather
- jack
- A smooth often ovoid large gravel or small cobble in a natural water course
- jack
- A sailor; a "jack tar"
- jack
- A small flag at the bow of a ship
- jack
- Nothing, jackshit
You haven't done jack. Get up and get this room cleaned up right now!.
- jack
- A surface-mounted connector for electrical, especially telecommunications, equipment
telephone jack.
- jack
- A man or men in general
Every man jack.
- jack
- A small, six-pointed playing piece used in the game of jacks
- jack
- A male ass
- jack
- A knave (a servant or later, a deceitful man)
- jack
- A male animal
- jack
- To steal something, typically an automobile
Someone jacked my car last night!.
- jack
- To raise or increase
If you want to jack your stats you just write off failures as invalid results.
- jack
- A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object
She used a jack to lift her car and changed the tire.
- jack
- A naval ensign flag flown from the main mast, mizzen mast, or the aft-most major mast of (especially) British sailing warships; Union Jack
- jack
- A target ball in bowls, etc; a jack-ball
- jack
- A common name for the freshwater pike, green pike or pickerel
- jack
- The card ranking between the ten and queen of any suit, picturing a knave or prince on its face. In some card games has a value of eleven based on its rank, but in many card games has a value of ten like the ten, queen, and king cards. Also called a knave
- jack
- To hit (the ball) hard; especially, to hit (the ball) out of the field, producing a home run
Maybe he hung a curve ball to somebody and they jacked it out of the park on him and he wasn’t upset about it.
- jack
- Money
- jack around
- to misbehave, fool around
- jack around
- to dawdle, to waste time
- jack in
- To insert an electronic coupling into a receptacle; to connect to something, whether involving a physical medium or not
- jack in
- To stop doing a regular activity. Often a job or studies
I've had enough of working nights, so I'm going to jack in my job. May also be split as in I'm going to jack my job in.
- jack it in
- An imperative to stop doing something that the speaker finds annoying
- jack mackerel
- Any of various edible fish of the genera Trachurus or Caranx
- jack o'lantern
- A vegetable, usually a pumpkin, but alternatively a turnip, carved into the form of a face and lighted within by a candle. Associated chiefly with the holiday Halloween
- jack o'lantern
- a strange light that attracts travellers from the paths into dangerous marshes or graveyards, possibly caused by methane, now rarely seen. (See Wikipedia for other explanations)
- jack o'lanterns
- plural form of jack o'lantern
- jack of all trades
- One competent in many endeavors, especially one who excels in none of them
A fellow can always get some sort of a job—I was coming up here to see if they needed an extra clerk or a waiter, or chauffeur, or anything that meant a roof and something to eat—but I suppose they don't need a jack-of-all-trades.
- jack of all trades, master of none
- A person who has a competent grasp of many skills but who is not outstanding in any one
- jack of clubs
- One of the 52 playing cards from a standard pack as used for bridge and poker, with a picture of a jack (or knave), with a nominal value of 11, and with the clubs suit
- jack of diamonds
- One of the 52 playing cards from a standard pack as used for bridge and poker, with a picture of a jack (or knave), with a nominal value of 11, and with the diamonds suit
- jack of hearts
- One of the 52 playing cards from a standard pack as used for bridge and poker, with a picture of a jack (or knave), with a nominal value of 11, and with the hearts suit
- jack of spades
- One of the 52 playing cards from a standard pack as used for bridge and poker, with a picture of a jack (or knave), with a nominal value of 11, and with the spades suit
- jack off
- An annoying person or one who has committed a transgression with no or insufficient apology; a jerk, an asshole
- jack off
- To masturbate oneself or another person, referring to either the person or the genitals (usually the penis)
After I jacked off, I came.
- jack offs
- plural form of jack off
- jack pine
- an evergreen tree, Pinus banksiana, scrub pine
- jack pines
- plural form of jack pine
- jack plane
- A general-purpose bench plane, used for general sizing of wood and for smoothing or straightening edges
- jack plug
- A type of audio connector
- jack plugs
- plural form of jack plug
- jack russell
- A breed of dog, usually white with brown patches. This breed is commonly found domesticated and kept as pets
- jack russells
- plural form of jack russell
- jack shit
- nothing, anything
You know jack shit about politics. (don't is optional).
