jack

(deyim) elinden her is gelen kimse ,becerikli kimse jack of all trades (but master of one) atasozu- elinden her is gelen fakat hic birinde uzman olamayan kimse

jack snipe

küçük su çulluğu

jack the ripper

çıtkırıldım delikanlı

jack-of-all-trades

iyi kötü her işi yapan kimse

jack-tar

denizci

Jack the Lad

kendine çok güvenen havalı genç

(deyim) Zamanı boşa harcamak, oyalanmak, sallanmak

(Ya da monterey cheese) cedar peynirine benzeyen bir tür peynir

(Oyun kartı) Maça beyi

jack off

(Erkek) mastürbasyon yapmak

jack out of office

jack someone around

(deyim) Birine rahat vermemek, rahatsız etmek; taciz etmek

jack the ripper

Karın desen Jack: 1800lerin Londrasında bir seri katil

jack up

(deyim) arttırmak

jack with a lantern

Boş umut,sahte umut

He soon proved to be a jack with a lantern.

jack-in-the-box

kutudan fırlayan bebek

jack-of

jack-in

jack-of-all-trades

on parmağında on marifet olan kimse

{i} cellat

kutudan fırlayan bebek

Jack in the box

kutudan çıkan yaylı kukla

(Askeri) kriko takımı

jack block

(Askeri) babafingo makarası

(Otomotiv) kriko kolu

(deyim) jack sth. in [kd] yapmaktan vaz gecmek

jack in office

titiz memur

jack in office

kılı kırk yaran memur

jack ladder

(Askeri) ip merdiven

jack ladder

(Askeri) şeytan çarmığı

jack of all trades

on parmağında on marifet olan kimse

jack of all trades

elinden her iş gelen tip

jack of all trades

(Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) büyük amerikan tavşanı

{f} yükseltmek

{f} kaldırmak

Arabayı kriko ile kaldırmak zorunda kalacaksın. - You'll have to jack up the car.

jack up

(deyim) jack sth. up [kd] fiyat vb. yukseltmek,artirmak

jack up

{f} kriko ile kaldırmak

Arabayı kriko ile kaldırmak zorunda kalacaksın. - You'll have to jack up the car.

