OXFORD 9000
📚 name • entry_id 24910

Jack

/d͡ʒæk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
Diego • Iago • Jacob • Jacobo • Jaime • Juanito • Santi • Santiago • Yago
A unisex given name derived from a pet form of the name John. Occasionally a diminutive of other given names such as Jackson, Jacob, Jacqueline or Jonathan.
JACK. Well, really, Gwendolen, I must say that I think that there are lots of other much nicer names. I think Jack, for instance, a charming name. GWENDOLEN. Jack?...No, there is v…
Since every Jack became a gentleman there's many a gentle person made a Jack.
Phrases
No hay frases
Word forms
📚 noun • entry_id 1453

jack

/d͡ʒæk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
clavija • saltador
A device or utensil.
Do I envy those jacks that nimble leap / To kiss the tender inward of thy hand, / Whilst my poor lips, which should that harvest reap, / At the wood's boldness by thee blushing sta…
[W]hat the devil makes you so dull, Letitia? I thought to have found you popping about as brisk as the jacks of your harpsichord.
boliche
A non-tool object or thing.
like an uninstructed bowler, so to speak, who thinks to attain the jack, by delivering his bowl straight forward upon it
pabellón
A non-tool object or thing.
asno
A plant or animal.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 1454

jack

/d͡ʒæk/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
levantar
To physically raise using a jack.
He jacked the car so that he could replace the brake pads.
Large cranes were virtually non-existent in the areas I worked with this truck, so we jacked everything on and off[.]
afanar • robar
To steal (something), typically an automobile; to rob (someone).
A kid in a M3's getting jacked right in front of me
Someone jacked my car last night!