- jack the lad
- An irresponsible young man, seeking personal pleasure without regard to responsibilities. A rogue
You seem to think you're a bit of a jack the lad, don't you?.
- jack up
- To give up; to abandon (something); to jig up, throw up, chuck up (give up, concede); to discontinue; to leave a job, break a contract; to jack in
We're going to jack up the Service. ”.
- jack up
- To raise, increase, or accelerate; often said of prices, fees, or rates. See also jack up the price
I can't believe they're going to jack up the price of gasoline again — and after they already raised it twenty cents a gallon!.
- jack up
- To ruin; wreck; mess up; screw up; sometimes as a bowdlerized substitution for fuck up
I'm not letting him use my computer again; he always jacks it up.
- jack up
- To raise, hoist, or lift a thing using a jack, or similar means
The oil rig can be jacked up higher when the hydraulic legs touch the sea floor.
- jack-a-lantern
- Alternative spelling of jack o'lantern
Unhappily, or happily, we are unprovided with a jack-a-lantern. — John Sullivan Dwight, Dwight's Journal of Music (1857).
- jack-ball
- A ball used in boules
- jack-in-the-box
- Child’s toy where a figure pops out of a small box
- jack-knife
- The front-dive pike, in which the body folds and unfolds
It took me hundreds of dives to master even the simple jackknife.
- jack-knife
- A semi-trailer truck accident in which the vehicle mimics the closing of a jack-knife
I have seen several jack-knives along that dangerous stretch of road.
- jack-knife
- Alternative spelling of jackknife
- jack-knife
- A compact folding knife
He kept a jack-knife in his pocket for various tasks.
- jack-knife
- To cause a semi-trailer truck to fold like a jackknife in a traffic accident
Before I knew what was happening, I'd jack-knifed like nobody's business.
- jack-knife
- To fold in the middle, as a jackknife does
The cat jackknifed in the air and landed gracefully on its feet.
- jack-o'-lantern
- A carved pumpkin whose top and stem have been cut out and interior removed, leaving a hollow shell that is then decorated to represent a face, illuminated from within by a candle
- jack-o'-lantern
- A will o' the wisp
- jack-o'-lanterns
- plural form of jack-o'-lantern
- jack-of-the-dust
- US Navy slang for the storekeeper in charge of dry foodstuffs
- jack-tar
- Alternative spelling of jacktar
- jack-up
- (also jackup) Characterized by, or utilizing jacks or hydraulic lifts in the design (of a machine)
e.g., a Jack-up rig.
- jack-up
- An increase or rise; usually said of prices, fees, or rates
It's hard to stay in business with the recent jack-up in fuel costs.
- jumping jack
- A physical exercise performed by jumping to a position with the legs spread wide and the hands touching overhead and then returning to a position with the feet together and the arms at the sides
- jumping-jack
- A toy figure with jointed limbs that can be made to dance by pulling an attached string
I have a jumping-jack! came from Freddie, and he began to work the toy up and down in a most comical fashion.
- new jack swing
- A variety of swingbeat dance music combining elements of rhythm and blues, soul music, hip hop and rap
- pallet jack
- A manually operated device for lifting and moving pallets
- pepper Jack
- A cheese derived from Monterey Jack with the addition of spicy hot peppers
- racing jack
- A jack with a pumping action that lifts a car very quickly
- ratchet jack
- a jack raised or lowered by means of a pawl and ratchet operated by a reversing lever
- slippery jack
- The common name for a mushroom in genus Suillus, family Boletaceae. Like all boletes, they have no gills, but release spores from tubes ending in open pores. Most have a slimy cap, hence the name
- telephone jack
- A jack on a wall used to connect a telephone to the telephone line
- telephone-jack
- Attributive form of telephone jack
telephone-jack installation.