jack up

(Fiili Deyim ) 1- kriko ile kaldırmak 2- (fiyat vs. yi) yükseltmek

(Otomotiv) hidrolik kriko

(Askeri) birleşik krallık bayrağı

hand jack

el krikosu

hydraulic hoisting jack

hidrolik kriko

jumping jack

sıçrayan kukla oyuncağı

kriko ile yükseltilmiş

English - English

Definition of jack in English English dictionary: A sailor; Jack Daniel's, a brand of American whiskey; 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!.; a soldier; To use a jack
He jacked the car up so that he could replace the brake pads.; Large California rockfish; 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.); An order of marine fish in the Carangidae family; A coarse and cheap medieval coat of defense, especially one made of leather; A smooth often ovoid large gravel or small cobble in a natural water course; A sailor; a "jack tar"; Nothing, jackshit
You haven't done jack. Get up and get this room cleaned up right now!.; A surface-mounted connector for electrical, especially telecommunications, equipment
telephone jack.; A man or men in general
Every man jack.; A knave (a servant or later, a deceitful man); A male animal; To steal something, typically an automobile
Someone jacked my car last night!.; To raise or increase
If you want to jack your stats you just write off failures as invalid results.; A naval ensign flag flown from the main mast, mizzen mast, or the aft-most major mast of (especially) British sailing warships; Union Jack; A target ball in bowls, etc; a jack-ball; 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; 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.; Money; A small flag at the bow of a ship; A small, six-pointed playing piece used in the game of jacks; A male ass; A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object
She used a jack to lift her car and changed the tire.; A common name for the freshwater pike, green pike or pickerel; {n} john, an engine, fish, lethern can, cup; 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; given name, male; {i} male first name (form of Jacob or John); fellow, man (Informal); Jack Daniels, a brand of American whiskey; 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; See 2d Jack, n; A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke jack, or kitchen jack; A player has hit a home run; hunt with a jacklight; a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack"; A female input or output connector, usually for a mic or an instrument; small flag indicating a ship's nationality; an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug; A penny with a head on both sides, used for cheating; A socket that accepts a plug It is always a female connection; rafter A rafter that spans the distance from the wall plate to a hip, or from a valley to a ridge; A returning, sexually immature three-year-old male salmon; A small flag flown under certain circumstances at the prow of a vessel, usually a warship; To steal; 4, n; A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for multiplying speed; A large, California rock fish (Sebastodes paucispinus); called also boccaccio, and mérou; A term of familiar address; The wood is of a yellow color, fine grain, and rather heavy, and is much used in cabinetwork; To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks; A jack is used to complete an electrical connection A plug is inserted into a jack to connect switches to electronic devices; 1) A lake in the Temperance River drainage 2) A two needle pine, Pinus banksiana, the pine of the boreal forest; The device which rests on the key and plucks the string; A compact, portable machine for planing metal; one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince; male donkey any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm-temperate seas tool for exerting pressure or lifting one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince small flag indicating a ship's nationality game equipment consisting of one of several small objects picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack"; The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack; To hit a home run; A socket for electrical, especially telecommunications, equipment; a receptacle used in conjunction with a plug to make electrical contact between communication circuits A jack is the female component of a plug / jack connector system and may be standard, modified or keyed; 1 (cap ) the familiar form of John, especially typifying the common man or the male of a species: e g I'm all right, Jack! 2 a nickname for a kookaburra (also known as Jacky and Jacko); The wall-eyed pike; any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm-temperate seas; game equipment consisting of one of several small objects picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks; It is also used for dyeing a brilliant yellow; A socket, hole or opening mounted on a wall, switchboard or panel, into which a plug connector can be inserted to complete a connection
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
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.
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
