jack

Meanings

• a small worthless amount
  • "you don't know jack"
• a man who serves as a sailor
• someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
• immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted
• a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling
• an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug
• 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
• small flag indicating a ship's nationality
• one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince
• tool for exerting pressure or lifting
• any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas
• male donkey
• lift with a special device
  • "jack up the car so you can change the tire"
• hunt with a jacklight

Synonyms

diddley, diddly, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddlyshit, diddlysquat, doodly-squat, gob, jack up, Jack-tar, jackass, jackfruit, jacklight, jackstones, jak, knave, laborer, labourer, manual laborer, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, shit, squat, tar