Word: jack
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Synonyms: jack
waste time, dally, dawdle, loiter, linger, take one's time, delay, temporize, stall, procrastinate, pussyfoot around, drag one's feet, dither, hesitate, falter, vacillate, waver, hem and haw, shilly-shally, lollygag, let the grass grow under one's feet, tarry, dillydally, shillyshally, drag one's heels
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spanish
Translations:
sota, gato
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german
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stecker, hans, esel, hubpresse, springer, dose, docke, adapter, buchse, wagenheber, ...
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french
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bambin, valet, levier, lascar, marin, cochonnet, gosse, connecteur, gamin, gars, ...
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portuguese
Translations:
macaco, marfim
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dutch
Translations:
krik, vijzel, dommekracht
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russian
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таль, рычаг, стойка, лесоруб, перфоратор, джек, моряк, парень, сыщик, клин, ...
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finnish
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nosturi, töpseli, tunkki, pistoke, sotamies, jätkä
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czech
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spodek, hever, zdvihák, námořník, člověk, svírka, chlap, chlapík, páka, kluk
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polish
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dźwignia, kontakt, walet, lewar, chłopak, lewarek, podnośnik, jacek, majtek, marynarz, ...
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hungarian
Translations:
cimbora, orrárboc-zászló, bubi
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greek
Translations:
γρύλος
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ukrainian
Translations:
гіацинт, жакети
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estonian
Translations:
tungraud, eesel, vennike, soldat, john, pidur, jack
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croatian
Translations:
utičnica, momak
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lithuanian
Translations:
jūrininkas, jūreivis
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latvian
Translations:
matrozis, jūrnieks
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romanian
Translations:
marinar
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slovak
Translations:
konektor, hever
The meaning and "use of": jack
noun
- a device for lifting heavy objects, especially one for raising the axle of a motor vehicle off the ground so that a wheel can be changed or the underside inspected. - Finally, lower the jack so the wheel is back down on the road.
- a playing card bearing a representation of a soldier, page, or knave, normally ranking next below a queen. - Notice also that it is not legal for East to put the jacks in the front hand, because it would then not be possible to make a middle hand that was better and a back hand that was better still from the remaining ten cards.
- a socket with two or more pairs of terminals, designed to receive a jack plug. - The right side is home to an earphone jack , power socket and, under a cover, a USB 2.0 port.
- a game played by tossing and catching small round pebbles or star-shaped pieces of metal or plastic. - In Korea, young girls play a game of jacks , tossing small stones onto the ground, throwing a ball up in the air, and and trying to pick the stones up before catching the ball.
- in lawn bowling, the small ball at which the players aim. - Lawn bowling required four bowls for each player and a jack for a goal.
- a small version of a national flag flown at the bow of a vessel in harbor to indicate its nationality. - At daylight we hoisted the jack for a pilot and a Delaware pilot came off, Boat C, but couldn't take us to New York.
- a device for turning a spit. - When running a spit from a weight driven clockwork jack , it is essential to ensure that the joint or bird is properly centred, or the spit may stop running.
- a part of the mechanism in a spinet or harpsichord that connects a key to its corresponding string and causes the string to be plucked when the key is pressed down. - Volume can be increased only by engaging more sets of strings and jacks .
- a marine fish that is typically laterally compressed with a row of large spiky scales along each side. Jacks are important in many places as food or game fish. - On any dive one can easily spot angel fish, manta rays, hammerhead sharks, jacks and trevailles, barracudas… Finding Nemo would be impossible if he got lost here.
- the male of some animals, especially a merlin or an ass. - A mule results from a cross between a female horse, or mare, and a male donkey, or jack .
- used in names of animals that are smaller than similar kinds, e.g., jacksnipe. - The Jack Snipe is an extremely difficult bird to see, partly because they are not very common but mostly because they are so well-camouflaged they will often sit unnoticed and let you walk past them.
- take (something) illicitly; steal. - his MO in the studio remains the same—jack other people's tracks and present them in a new context
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