Jack Benny: a US comedian who had a very popular radio programme and later a popular television programme, called The Jack Benny Show. He is famous for pretending to always be 39, for playing the violin badly, and for making jokes about how much he dislikes spending money (1894-1974). orig. Benjamin Kubelsky born Feb. 14, 1894, Chicago, Ill., U.S. died Dec. 27, 1974, Beverly Hills, Calif. U.S. comedian. He took up the violin as a boy and played it in vaudeville from 1912. After discovering a talent for comedy while in the navy, he returned to vaudeville as a comedian. He made his film debut in 1927 and appeared in 18 films in the years 1930-45. His weekly Jack Benny Program on radio (1932-55) and television (1950-65) won loyal audiences, and he became famous for a unique comic style characterized by subtle verbal inflection, meaningful pauses, seriocomic violin playing, and the stage image of a vain, stingy man
Jack Cheese: {i} semihard American cheese produced from cow's having a very mild flavor
Jack Daniels: {i} brand of whiskey produced in the United States (sold in several varieties, produced by the Jack Daniel Distillery Co.)
Jack Dempsey: orig. William Harrison Dempsey born June 24, 1895, Manassa, Colo., U.S. died May 31, 1983, New York, N.Y. U.S. boxer. Dempsey started fighting in 1914 under the name Kid Blackie. After compiling an impressive number of first-round knockouts, in 1919 he was matched against world heavyweight champion Jess Willard. Dempsey defeated Willard in three rounds. He then held the heavyweight title until his defeat by Gene Tunney in 1926 in a 10-round decision. In the next year's rematch, in the famous "Long Count" bout, Dempsey would not go to a neutral corner after knocking Tunney down; this delayed the start of the count against Tunney and gave him extra time to recover and win the fight. Nicknamed the "Manassa Mauler," Dempsey was known as a ferocious fighter who kept continuously on the offensive. He fought exhibition matches in the 1930s before retiring in 1940; he later became a successful restaurateur. In 84 fights he compiled a record of 62 wins, 51 by knockout
Jack French 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 Frost: Frost or cold weather personified. a way of describing frost as a person - used especially when talking to children
Jack Frost: cold weather personified, bitter cold
Jack Johnson: (1878-1946), a US boxer who became the first black American to win the world heavyweight Championship. Johnson was a very skilful boxer who beat the world champion Tommy Burns in 1908. in full John Arthur Johnson born Mar. 31, 1878, Galveston, Tex., U.S. died June 10, 1946, Raleigh, N.C. U.S. boxer, the first black to hold the title for the heavyweight championship of the world. Johnson's career was marked from the beginning by racial discrimination; until his match with Tommy Burns, he had a difficult time getting fights. Johnson won the heavyweight crown in 1908 by knocking out Burns and kept it until 1915, when he was knocked out by Jess Willard in 26 rounds. At the height of his career, Johnson was excoriated by the press for having twice married white women, and he further offended white supremacists by knocking out former champion James J. Jeffries, who was induced to come out of retirement as a "Great White Hope." In 1912 Johnson was convicted of violating the Mann Act for transporting his wife-to-be across state lines before their marriage. He was sentenced to a year in prison and was released on bond; he fled to Canada, made his way to Europe, and was a fugitive for seven years. He defended the championship three times in Paris before agreeing to fight Willard in Havana, Cuba. Some observers thought that Johnson, mistakenly believing that the charge against him would be dropped if he yielded the championship to a white man, deliberately lost to Willard. Johnson surrendered to U.S. authorities in 1920 to serve a one-year sentence. From 1897 to 1928, Johnson had 114 bouts, winning 80, 45 by knockouts
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 Kerouac: (1922-1969) American novelist and member of the Beat Generation, author of "On the Road
Jack Ketch: {i} (British Slang) hangman, public executioner
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 Kramer: orig. John Albert Kramer born Aug. 1, 1921, Las Vegas, Nev., U.S. U.S. tennis player and promoter. He won the Wimbledon singles (1947) and men's doubles (1946-47), the U.S. singles (1946-47), men's doubles (1940-41, 1943, 1947), and mixed doubles (1941) and was on the winning Davis Cup team in 1946. He played professional tennis from 1947 to 1952 and was instrumental in promoting open tennis, in which amateurs competed with professionals in major tournaments. He helped establish the Association of Tennis Professionals
Jack Lemmon: (1925-2001) American film actor, winner of the 1955 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in "Mister Roberts
Jack Lemmon: orig. John Uhler Lemmon III born Feb. 8, 1925, Boston, Mass., U.S. died June 27, 2001, Los Angeles, Calif. U.S. actor. He attended Harvard University and acted in radio and television dramas before making his Broadway debut in 1953. He established his movie career in Mister Roberts (1955, Academy Award) and became noted for his character portrayals, often playing excitable, baffled individuals in movies such as Some Like It Hot (1959), The Apartment (1960), The Odd Couple (1968), and The Out-of-Towners (1970). His many other films include Save the Tiger (1973, Academy Award), The China Syndrome (1979), Missing (1982), and Glengarry Glen Ross (1992). He received an Emmy Award for his portrayal of a dying college professor in the television film Tuesdays with Morrie (1999)
Jack London: a US writer of adventure novels, including The Call of the Wild and White Fang (1876-1916). orig. John Griffith Chaney born Jan. 12, 1876, San Francisco, Calif., U.S. died Nov. 22, 1916, Glen Ellen, Calif. U.S. novelist and short-story writer. Born to poverty, the largely self-educated London became a sailor, hobo, Alaskan gold miner, and militant socialist. He gained a wide audience with his first book, The Son of the Wolf (1900), and the story "To Build a Fire" (1908). Thereafter he wrote steadily; his 50 books of fiction and nonfiction, including many romantic depictions of elemental struggles for survival as well as socialist tracts, include The Call of the Wild (1903), The Sea-Wolf (1904), White Fang (1906), The Iron Heel (1907), Martin Eden (1909), and Burning Daylight (1910). Though his work brought him wealth and fame, his suicide at age 40 was the result of alcoholism and mounting debt
Jack London: {i} (1876-1916) United States writer
Jack Miner: orig. John Thomas Miner born April 10, 1865, Dover Centre, Ohio, U.S. died Nov. 3, 1944, Kingsville, Ont., Can. Canadian naturalist. After moving to Canada in 1878, he established a bird sanctuary in 1904 on his farm in Kingsville, Ont. Banding more than 50,000 ducks between 1910 and 1915, he made the first complete banding records of North American birds. In 1931 his friends established the Jack Miner Migratory Bird Foundation to ensure the continuation of his work. He received the Order of the British Empire in 1943
Jack Nicholson: born April 22, 1937, Neptune, N.J., U.S. U.S. film actor. He acted in low-budget movies before earning acclaim for his role in Easy Rider (1969). He followed it with such successful films as Five Easy Pieces (1970), Carnal Knowledge (1971), Chinatown (1974), One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975, Academy Award), The Shining (1980), Terms of Endearment (1983, Academy Award), Prizzi's Honor (1985), Batman (1989), Hoffa (1992), and As Good As It Gets (1997, Academy Award). Noted for his devilish grin and his portrayals of unconventional outsiders, he has attained iconic status as one of the most popular and admired stars of his time
Jack Nicklaus: {i} (born 1940) famous American golf player
Jack Nicklaus: born Jan. 21, 1940, Columbus, Ohio, U.S. U.S. golfer, one of the greatest in the game's history. Nicklaus won the U.S. Amateur Championship twice (1959, 1961) while attending Ohio State University. After turning professional in 1962, he won the U.S. Open four times (1962, 1967, 1972, 1980), the Masters Tournament six times (1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1986), the PGA championship five times (1963, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1980), and the British Open three times (1966, 1970, 1978). He was a member of the winning U.S. World Cup team six times and was a record three-time individual World Cup winner (1963, 1964, 1971). By 1986 "the Golden Bear" had played in 100 major championships, finishing in the top three 45 times. His great career was a reflection of his ability to combine skill and power with remarkable concentration and composure under pressure
Jack Paar: born May 1, 1918, Canton, Ohio, U.S. died Jan. 27, 2004, Greenwich, Conn. U.S. television talk-show host. He worked in radio in the late 1940s before hosting his first television show, Up to Paar, in 1952. As host of the late-night talk show Tonight, renamed The Jack Paar Show (1957-62), he established the now-standard format of celebrity interviews, monologues, and variety skits and was noted for his witty conversation, high-strung mannerisms, and mercurial temper. He later hosted the weekly Jack Paar Program (1962-65)
Jack Robinson: before you can say Jack Robinson very quickly or suddenly
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 St. Clair 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 Teagarden: {i} Weldon John Teagarden (1905-1964), U.S. jazz trombonist and singer
Jack Teagarden: orig. Weldon Leo Teagarden born Aug. 20, 1905, Vernon, Texas, U.S. died Jan. 15, 1964, New Orleans, La. U.S. jazz trombonist and singer. He worked with two of the most popular bands of the early swing era, those of Ben Pollack (1928-33) and Paul Whiteman (1933-38). After leading his own group (1938-47), he joined Louis Armstrong's All Stars and recorded and toured with them internationally until 1951. Teagarden's trademark relaxed, bluesy approach was evident in both his playing and singing, his engaging Texas accent seeming to colour both
Jack Warner: {i} (1892-1978) Canadian born U.S. pioneer of the motion picture industry, co-founder of the Warner Brothers company (established jointly with his brothers); (1896-1981) popular British movie and television actor
Jack William Nicklaus: born Jan. 21, 1940, Columbus, Ohio, U.S. U.S. golfer, one of the greatest in the game's history. Nicklaus won the U.S. Amateur Championship twice (1959, 1961) while attending Ohio State University. After turning professional in 1962, he won the U.S. Open four times (1962, 1967, 1972, 1980), the Masters Tournament six times (1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1986), the PGA championship five times (1963, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1980), and the British Open three times (1966, 1970, 1978). He was a member of the winning U.S. World Cup team six times and was a record three-time individual World Cup winner (1963, 1964, 1971). By 1986 "the Golden Bear" had played in 100 major championships, finishing in the top three 45 times. His great career was a reflection of his ability to combine skill and power with remarkable concentration and composure under pressure