- whiskey-jack
- The gray jay, Perisoreus canadensis
- whisky jack
- The gray jay, Perisoreus canadensis
- yellow jack
- The fish Caranx bartholomaei
- yellow jack
- The illness yellow fever
- yellow jack
- A yellow flag used by ships as a warning of disease
- pallet jack
- A pallet jack, also known as a pallet truck, pump truck, or jigger is a tool used to lift and move pallets
- jack
- {n} john, an engine, fish, lethern can, cup
- jack
- Mangifera caesia is a species of flowering plant in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae. Common names include Jack, Malaysian Mango, Binjai (Malay language), Wani (Balinese language), yaa-lam (Thai language), and bayuno (Filipino language). It belongs to the same genus as the mango and is widely cultivated in areas of Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Brunei, Papua New Guinea, Kerala and the Philippines
- jack and danny
- London Cockney rhyming slang for the vagina (fanny)
- jack around
- (deyim) Waste time
- jack cheese
- (also Monterey cheese) A kind of cheese resembling Cheddar. ORIGIN from the name of Monterey County, California, where it was first made; the origin of Jack is unknown
- jack knife
- (noun) a knife with a blade that folds into its handle
- jack knife
- (noun) a dive in which you bend at the waist when you are in the air
- jack knife
- (verb) if a large vehicle with two parts jack-knifes, it slides out of control and the back part swings towards the front part. "The truck skidded on the ice and jack-knifed."
- jack o' lantern
- (deyim) 1. Ignis fatuus. 2. a lantern made of a pumpkin cut to look like a human face 3. a large orangish gill fungus (Omphalotus olearius syn. Clitocybe illudens) that is poisonous and luminescent
- jack off
- (Of a male) masturbate
- jack someone around
- (deyim) Give someone a difficult time; harass someone
- jumping jack
- (Brit. dated) a small firework producing repeated explosions
- jumping jack
- a jump done from a standing position with the arms and legs pointing outwards
- jumping jack
- a toy figure of a man, with movable limbs
- Cracker Jack
- a type of sweet popcorn sold in a box with a prize inside it, which is popular with children in the US
- Jack
- given name, male
- Jack Kemp
- born July 13, 1935, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S. U.S. politician. He played professional gridiron football with the Buffalo (N.Y.) Bills. As a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1971-89), he championed conservative causes but also strongly supported civil rights legislation. After a failed presidential bid in 1988, he was appointed secretary of housing and urban development by Pres. George Bush (1989). In 1996 he ran unsuccessfully for vice president on a ticket with Republican Bob Dole
- Jack Kerouac
- a US writer who was a leading figure of the 1950s beat generation. His most famous novel is On the Road, which describes the adventures of two friends as they travel across the US (1922-69). orig. Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac born March 12, 1922, Lowell, Mass., U.S. died Oct. 21, 1969, St. Petersburg, Fla. U.S. poet and novelist. Born to a French-Canadian family, he attended Columbia University, served as a merchant seaman, and roamed the U.S. and Mexico before his first book appeared. At Columbia he met Allen Ginsberg and other kindred spirits, and he became a spokesman of what would be dubbed the Beat movement (a term he coined). He celebrated its code of poverty and freedom in On the Road (1957); his best-known novel, and the first written in the nonstop, unedited style that he advocated, it enjoyed a huge success among young people, for whom Kerouac became a romantic hero. All his novels, including The Dharma Bums (1958), The Subterraneans (1958), and Desolation Angels (1965), are autobiographical. His death at age 47 resulted from alcoholism
- Jack Kevorkian
- born May 26, 1928, Pontiac, Mich., U.S. U.S. pathologist, advocate and practitioner of physician-assisted suicide. He expressed early interest in experimentation on death-row inmates who had been rendered unconscious rather than executed; his ideas negatively affected his medical career. In the 1980s he devised his "suicide machine," with which a person could commit suicide by merely pushing a button, and in the 1990s he assisted in the deaths of over 100 terminally ill persons. His actions provoked furious controversy and led to legislation and referenda; he was tried, convicted twice, and jailed, and his medical license was revoked. In 1998 he was convicted of murder for administering a lethal injection himself and was sentenced to 10-25 years in jail
- Jack Kilby
