Any of several large food and game yellowtail fishes of the genus Seriola, found in warm waters of all oceans.
amberjacks
amberjacks
noun
plural of amberjack
anklejack
antihijack
applejack
applejack
noun
An alcoholic drink similar to apple brandy and calvados, made by freeze-distilling ("jacking") apple cider.
applejacks
applejacks
noun
plural of applejack
archjockey
askja
backjaw
backjoint
backjoint
noun
(architecture) A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.
banjuke
banjuke
noun
Alternative form of banjouke
barkinji
bekelja
bjork
blackjack
blackjack
noun
(aviation) A tool of leather filled with shot (or similar), resembling the weapon, used for shaping sheet metal.
(card games) A common gambling card game in casinos, where the object is to get as close to 21 without going over.
(card games) A hand in the game of blackjack consisting of a face card and an ace.
(card games) A variant of switch where each player is initially dealt the same number of cards, usually seven, and when one player plays a black jack the player whose turn comes next has to pick up that many cards, unless they play a red jack (as this normally cancels a black jack).
(weaponry) A small, flat, blunt, usually leather-covered weapon loaded with heavy material such as lead or ball bearings, intended to inflict a blow to the head that renders the victim unconscious with diminished risk of lasting cranial trauma.
A blackjack oak.
Any of a series of hard, dark soils, often considered low quality, but suitable for growing certain crops such as cotton.
Any of several species of weed of genus Bidens, such as Bidens pilosa, in the family Compositae.
The flag (i.e., a jack) traditionally flown by pirate ships; popularly thought to be a white skull and crossed bones on a black field (the Jolly Roger).
verb
To strike with a blackjack or similar weapon.
blackjacked
blackjacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackjack
blackjacking
blackjacking
verb
present participle of blackjack
blackjacks
blackjacks
noun
plural of blackjack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackjack
bluejack
bluejack
verb
(transitive) To send messages to (a device) anonymously using Bluetooth.
bluejacket
bluejacket
noun
(nautical) A seaman of a British warship
(nautical) An enlisted man in the US Navy.
A uniformed policeman.
bluejackets
bluejackets
noun
plural of bluejacket
bluejacks
bluejacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bluejack
bootjack
bootjack
noun
a V-shaped, or forked, device for pulling off boots.
bootjacks
bootjacks
noun
plural of bootjack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bootjack
buckjump
buckjump
verb
(Australia) Of a horse, to jump upwards with arched back and head down in an attempt to throw its rider.
(Australia) To take part in a buckjumping competition.
buckjumper
buckjumper
noun
A horse that buckjumps.
One who takes part in buckjumping.
carjackings
carjackings
noun
plural of carjacking
cheapjack
cheapjack
adj
shabby
noun
A peddler, a travelling hawker.
coinjock
crackajack
crackajacks
crackajacks
noun
plural of crackajack
crackerjack
crackerjack
adj
(US, slang) Referring to clothing items (pants, jersey, collar) that constitute the traditional blue uniform of the enlisted men of the US Navy.
Exceptionally fine or excellent; top-notch; high quality.
Expert, top-rated or high-performing.
noun
(US, slang) A U.S. Navy sailor.
(US, slang, in the plural) The traditional blue uniforms of the enlisted men of the US Navy.
(US, uncountable) Popcorn candied in molasses-flavored caramel and peanuts.
An exceptionally fine or excellent thing or person.
An expert or top-rated individual (e.g., a marksman).
crackerjacks
crackerjacks
noun
plural of crackerjack
crackjaw
crackjaw
adj
Difficult or unpleasant to pronounce.
crojack
crojik
crojik
noun
A triangular sail on old sailing ships.
crojiks
crojiks
noun
plural of crojik
crossjack
crossjack
noun
(nautical) On a mizzenmast, the lowest square sail
damkjernite
dejunkerize
demjanjuk
disjasked
disjasket
disjasket
adj
Alternative form of disjaskit
disjaskit
disjaskit
adj
(UK, dialect) worn out
djakarta
djasakid
djasakid
noun
A kind of medicine man among the Chippewa people.
djokjakarta
djuka
eijkman
endjunk
flapjack
flapjack
noun
(Britain) A bar made of (though not limited to) rolled oats, butter, golden syrup, and brown sugar, baked in a tray.