Jack and Jill: two children in a nursery rhyme (=an old song or poem for young children.) The rhyme goes: Jack and Jill went up the hill/To fetch a pail of water;/Jack fell down and broke his crown,/And Jill came tumbling after
Jack and Jill: two characters from a nursery rhyme
Jack and the Beanstalk: a fairy tale (=old story for children) about a boy called Jack who buys some magic beans that grow into a tall beanstalk (=the main stem of a bean plant) . Jack climbs up it into the clouds, where he finds a giant 's castle. He enters it and finds a magic hen (=a female chicken) that produces golden eggs. Jack steals the hen, and goes back down the beanstalk. The giant tries to follow him, but when Jack arrives back on the ground he cuts down the beanstalk, the giant falls and dies, and Jack becomes rich as a result of the golden eggs
Jack in the box: toy which contains a clown which pops out of a box when music is played
Jack the Lad: a young man who enjoys drinking alcohol and going out with his male friends, and who thinks he is sexually attractive
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
Jack the Ripper: {i} serial murderer that terrorized London in the 1800's
Jack-in-office: boastful junior clerk
Jack-of-all-trades: someone who is good at many kinds of work or business
jack bean: A tropical American annual plant (Canavalia ensiformis) having clusters of purple flowers and long pods with edible seeds
jack bean: annual semi-erect bushy plant of tropical South America bearing long pods with white seeds grown especially for forage
jack cheese: Monterey jack
jack frost: a personification of frost or winter weather
jack in: /v /
jack in: v To log on to a machine or connect to a network or {BBS}, esp for purposes of entering a {virtual reality} simulation such as a {MUD} or {IRC} (leaving is "jacking out") This term derives from {cyberpunk} SF, in which it was used for the act of plugging an electrode set into neural sockets in order to interface the brain directly to a virtual reality It's primarily used by MUD & IRC fans and younger hackers on BBS systems
jack in: v To log on to a machine or connect to a network or BBS, esp for purposes of entering a virtual reality simulation such as a MUD or IRC (leaving is "jacking out") This term derives from cyberpunk SF, in which it was used for the act of plugging an electrode set into neural sockets in order to interface the brain directly to a virtual reality It is primarily used by MUD and IRC fans and younger hackers on BBS systems
jack ketch: A public executioner, or hangman
jack knife: knife which folds into the handle
jack mackerel: horse mackerel: a California food fish
jack o' lantern: pumpkin whose top and stalk are cut out and the inner part removed and then the outer shell is carved in a decorative manner (usually it is illuminated from within by a candle and used for Halloween)
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 off: {f} (Vulgar Slang) masturbate
jack off: get sexual gratification through self-stimulation
jack pine: An evergreen tree (Pinus banksiana) of northern North America, having soft wood and short twisted needles grouped in fascicles of two. Also called scrub pine
jack pine: slender medium-sized 2-needled pine of eastern North America; with yellow-green needles and scaly gray to red-brown fissured bark
jack plane: a carpenter's plane for rough surfacing
jack plug: {i} plug composed of a one shaft used to make a connection that transmits a signal
jack shit: A small or worthless amount: Those guys can't do jack shit
jack stand: (Otomotiv) A safety device that keeps the car from falling to the ground if the jack is removed or faulty Most jobs require two jack stands for safety
jack tar: (Archaic) sailor
jack the ripper: an unidentified English murderer in the 19th century
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 up: If you jack up a heavy object such as a car, you raise it off the ground using a jack. They jacked up the car All I had to do was jack the car up and put on the spare
jack-in-the-box: A jack-in-the-box is a child's toy that consists of a box with a doll inside it that jumps out when the lid is opened. a children's toy shaped like a box with a figure inside that springs out when the box is opened
jack-in-the-box: plaything consisting of a toy clown that jumps out of a box when the lid is opened
jack-in-the-pulpit: North American plant (Arisaema triphyllum) of the arum family, noted for the unusual shape of its flower. One of the best-known perennial wildflowers of late spring in the eastern U.S. and Canada, it grows in wet woodlands and thickets from Nova Scotia to Minnesota and south to Florida and Texas. Three-part leaves on each of two long stalks overshadow the flower, which consists of a conspicuous green-and purple-striped structure called a spathe ("pulpit") that rises on a separate stalk. The spathe curves in a hood over a club-shaped spadix ("jack") that, at its base, bears minute flowers. In late summer the plant produces a cluster of brilliant red berries that are poisonous to humans but are eaten by many wild animals
jack-in-the-pulpit: common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries
jack-knife: If a truck that is in two parts jack-knifes, the back part swings around at a sharp angle to the front part in an uncontrolled way as the truck is moving. His vehicle jack-knifed, and crashed across all three lanes of the opposite carriageway. if a large vehicle with two parts jack-knifes, it slides out of control and the back part swings towards the front part