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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) : [ gazetteer ]


  Jack, AL
    Zip code(s): 36346

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Jack \Jack\ (j[a^]k), n. [F. Jacques James, L. Jacobus, Gr. ?,
     Heb. Ya 'aq[=o]b Jacob; prop., seizing by the heel; hence, a
     supplanter. Cf. Jacobite, Jockey.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              You are John Rugby, and you are Jack Rugby. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. An impertinent or silly fellow; a simpleton; a boor; a
        clown; also, a servant; a rustic. ``Jack fool.''
        --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Since every Jack became a gentleman,
              There 's many a gentle person made a Jack. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also
        Jack tar, and Jack afloat.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. A mechanical contrivance, an auxiliary machine, or a
        subordinate part of a machine, rendering convenient
        service, and often supplying the place of a boy or
        attendant who was commonly called Jack; as:
        (a) A device to pull off boots.
        (b) A sawhorse or sawbuck.
        (c) A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke
            jack, or kitchen jack.
        (b) (Mining) A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by
            blasting.
        (e) (Knitting Machine) A lever for depressing the sinkers
            which push the loops down on the needles.
        (f) (Warping Machine) A grating to separate and guide the
            threads; a heck box.
        (g) (Spinning) A machine for twisting the sliver as it
            leaves the carding machine.
        (h) A compact, portable machine for planing metal.
        (i) A machine for slicking or pebbling leather.
        (k) A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for
            multiplying speed.
        (l) A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent
            pipe, to prevent a back draught.
        (m) In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece
            communicating the action of the key to the quill; --
            called also hopper.
        (n) In hunting, the pan or frame holding the fuel of the
            torch used to attract game at night; also, the light
            itself. --C. Hallock.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     5. A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting
        great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body such as
        an automobile through a small distance. It consists of a
        lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any
        simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a
        compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever,
        crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a
        jackscrew, which is a kind of jack.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. The small bowl used as a mark in the game of bowls.
        --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Like an uninstructed bowler who thinks to attain the
              jack by delivering his bowl straight forward upon
              it.                                   --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     7. The male of certain animals, as of the ass.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     8. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) A young pike; a pickerel.
        (b) The jurel.
        (c) A large, California rock fish ({Sebastodes
            paucispinus); -- called also boccaccio, and
            m['e]rou.
        (d) The wall-eyed pike.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     9. A drinking measure holding half a pint; also, one holding
        a quarter of a pint. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     10. (Naut.)
         (a) A flag, containing only the union, without the fly,
             usually hoisted on a jack staff at the bowsprit cap;
             -- called also union jack. The American jack is a
             small blue flag, with a star for each State.
         (b) A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead,
             to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal
             shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree. --R. H.
             Dana, Jr.
             [1913 Webster]
  
     11. The knave of a suit of playing cards.
  
     12. (pl.) A game played with small (metallic, with
         tetrahedrally oriented spikes) objects (the jacks(1950+),
         formerly jackstones) that are tossed, caught, picked up,
         and arranged on a horizontal surface in various patterns;
         in the modern American game, the movements are
         accompanied by tossing or bouncing a rubber ball on the
         horizontal surface supporting the jacks. same as
         jackstones.
         [PJC]
  
     13. Money. [slang]
         [PJC]
  
     14. Apple jack.
         [PJC]
  
     15. Brandy.
         [PJC]
  
     Note: Jack is used adjectively in various senses. It
           sometimes designates something cut short or diminished
           in size; as, a jack timber; a jack rafter; a jack arch,
           etc.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Jack arch, an arch of the thickness of one brick.
  
     Jack back (Brewing & Malt Vinegar Manuf.), a cistern which
        receives the wort. See under 1st Back.
  
     Jack block (Naut.), a block fixed in the topgallant or
        royal rigging, used for raising and lowering light masts
        and spars.
  
     Jack boots, boots reaching above the knee; -- worn in the
        17 century by soldiers; afterwards by fishermen, etc.
  
     Jack crosstree. (Naut.) See 10, b, above.
  
     Jack curlew (Zo["o]l.), the whimbrel.
  
     Jack frame. (Cotton Spinning) See 4
         (g), above.
  
     Jack Frost, frost or cold weather personified as a
        mischievous person.
  
     Jack hare, a male hare. --Cowper.
  
     Jack lamp, a lamp for still hunting and camp use. See def.
        4
         (n.), above.
  
     Jack plane, a joiner's plane used for coarse work.
  
     Jack post, one of the posts which support the crank shaft
        of a deep-well-boring apparatus.
  
     Jack pot (Poker Playing), the name given to the stakes,
        contributions to which are made by each player
        successively, till such a hand is turned as shall take the
        ``pot,'' which is the sum total of all the bets. See also
        jackpot.
  
     Jack rabbit (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of large
        American hares, having very large ears and long legs. The
        California species ({Lepus Californicus), and that of
        Texas and New Mexico ({Lepus callotis), have the tail
        black above, and the ears black at the tip. They do not
        become white in winter. The more northern prairie hare
        ({Lepus campestris) has the upper side of the tail white,
        and in winter its fur becomes nearly white.
  
     Jack rafter (Arch.), in England, one of the shorter rafters
        used in constructing a hip or valley roof; in the United
        States, any secondary roof timber, as the common rafters
        resting on purlins in a trussed roof; also, one of the
        pieces simulating extended rafters, used under the eaves
        in some styles of building.
  
     Jack salmon (Zo["o]l.), the wall-eyed pike, or glasseye.
  
     Jack sauce, an impudent fellow. [Colloq. & Obs.]
  
     Jack shaft (Mach.), the first intermediate shaft, in a
        factory or mill, which receives power, through belts or
        gearing, from a prime mover, and transmits it, by the same
        means, to other intermediate shafts or to a line shaft.
  
     Jack sinker (Knitting Mach.), a thin iron plate operated by
        the jack to depress the loop of thread between two
        needles.
  
     Jack snipe. (Zo["o]l.) See in the Vocabulary.
  
     Jack staff (Naut.), a staff fixed on the bowsprit cap, upon
        which the jack is hoisted.
  
     Jack timber (Arch.), any timber, as a rafter, rib, or
        studding, which, being intercepted, is shorter than the
        others.
  
     Jack towel, a towel hung on a roller for common use.
  
     Jack truss (Arch.), in a hip roof, a minor truss used where
        the roof has not its full section.
  
     Jack tree. (Bot.) See 1st Jack, n.
  
     Jack yard (Naut.), a short spar to extend a topsail beyond
        the gaff.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Blue jack, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper.
  
     Hydraulic jack, a jack used for lifting, pulling, or
        forcing, consisting of a compact portable hydrostatic
        press, with its pump and a reservoir containing a supply
        of liquid, as oil.
  
     Jack-at-a-pinch.
         (a) One called upon to take the place of another in an
             emergency.
         (b) An itinerant parson who conducts an occasional
             service for a fee.
  
     Jack-at-all-trades, one who can turn his hand to any kind
        of work.
  
     Jack-by-the-hedge (Bot.), a plant of the genus Erysimum
        ({Erysimum alliaria, or Alliaria officinalis), which
        grows under hedges. It bears a white flower and has a
        taste not unlike garlic. Called also, in England,
        sauce-alone. --Eng. Cyc.
  
     Jack-in-office, an insolent fellow in authority. --Wolcott.
  
     Jack-in-the-bush (Bot.), a tropical shrub with red fruit
        ({Cordia Cylindrostachya).
  
     Jack-in-the-green, a chimney sweep inclosed in a framework
        of boughs, carried in Mayday processions.
  
     Jack-of-the-buttery+(Bot.),+the+stonecrop+({Sedum+acre" rel="nofollow">Jack-of-the-buttery (Bot.), the stonecrop ({Sedum acre).
        
  
     Jack-of-the-clock, a figure, usually of a man, on old
        clocks, which struck the time on the bell.
  
     Jack-on-both-sides, one who is or tries to be neutral.
  
     Jack-out-of-office, one who has been in office and is
        turned out. --Shak.
  
     Jack the Giant Killer, the hero of a well-known nursery
        story.
  
     Yellow Jack (Naut.), the yellow fever; also, the quarantine
        flag. See Yellow flag, under Flag.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Jack \Jack\ (j[a^]k), n. [Pg. jaca, Malayalam, tsjaka.] (Bot.)
     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. The fruit is of great
     size, weighing from thirty to forty pounds, and through its
     soft fibrous matter are scattered the seeds, which are
     roasted and eaten. The wood is of a yellow color, fine grain,
     and rather heavy, and is much used in cabinetwork. It is also
     used for dyeing a brilliant yellow. [Written also jak.]
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Jack \Jack\, n. [F. jaque, jacque, perh. from the proper name
     Jacques. Cf. Jacquerie.]
     A coarse and cheap medi[ae]val coat of defense, esp. one made
     of leather.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Their horsemen are with jacks for most part clad. --Sir
                                                    J. Harrington.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Jack \Jack\, n. [Named from its resemblance to a jack boot.]
     A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black
     jack. [Obs.] --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Jack \Jack\, v. i.
     To hunt game at night by means of a jack. See 2d Jack, n.,
     4, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Jack \Jack\, v. t.
     To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks. See
     2d Jack, n., 5.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Jurel \Ju"rel\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
     A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts
     ({Caranx chrysos), most abundant southward, where it is
     valued as a food fish; -- called also hardtail, horse
     crevall['e], jack, buffalo jack, skipjack, yellow
     mackerel, and sometimes, improperly, horse mackerel. Other
     species of Caranx (as Caranx fallax) are also sometimes
     called jurel.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Pike \Pike\, n. [F. pique; perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. W. pig
     a prick, a point, beak, Arm. pik pick. But cf. also L. picus
     woodpecker (see Pie magpie), and E. spike. Cf. Pick, n. &
     v., Peak, Pique.]
     1. (Mil.) A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long
        wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is
        now superseded by the bayonet.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a
        shield or target. --Beau. & Fl.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. A hayfork. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Tusser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. A pick. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. Raymond.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. A pointed or peaked hill. [R.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. A large haycock. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     7. A turnpike; a toll bar. --Dickens.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     8. (Zo["o]l.) sing. & pl. A large fresh-water fish ({Esox
        lucius), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a
        food fish; -- called also pickerel, gedd, luce, and
        jack.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Blue pike, grass pike, green pike, wall-eyed pike, and
           yellow pike, are names, not of true pike, but of the
           wall-eye. See Wall-eye.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Gar pike. See under Gar.
  
     Pike perch (Zo["o]l.), any fresh-water fish of the genus
        Stizostedion (formerly Lucioperca). See Wall-eye,
        and Sauger.
  
     Pike pole, a long pole with a pike in one end, used in
        directing floating logs.
  
     Pike whale (Zo["o]l.), a finback whale of the North
        Atlantic ({Bal[ae]noptera rostrata), having an elongated
        snout; -- called also piked whale.
  
     Sand pike (Zo["o]l.), the lizard fish.
  
     Sea pike (Zo["o]l.), the garfish
        (a) .
            [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Jack \Jack\ (j[a^]k), n. [Pg. jaca, Malayalam, tsjaka.] (Bot.)
     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. The fruit is of great
     size, weighing from thirty to forty pounds, and through its
     soft fibrous matter are scattered the seeds, which are
     roasted and eaten. The wood is of a yellow color, fine grain,
     and rather heavy, and is much used in cabinetwork. It is also
     used for dyeing a brilliant yellow. [Written also jak.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Jack \Jack\, n. [F. Jacques James, L. Jacobus, Gr. ?, Heb. Ya
     'aq[=o]b Jacob; prop., seizing by the heel; hence, a
     supplanter. Cf. Jacobite, Jockey.]
     1. A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John.
  
              You are John Rugby, and you are Jack Rugby. --Shak.
  
     2. An impertinent or silly fellow; a simpleton; a boor; a
        clown; also, a servant; a rustic. ``Jack fool.''
        --Chaucer.
  
              Since every Jack became a gentleman, There 's many a
              gentle person made a Jack.            --Shak.
  
     3. A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also
        Jack tar, and Jack afloat.
  
     4. A mechanical contrivance, an auxiliary machine, or a
        subordinate part of a machine, rendering convenient
        service, and often supplying the place of a boy or
        attendant who was commonly called Jack; as:
        (a) A device to pull off boots.
        (b) A sawhorse or sawbuck.
        (c) A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke
            jack, or kitchen jack.
        (b) (Mining) A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by
            blasting.
        (e) (Knitting Machine) A lever for depressing the sinkers
            which push the loops down on the needles.
        (f) (Warping Machine) A grating to separate and guide the
            threads; a heck box.
        (g) (Spinning) A machine for twisting the sliver as it
            leaves the carding machine.
        (h) A compact, portable machine for planing metal.
        (i) A machine for slicking or pebbling leather.
        (k) A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for
            multiplying speed.
        (l) A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent
            pipe, to prevent a back draught.
        (m) In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece
            communicating the action of the key to the quill; --
            called also hopper.
        (n) In hunting, the pan or frame holding the fuel of the
            torch used to attract game at night; also, the light
            itself. --C. Hallock.
  
     5. A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting
        great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body through
        a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and
        pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of
        mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or
        support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc.
        The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of
        jack.
  
     6. The small bowl used as a mark in the game of bowls.
        --Shak.
  
              Like an uninstructed bowler who thinks to attain the
              jack by delivering his bowl straight forward upon
              it.                                   --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
  
     7. The male of certain animals, as of the ass.
  
     8. (Zo["o]l.)
        (a) A young pike; a pickerel.
        (b) The jurel.
        (c) A large, California rock fish ({Sebastodes
            paucispinus); -- called also boccaccio, and
            m['e]rou.
        (d) The wall-eyed pike.
  
     9. A drinking measure holding half a pint; also, one holding
        a quarter of a pint. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
  
     10. (Naut.)
         (a) A flag, containing only the union, without the fly,
             usually hoisted on a jack staff at the bowsprit cap;
             -- called also union jack. The American jack is a
             small blue flag, with a star for each State.
         (b) A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead,
             to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal
             shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree. --R. H.
             Dana, Jr.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Jack \Jack\, v. t.
     To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks. See
     2d Jack, n., 5.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Jack \Jack\, n. [F. jaque, jacque, perh. from the proper name
     Jacques. Cf. Jacquerie.]
     A coarse and cheap medi[ae]val coat of defense, esp. one made
     of leather.
  
           Their horsemen are with jacks for most part clad. --Sir
                                                    J. Harrington.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Jack \Jack\, n. [Named from its resemblance to a jack boot.]
     A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black
     jack. [Obs.] --Dryden.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Jack \Jack\, v. i.
     To hunt game at night by means of a jack. See 2d Jack, n.,
     4, n.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Jurel \Ju"rel\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
     A yellow carangoid fish of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts
     ({Caranx chrysos), most abundant southward, where it is
     valued as a food fish; -- called also hardtail, horse
     crevall['e], jack, buffalo jack, skipjack, yellow
     mackerel, and sometimes, improperly, horse mackerel. Other
     species of Caranx (as C. fallax) are also sometimes
     called jurel.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  jack
       n 1: a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack" [syn: diddly-squat,
             diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley,
             squat, shit]
       2: a man who serves as a sailor [syn: mariner, seaman, tar,
           Jack-tar, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog]
       3: someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in
          manual labor [syn: laborer, manual laborer, labourer]
       4: immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit of; its
          seeds are commonly roasted [syn: jackfruit, jak]
       5: an electrical device consisting of a connector socket
          designed for the insertion of a plug
       6: game equipment consisting of one of several small objects
          picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks
       7: small flag indicating a ship's nationality
       8: one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a
          young prince [syn: knave]
       9: tool for exerting pressure or lifting
       10: any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical
           to warm-temperate seas
       11: male donkey [syn: jackass]
       v 1: lift with a special device; "jack up the car so you can
            change the tire" [syn: jack up]
       2: hunt with a jacklight [syn: jacklight]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  jack
     Γαλλικά n.
     το βύσμα

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Jack
     Γαλλικά n.
     ανδρικό όνομα
     Γερμανικά n.
     ανδρικό όνομα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  jack
     n.
     A coarse mediaeval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.
  (from 14th c.)
     a.
     (lb en AU) tired, disillusioned; fed up ((m en with)). (from 19th c.)
     n.
     1 ''A man.''
     2 # (lb en chiefly capitalized) A name applied to a hypothetical or
  typical man. (from 14th c.)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To physically raise using a jack.
     2 (lb en transitive) To raise or increase.
     3 To increase the potency of an alcoholic beverage similarly to
  distillation by chilling it to below the freezing point of water,
  removing the water ice crystals that form, and leaving the still-liquid
  alcoholic portion.
     alt.
     1 The edible fruit of the Asian tree (''Artocarpus heterophyllus'');
  also the tree itself. (from 16th c.)
     2 The related tree (taxlink Mangifera caesia species ver=220127).
     n.
     1 The edible fruit of the Asian tree (''Artocarpus heterophyllus'');
  also the tree itself. (from 16th c.)
     2 The related tree (taxlink Mangifera caesia species ver=220127).
     n.
     (lb en slang baseball) A home run.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive slang baseball) To hit (the ball) hard; especially,
  to hit (the ball) out of the field, producing a home run.
     Portuguese n.
     1 (l en jack) (gloss: an electronic connector mounted on a surface)
     2 (lb pt Brazil slang)  A rapist (specifically a male one)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Jack
     n.
     1 (lb en informal) (n-g: A placeholder or conventional name for any
  man, particularly a younger, lower-class man.)
     2 (lb en informal archaic) (ellipsis of en Jack Tar), a sailor.
     n.
     1 (given name en male from=Hebrew), also used as a pet form of John
  or more rarely, Jacob.
     2 (surname: en).
     3 (lb en colloquial) (w: Jack Daniel's), a brand of Tennessee
  whiskey.
     4 (place en unincorporated community co/Coffee County s/Alabama
  c/USA).
     5 (place en unincorporated community co/Dent County s/Missouri
  c/USA).
     Swedish n.
     (given name sv male)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  jack
     n.
     A coarse mediaeval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.
  (from 14th c.)
     a.
     (lb en AU) tired, disillusioned; fed up ((m en with)). (from 19th c.)
     n.
     1 ''A man.''
     2 # (lb en chiefly capitalized) A name applied to a hypothetical or
  typical man. (from 14th c.)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To physically raise using a jack.
     2 (lb en transitive) To raise or increase.
     3 To increase the potency of an alcoholic beverage similarly to
  distillation by chilling it to below the freezing point of water,
  removing the water ice crystals that form, and leaving the still-liquid
  alcoholic portion.
     alt.
     1 The edible fruit of the Asian tree (''Artocarpus heterophyllus'');
  also the tree itself. (from 16th c.)
     2 The related tree (taxlink Mangifera caesia species ver=220127).
     n.
     1 The edible fruit of the Asian tree (''Artocarpus heterophyllus'');
  also the tree itself. (from 16th c.)
     2 The related tree (taxlink Mangifera caesia species ver=220127).
     n.
     (lb en slang baseball) A home run.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive slang baseball) To hit (the ball) hard; especially,
  to hit (the ball) out of the field, producing a home run.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Jack
     n.
     1 (lb en informal) (n-g: A placeholder or conventional name for any
  man, particularly a younger, lower-class man.)
     2 (lb en informal archaic) (ellipsis of en Jack Tar), a sailor.
     n.
     1 (given name en male from=Hebrew), also used as a pet form of John
  or more rarely, Jacob.
     2 (surname: en).
     3 (lb en colloquial) (w: Jack Daniel's), a brand of Tennessee
  whiskey.
     4 (place en unincorporated community co/Coffee County s/Alabama
  c/USA).
     5 (place en unincorporated community co/Dent County s/Missouri
  c/USA).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  jack
     n.
     A coarse mediaeval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.
  (from 14th c.)
     a.
     (lb en AU) tired, disillusioned; fed up ((m en with)). (from 19th c.)
     n.
     1 ''A man.''
     2 # (lb en chiefly capitalized) A name applied to a hypothetical or
  typical man. (from 14th c.)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To physically raise using a jack.
     2 (lb en transitive) To raise or increase.
     3 To increase the potency of an alcoholic beverage similarly to
  distillation by chilling it to below the freezing point of water,
  removing the water ice crystals that form, and leaving the still-liquid
  alcoholic portion.
     alt.
     1 The edible fruit of the Asian tree (''Artocarpus heterophyllus'');
  also the tree itself. (from 16th c.)
     2 The related tree (taxlink Mangifera caesia species ver=220127).
     n.
     1 The edible fruit of the Asian tree (''Artocarpus heterophyllus'');
  also the tree itself. (from 16th c.)
     2 The related tree (taxlink Mangifera caesia species ver=220127).
     n.
     (lb en slang baseball) A home run.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive slang baseball) To hit (the ball) hard; especially,
  to hit (the ball) out of the field, producing a home run.
     Portuguese n.
     1 (l en jack) (gloss: an electronic connector mounted on a surface)
     2 (lb pt Brazil slang)  A rapist (specifically a male one)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Jack
     n.
     1 (lb en informal) (n-g: A placeholder or conventional name for any
  man, particularly a younger, lower-class man.)
     2 (lb en informal archaic) (ellipsis of en Jack Tar), a sailor.
     n.
     1 (given name en male from=Hebrew), also used as a pet form of John
  or more rarely, Jacob.
     2 (surname: en).
     3 (lb en colloquial) (w: Jack Daniel's), a brand of Tennessee
  whiskey.
     4 (place en unincorporated community co/Coffee County s/Alabama
  c/USA).
     5 (place en unincorporated community co/Dent County s/Missouri
  c/USA).
     Swedish n.
     (given name sv male)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  jack
     n.
     A coarse mediaeval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.
  (from 14th c.)
     a.
     (lb en AU) tired, disillusioned; fed up ((m en with)). (from 19th c.)
     n.
     1 ''A man.''
     2 # (lb en chiefly capitalized) A name applied to a hypothetical or
  typical man. (from 14th c.)
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To physically raise using a jack.
     2 (lb en transitive) To raise or increase.
     3 To increase the potency of an alcoholic beverage similarly to
  distillation by chilling it to below the freezing point of water,
  removing the water ice crystals that form, and leaving the still-liquid
  alcoholic portion.
     alt.
     1 The edible fruit of the Asian tree (''Artocarpus heterophyllus'');
  also the tree itself. (from 16th c.)
     2 The related tree (taxlink Mangifera caesia species ver=220127).
     n.
     1 The edible fruit of the Asian tree (''Artocarpus heterophyllus'');
  also the tree itself. (from 16th c.)
     2 The related tree (taxlink Mangifera caesia species ver=220127).
     n.
     (lb en slang baseball) A home run.
     vb.
     (lb en transitive slang baseball) To hit (the ball) hard; especially,
  to hit (the ball) out of the field, producing a home run.
     Portuguese n.
     1 (l en jack) (gloss: an electronic connector mounted on a surface)
     2 (lb pt Brazil slang)  A rapist (specifically a male one)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Jack
     n.
     1 (lb en informal) (n-g: A placeholder or conventional name for any
  man, particularly a younger, lower-class man.)
     2 (lb en informal archaic) (ellipsis of en Jack Tar), a sailor.
     n.
     1 (given name en male from=Hebrew), also used as a pet form of John
  or more rarely, Jacob.
     2 (surname: en).
     3 (lb en colloquial) (w: Jack Daniel's), a brand of Tennessee
  whiskey.
     4 (place en unincorporated community co/Coffee County s/Alabama
  c/USA).
     5 (place en unincorporated community co/Dent County s/Missouri
  c/USA).
     Swedish n.
     (given name sv male)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  jack
     Englanti n.
     1 (yhteys tekniikka k=en) nostin, talja; tunkki
     2 aasiori, urospuolinen aasi
     3 (yhteys arkikieltä k=en) heppu, kundi, jätkä
     4 (yhteys metsätalous k=en) jätkä
     5 paistinkäännin
     6 sahapukki
     7 (''pelikortti'') jätkä
     8 jakki, yksipiikkinen liitin
     9 (yhteys merenkulku k=en) rainelippu
     10 leipäpuu
     11 piikkimakrilli
     Englanti vb.
     1 nostaa, tunkata
     2 (yhteys kalastus k=en) tuulastaa