(US) A pancake.
flapjacks
flapjacks
noun
plural of flapjack; pancakes.
flipjack
forjaskit
forjesket
getmjlkost
gjuki
gjukung
hammarskj
hammarskjold
hammerskjold
highjack
highjack
noun
Alternative spelling of hijack
highjacked
highjacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of highjack
highjacker
highjacker
noun
Alternative spelling of hijacker
highjacking
highjacking
noun
Alternative form of hijacking
verb
present participle of highjack
highjacks
highjacks
noun
plural of highjack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of highjack
hijack
hijack
noun
(obsolete) A highwayman, robber.
(poker slang) Preflop, the position two before the dealer.
(politics) An amendment which deletes the contents of a bill and inserts entirely new provisions.
An instance of a seizure and redirection of a process.
An instance of hijacking; the illegal seizure of a vehicle; a hijacking.
verb
(computing) To change software settings without a user's knowledge so as to force that user to visit a certain web site.
(computing) To seize control of a networked computer by means of infecting it with a worm or other malware, thereby turning it into a zombie.
(politics) To introduce an amendment deleting the contents of a bill and inserting entirely new provisions.
To forcibly seize control of some vehicle in order to rob it or to reach a destination (especially an airplane, truck or a boat).
To seize control of some process or resource to achieve a purpose other than its originally intended one.
hijacked
hijacked
adj
Of a vehicle, aircraft, vessel, computer, etc.: whose control has been seized by force
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hijack
hijacker
hijacker
noun
(computing) Hijackware.
Someone who hijacks.
hijackers
hijackers
noun
plural of hijacker
hijacking
hijacking
noun
The act of one who hijacks; the seizure of vehicles.
The instance of such an act; the seizure of a vehicle.
verb
present participle of hijack
hijackings
hijackings
noun
plural of hijacking
hijacks
hijacks
noun
plural of hijack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hijack
hijinks
hijinks
noun
Alternative spelling of high jinks
hkj
hlidhskjalf
hlithskjalf
horsejockey
hujsak
ikeja
inkjet
inkjet
noun
A device, particularly one used in the printing of documents, which propels tiny droplets of ink to the paper.
An inkjet printer.
jabberwock
jabberwock
Proper noun
A fantastical dreaded monster with flaming eyes.
jabberwockian
jabberwockies
jabberwockies
noun
plural of jabberwocky
jabberwocky
jabberwocky
adj
absurd, nonsense, nonsensical
meaningless, worthless
noun
invented or meaningless language; nonsense
jablonsky
jack
jack
adj
(Australia) Tired, disillusioned; fed up (with).
noun
(Canada, US, colloquial) A lumberjack.
(India, historical, slang) A sepoy.
(UK, regional, now rare, historical) A measure of liquid corresponding to a quarter of a pint.
(US) A jackrabbit.
(US) A torch or other light used in hunting to attract or dazzle game at night.
(apparently does not occur standalone for the genus per se) Plant of the genus Emex, also considered synonymous to Rumex, if not then containing two species lesser jack and little jack for Emex spinosa syn. Rumex spinosus, Australian English three-corner jack and prickly jack for Emex australis syn. Rumex hypogaeus.
(bowls) A small, typically white, ball used as the target ball in bowls; a jack-ball.
(card games, originally colloquial) The lowest court card in a deck of standard playing cards, ranking between the 10 and queen, with an image of a knave or pageboy on it.
(chiefly US) A male ass, especially when kept for breeding.
(chiefly capitalized) A name applied to a hypothetical or typical man.
(colloquial) A sailor.
(colloquial) Plant in the genus Arisaema, also known as Jack-in-the-pulpit, and capitalized Jack.
(colloquial) Spadix of a plant (also capitalized Jack).
(colloquial, euphemistic) Nothing, jack shit.
(countable, now chiefly US) A man, a fellow; a typical man; men in general.
(cricket, slang) The eleventh batsman to come to the crease in an innings.
(electronics) A switch for a jack plug, a jackknife switch; (more generally) a socket used to connect a device to a circuit, network etc.
(games) A small, six-pointed playing piece used in the game of jacks.
(mining, now rare) A wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting.
(nautical) A small ship's flag used as a signal or identifying device; a small flag flown at the bow of the vessel.
(nautical, now rare, historical) A jack crosstree.
(now historical, regional) A pitcher or other vessel for holding liquid, especially alcoholic drink; a black-jack.
(now rare) A manual laborer.
(obsolete) A grating device used to separate and guide the threads in a warping machine; a heck box.
(obsolete) A machine for twisting the sliver as it leaves a carding machine, in the preparation of yarn.
(obsolete) A support for wood being sawn; a sawhorse or sawbuck.
(obsolete, slang) A fake coin designed to look like a sovereign.
(slang) A policeman or detective; (Australia) a military policeman.
(slang, Appalachians) A smooth often ovoid large gravel or small cobble in a natural water course.
(slang, baseball) A home run.
(slang, chiefly US) Money.
A coarse mediaeval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.
A device for turning a spit; a smokejack or roasting jack.
A device used to hold a boot by the heel, to assist in removing the boot.
A large California rockfish, the bocaccio, Sebastes paucispinis.
A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, now especially to lift one side of a motor vehicle when (e.g.) changing a tyre.
A pike, especially when young.
Any of the marine fish in the family Carangidae.
Any of various levers for raising or lowering the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles in a knitting machine or stocking frame.
Each of a series of blocks in a harpsichord or the earlier virginal, communicating the action of the key to the quill; sometime also, a hopper in a modern piano.
Mangifera caesia, related to the mango tree.
The edible fruit of the Asian tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus); also the tree itself.
The related tree Mangifera caesia.
verb
(colloquial, vulgar) To jack off, to masturbate.
(intransitive) To dance by moving the torso forward and backward in a rippling motion.
(transitive) To physically raise using a jack.
(transitive) To raise or increase.
(transitive, colloquial) To steal something, typically an automobile.
(transitive, slang, baseball) To hit (the ball) hard; especially, to hit (the ball) out of the field, producing a home run.
To increase the potency of an alcoholic beverage similarly to distillation by chilling it to below the freezing point of water, removing the water ice crystals that form, and leaving the still-liquid alcoholic portion.
jackal
jackal
noun
(derogatory) A person who behaves in an opportunistic way; especially a base collaborator.
(rugby union) A player who steals the ball at the tackle.
(slang, rare) A jack (the playing card).
A person who performs menial/routine tasks, a dogsbody.
Any of certain wild canids of the genera Lupulella and Canis, native to the tropical Old World and smaller than a wolf.
verb
To perform menial or routine tasks
jackals
jackals
noun
plural of jackal
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jackal
jackanapes
jackanapes
noun
(dated, derogatory) An impudent or mischievous person.
(obsolete) A monkey.
plural of jackanape
jackanapeses
jackanapeses
noun
plural of jackanapes
jackanapish
jackanapish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a jackanapes.
jackaroo
jackaroo
noun
(Australia) A trainee station manager or owner, working as a stockman or farm hand; formerly, a young man of independent means working at a station in a supernumerary capacity to gain experience.
(Australia, Queensland, obsolete) A white man living outside of a white settlement.
verb
(intransitive) To work as a jackaroo.
jackarooed
jackarooed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackaroo
jackarooing
jackarooing
verb
present participle of jackaroo
jackaroos
jackaroos
noun
plural of jackaroo
jackash
jackass
jackass
noun
(Australia, obsolete) The laughing kookaburra.
(US, slang, uncountable) A kind of bootleg liquor.
(chiefly US) A foolish or stupid person.
(chiefly US) An inappropriately rude or obnoxious person.
(poker slang) A jack and an ace as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
A male donkey.
verb
(rare, intransitive) To behave very obnoxiously.
jackasseries
jackasseries
noun
plural of jackassery
jackassery
jackassery
noun
The foolish or obnoxious behaviour of a jackass.
jackasses
jackasses
noun
plural of jackass
jackassification
jackassification
noun
(nonce word) The condition or process of being or becoming a jackass (stupid person).
jackassism
jackassism
noun
Foolish behaviour; stupidity.
jackassness
jackassness
noun
foolishness; idiocy
jackbird
jackbird
noun
A saddleback (Philesturnus) in its first-year plumage, once thought to be a separate species.
jackboot
jackboot
noun
(informal, by extension) The spirit that motivates a totalitarian or overly militaristic regime or policy.