- born Nov. 8, 1923, Jefferson City, Mo., U.S. U.S. inventor. He studied at the University of Wisconsin. In 1958 he joined Texas Instruments; there he built the first integrated circuit, a device in which all of a circuit's components are integrated on a single semiconductor surface. He also coinvented a handheld calculator with a thermal printer that is used in portable data terminals. The owner of more than 60 patents, he received the National Medal of Science (1970), the Kyoto Prize (1993), and the Nobel Prize for Physics (2000), shared with Herbert Kroemer (b. 1928) and Zhores Alferov (b. 1930)
- Jack Lemmon
- (1925-2001) American film actor, winner of the 1955 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in "Mister Roberts
- Jack Ruby
- the man who killed Lee Harvey Oswald two days after Oswald was charged with killing President John F. Kennedy. Some people believed that these actions were part of a conspiracy (=secret plan) to kill the President, and that Ruby shot Oswald to prevent him from giving any information about it (1911-67)
- Jack Russell terrier
- A terrier originating in England, having a small sturdy body, straight legs, and a smooth, mostly white coat that has brown or black markings
- Jack Sprat
- a character in a nursery rhyme (=an old song or poem for children) . The rhyme goes: Jack Sprat would eat no fat,/His wife would eat no lean,/And so between them both, you see,/They licked the platter clean. Jack Sprat
- Jack Teagarden
- {i} Weldon John Teagarden (1905-1964), U.S. jazz trombonist and singer
- Jack the Ripper
- the name given to a man who killed and cut up the bodies of several prostitutes (=women who are paid to have sex) in the Whitechapel area of London in 1888. The police never caught him and never discovered who he was. The name "the Ripper" is now sometimes used to describe criminals who murder people in a similar way. Pseudonymous murderer of at least five women, all prostitutes, in or near London's Whitechapel district, from Aug. 7 to Nov. 10, 1888. The throat of each victim was cut, and usually the body was mutilated in a manner indicating the murderer had considerable knowledge of human anatomy. Authorities received a series of taunting notes from a person calling himself Jack the Ripper and purporting to be the murderer. Although strenuous efforts were made to identify and trap the killer, he remained unknown. The unsolved case retained its hold on the popular imagination, becoming the subject of several motion pictures and more than 100 books, as well as a macabre tourist industry in London
- Union Jack
- {i} United Kingdom's national flag
- before he could say Jack Robinson
- very quickly, before he could react
- bumper jack
- a jack for lifting a motor vehicle by the bumper
- jack
- Standard 1/4" (6 35mm) audio connector, often used on line-level and instrument cables Just be sure you buy good ones - to spare expense here is to buy trouble Submitted by Karl Kuenning RFL from Roadie Net
- jack
- See 2d Jack, n
- jack
- A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke jack, or kitchen jack
- jack
- A player has hit a home run
- jack
- hunt with a jacklight
- jack
- a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack"
- jack
- A female input or output connector, usually for a mic or an instrument
- jack
- small flag indicating a ship's nationality
- jack
- an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug
- jack
- A penny with a head on both sides, used for cheating
- jack
- A socket that accepts a plug It is always a female connection
- jack
- rafter A rafter that spans the distance from the wall plate to a hip, or from a valley to a ridge
- jack
- A returning, sexually immature three-year-old male salmon
- jack
- A small flag flown under certain circumstances at the prow of a vessel, usually a warship
- jack
- To steal
- jack
- 4, n
- jack
- A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for multiplying speed
- jack
- A large, California rock fish (Sebastodes paucispinus); called also boccaccio, and mérou
- jack
- A term of familiar address
- jack in
- /v /
- jack ketch
- A public executioner, or hangman
- jack oak
- small to medium deciduous oak of east central North America; leaves have sharply pointed lobes
- jack of all trades
- a person able to do a variety of different jobs acceptably well
- jack plane
- a carpenter's plane for rough surfacing
- jack up
- {f} lift or raise by using a jack; raise prices (as in: "I sold them the car for $1,500 and they jacked up the price to $2,500 when they sold it")
- jack up
- lift with a special device; "jack up the car so you can change the tire"
- jack-plane
- type of tool, splitter
- telephone jack
- a jack for plugging in a telephone
- union jack
- The informal name of the ROYAL UNION FLAG
- yellow jack
- {i} yellow fever, untreatable tropical disease that is transmitted by mosquito stings; yellow flag; quarantine flag; silver and yellow food fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico