Qu'est-ce qu'un jacks?
Qu'est-ce qu'un jacks?
- often Informal A man; a fellow.
- One who does odd or heavy jobs; a laborer. One who works in a specified manual trade. Often used in combination: a lumberjack; a steeplejack. A sailor; a tar.
- Abbr. Games A playing card showing the figure of a servant or soldier and ranking below a queen. Also called knave.
- Games (used with a sing. or pl. verb) A game played with a set of small six-pointed metal pieces and a small ball, the object being to pick up the pieces in various combinations. One of the metal pieces so used.
- Sports A pin used in some games of bowling.
- A usually portable device for raising heavy objects by means of force applied with a lever, screw, or hydraulic press. A wooden wedge for cleaving rock.
- A device used for turning a spit.
- Nautical A support or brace, especially the iron crosstree on a topgallant masthead. A small flag flown at the bow of a ship, usually to indicate nationality.
- The male of certain animals, especially the ass.
- Any of various food and game fishes of the family Carangidae, found in tropical and temperate seas.
- A jackrabbit.
- A socket that accepts a plug at one end and attaches to electric circuitry at the other.
- Slang Money.
- Applejack.
- Slang A small or worthless amount: You don't know jack about that.
- To hunt or fish for with a jacklight: hunters illegally jacking deer.
- To move or hoist by using a jack. Often used with up: jacked the rear of the car to replace the tire. To raise (something) to a higher level, as in cost. Often used with up:"Foreign producers jacked up the price on some steels by over 100%"(Forbes).
- Baseball To hit (a pitched ball) hard, especially for a home run.
- Slang To steal: Someone jacked my bike. To rob or cheat: The dealer jacked me on the price.
- To hunt or fish by using a jacklight.
- To plug into an electronic device by means of a jack.
- To spend time idly.
- To toy, tinker, or mess: He's been jacking around with that motor for days.
- To take unfair advantage of, deceive, or manipulate.
- To masturbate. Usually used of a man.