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Substantiivit

1. A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, e.g. screw jack, scissor jack, hydraulic jack, ratchet jack, scaffold jack.
2. A jackfruit tree.
3. A coarse mediaeval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.
4. A man or men in general.
5. A male animal.
6. A male ass.
7. (card games) 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.
8. (archaic) A knave (a servant or later, a deceitful man).
9. Mangifera caesia, related to the mango tree.
10. A surface-mounted connector for electrical, especially telecommunications, equipment.
11. (sports) A target ball in bowls, etc; a jack-ball.
12. (games) A small, six-pointed playing piece used in the game of jacks.
13. (colloquial, euphemistic) Nothing, jack shit.
14. (nautical) A small flag at the bow of a ship.
15. (nautical) A naval ensign flag flown from the main mast, mizzen mast, or the aft-most major mast of (especially) British sailing warships; Union Jack.
16. (military) A coarse and cheap medieval coat of defense, especially one made of leather.
17. 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.)
18. (slang) Money.
19. (slang, Appalachians) A smooth often ovoid large gravel or small cobble in a natural water course.
20. A common name for the freshwater pike, green pike or pickerel.
21. A large California rockfish.
22. Any marine fish or the species of the Carangidae family.
23. (obsolete, nautical) A sailor; a "jack tar".
24. (obsolete) A pitcher or can of waxed leather, supposed to resemble a jackboot; a black-jack.
25. (UK, dialect, obsolete) A drinking measure holding half a pint or, sometimes, a quarter of a pint.
26. A mechanical contrivance, an auxiliary machine, or a subordinate part of a machine.
27. A device to pull off boots.
28. A sawhorse or sawbuck.
29. A machine for turning a spit; a smokejack.
30. (mining) A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting.
31. A lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles in a knitting machine.
32. A grating to separate and guide the threads in a warping machine; a heck box.
33. A machine for twisting the sliver as it leaves the carding machine.
34. A compact, portable machine for planing metal.
35. A machine for slicking or pebbling leather.
36. A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for multiplying speed.
37. A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught.
38. In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece communicating the action of the key to the quill; also called hopper.
39. In hunting, the pan or frame holding the fuel of the torch used to attract game at night; also, the light itself.
40. (nautical) A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal shrouds; also called jack crosstree.
41. Female ended electrical connector (see Electrical connector)
42. Electrical connector in a fixed position (see Gender of connectors and fasteners)

Verbit

1. (transitive, slang, baseball) To hit (the ball) hard; especially, to hit (the ball) out of the field, producing a home run.
2. (transitive) To use a jack.
3. (transitive) To raise or increase.
4. (transitive, colloquial) To steal something, typically an automobile. Contraction of carjacking
5. (intransitive) To dance by moving the torso forward and backward in a rippling motion.