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Jak

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Noun

1. jack, jackfruit, jak

immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Jak

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noun
1. 
a man or fellow
2. 
a sailor
3. 
the male of certain animals, esp of the ass or donkey
4. 
a mechanical or hydraulic device for exerting a large force, esp to raise a heavy weight such as a motor vehicle
5. 
any of several mechanical devices that replace manpower, such as a contrivance for rotating meat on a spit
6. 
one of four playing cards in a pack, one for each suit, bearing the picture of a young prince; knave
7. bowling
a small usually white bowl at which the players aim with their own bowls
8. electrical engineering
a female socket with two or more terminals designed to receive a male plug (jack plug) that either makes or breaks the circuit or circuits
9. 
a flag, esp a small flag flown at the bow of a ship indicating the ship's nationality
Compare Union Jack
10. nautical
either of a pair of crosstrees at the head of a topgallant mast used as standoffs for the royal shrouds
11. 
a part of the action of a harpsichord, consisting of a fork-shaped device on the end of a pivoted lever on which a plectrum is mounted
12. 
any of various tropical and subtropical carangid fishes, esp those of the genus Caranx, such as C. hippos (crevalle jack)
13. Also called: jackstone
one of the pieces used in the game of jacks
14.  short for applejack, bootjack, jackass, jackfish, jack rabbit, lumberjack
15. US a slang word for money
16.  every man jack
17.  the jack
adjective
18.  jack of
verb (transitive)
19. 
to lift or push (an object) with a jack
20. electrical engineering
to connect (an electronic device) with another by means of a jack and a jack plug
21. Also: jacklight US and Canadian
to hunt (fish or game) by seeking them out or dazzling them with a flashlight
noun
short for jackfruit
noun
1. 
a short sleeveless coat of armour of the Middle Ages, consisting usually of a canvas base with metal plates
2. archaic
a drinking vessel, often of leather
noun
I'm all right, Jack

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Jak

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nounWord forms: plural jacks or jack
1.  [J-]; Informal
John1
2.  [oftenJ-]
a.  Obsolete
a common fellow or boy assistant
b. 
a man or boy; fellow
sometimes used as a slang form of address
c.  Rare
a sailor; jack-tar
d.  US
a lumberjack
e. 
a jack-of-all-trades
3. 
a. 
bootjack
b. 
Monterey Jack
c. 
smokejack
4. 
a fruit-flavored alcoholic liquor, as applejack
5. 
any of various machines used to lift, hoist, or move something heavy a short distance
hydraulic jack, automobile jack
6. 
a wooden bar attached to each key of a harpsichord, etc. that raises the plectrum when the key is depressed
7. 
a male donkey; jackass
8.  US
jack rabbit
9. 
any of various birds, as a jackdaw
10. 
a. 
any of a tropical, marine family (Carangidae) of predatory, silvery, percoid, game and food fishes with widely forked tails, including the pompanos and yellowtails
b. 
jackfish
11.  US, Slang, Obsolete
money
12.  Electricity
a plug-in receptacle used to make electrical contact
13.  Games
a. 
a playing card with a conventionalized picture of a royal male servant or soldier on it; knave
b. 
a small ball used as the center mark in lawn bowling
c. 
any of the small stones or six-pronged metal pieces used in playing jack noun
14.  US, Hunting
a torch or light used to attract fish or game at night
15.  Nautical
a small flag usually flown on a ship's bow to show nationality, often, specif., union jack
verb transitive
16. 
to raise by means of a jack
17.  US
to hunt or fish for with a light
adjective
18. 
male: of some animals

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