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Jack
     Englanti n.
     eräs mies etunimi

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  jack
     n.
     1 tunn skåra, oftast på huden, efter någonting vasst skurit igenom
  den
     2 uttag, t.ex. i vägg (för t.ex. telefon, el, kabeltv) eller från en
  apparat
     3 (tagg: slang) öga

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Jack
     n.
     (tagg: kat=mansnamn) ett mansnamn<ref>'''Statistiska
  centralbyrån''' (2020)
  [https://www.scb.se/hitta-statistik/statistik-efter-amne/befolkning/amnesovergripande-statistik/namnstatistik/pong/tabell-och-diagram/nyfodda--efter-namngivningsar-och-tilltalsnamn-topp-100/pojknamn/
  Namn – nyfödda pojkar 2019, topp 100] Jack på plats 49.</ref>

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  jack
     n.
     1 tunn skåra, oftast på huden, efter någonting vasst skurit igenom
  den
     2 uttag, t.ex. i vägg (för t.ex. telefon, el, kabeltv) eller från en
  apparat
     3 (tagg: slang) öga

From Swedish Wiktionary: Swedish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-sv-2023-07-27 ]


  Jack
     n.
     (tagg: kat=mansnamn) ett mansnamn<ref>'''Statistiska
  centralbyrån''' (2020)
  [https://www.scb.se/hitta-statistik/statistik-efter-amne/befolkning/amnesovergripande-statistik/namnstatistik/pong/tabell-och-diagram/nyfodda--efter-namngivningsar-och-tilltalsnamn-topp-100/pojknamn/
  Namn – nyfödda pojkar 2019, topp 100] Jack på plats 49.</ref>

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Jack /dʒˈak/
  جاك

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  Jack //d͡ʒæk// 
  1. Яков, Джак
  anglicized form of Jacques
  2. Джак
  pet name of John

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  jack //d͡ʒæk// 
  1. крик
  device for raising and supporting a heavy object
  2. жак
  female ended electrical connector
  3. мъжко животно
  male animal
  4. момче
  man or men in general
  5. кърмов флаг
  nautical: naval ensign
  6. вале
  playing card
  7. пари
  slang: money

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  jack //d͡ʒæk// 
  1. задигам
  steal
  2. вдигам на крик
  use a jack