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Another word for jack

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jack

n.

An instrument for elevating
jackscrew, ratchet, jack, automobile jack, pneumatic jack, hydraulic jack; see also device 1, tool 1.
The male of certain animals
buck, stud, stag; see animal 2, bull 1.

every man jack

every man, everyone, all; see everybody.

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Another word for jack

noun

A person engaged in sailing or working on a ship.
Also used with uppercase: jack-tar, mariner, navigator, sailor, sea dog, seafarer, seaman. (Informal) salt, tar. (Slang) gob³. See sea
Fabric used especially as a symbol:
banderole, banner, banneret, color (used in plural), ensign, flag¹, oriflamme, pennant, pennon, standard, streamer. See substitute
(Slang)
Something, such as coins or printed bills, used as a medium of exchange:
cash, currency, lucre, money. (Informal) wampum. (Slang) bread, cabbage, dough, gelt, green, lettuce, long green, mazuma, moola, scratch. (Chiefly British) brass. See money

verb

To increase in amount.

Also used with up: boost, hike, jump, raise, up. See increase

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I packed enough food for Jack for three days.
She rose, anxious to be on her way but grateful to take Jack with her.
"No, Jack," Dan said.
Jack waited for her by the door, and she tucked the weapon Mrs. Watson gave her into one cargo pocket.
Subject to the rule as to the shortest distance to which the jack must be thrown (25 yds.), there is no prescribed size for the lawn; but 42 yds.

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