A glossy leather calf-covering military boot, commonly associated with German soldiers of the WWII era.
verb
(intransitive) To march in jackboots.
(transitive) To stamp on with a jackboot.
jackbooted
jackbooted
adj
(figuratively) Authoritarian or oppressive, especially in a cruel or violent manner.
Wearing jackboots.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackboot
jackboots
jackboots
noun
plural of jackboot
jackbox
jackbox
noun
A device for routing electrical signals by means of a number of jacks.
jackboy
jackboy
noun
A street thug who is part of a gang of thieves.
jackdaw
jackdaw
noun
A Daurian jackdaw, a closely related Asian bird (Coloeus dauuricus).
A European bird (Coloeus monedula) of the crow family, often nesting in church towers and ruins.
jackdaws
jackdaws
noun
plural of jackdaw
jacked
jacked
adj
(slang) Broken, imperfect, especially when followed by 'up'. (See jacked up)
(slang) High on drugs or stimulants.
(slang) Strong and/or muscled.
verb
(slang) simple past tense and past participle of jack (stole)
jackeen
jackeen
noun
(Ireland, derogatory) An arrogant lower-class person, especially in Dublin.
(Ireland, derogatory) Synonym of Dubliner, especially (obsolete or historical) an excessively Anglophile one.
jackelyn
jacker
jacker
noun
(archaic) One who hunts at night using a jacklight.
(colloquial) A computer hacker or pirate
(colloquial) A robber.
jackeroo
jackeroo
noun
Alternative spelling of jackaroo
jackerooed
jackerooed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackeroo
jackerooing
jackerooing
verb
present participle of jackeroo
jackeroos
jackeroos
noun
plural of jackeroo
jackers
jackers
noun
plural of jacker
jacket
jacket
noun
(Appalachia) A vest(US); a waistcoat (UK)
(Jamaica) A bastard child, in particular one whose father is unaware that they are not the child’s biological father.
(military) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
(slang) A police record.
A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat; coat (US)
A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
A protective or insulating cover for an object (e.g. a book, hot water tank, bullet.)
The tough outer skin of a baked potato.
verb
(transitive) To enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.
To confine (someone) to a straitjacket.
jacketed
jacketed
adj
Dressed in a jacket.
Encased or enclosed inside a jacket.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jacket
jacketing
jacketing
noun
(countable, UK, dialect, archaic) A thrashing; a beating.
(countable, uncountable) A protective or insulating cover for an object; a jacket.
(countable, uncountable) Material used to make jackets.
verb
present participle of jacket
jacketless
jacketless
adj
Without a jacket (book cover).
Without a jacket (coat).
jacketlike
jackets
jackets
noun
plural of jacket
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jacket
jacketwise
jacketwise
adv
In the manner of a jacket.
jackety
jackety
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a jacket.
jackey
jackfish
jackfish
noun
A jack (in any of the senses referring to types of fish).
jackfishes
jackfishes
noun
plural of jackfish
jackfruit
jackfruit
noun
A tree, Artocarpus heterophyllus, of the Moraceae family, which produces edible fruit.
The large fruit from this tree.
jackhammer
jackhammer
noun
A portable percussive power tool that combines a hammer and chisel used to drill or break hard matter, for instance rock or concrete.
verb
(intransitive) To use a jackhammer.
(intransitive, figurative) To move like a jackhammer.
(of the heart or pulse) To beat hard, to pound.
(transitive) To break (something) using a jackhammer.
(transitive) To form (something) using a jackhammer.
(transitive, figurative) To move (something) like a jackhammer.
(transitive, figurative) To strike (something) repeatedly with force, to pound.
jackhammered
jackhammered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackhammer
jackhammers
jackhammers
noun
plural of jackhammer
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jackhammer
jackhead
jackhorn
jacki
jackie
jackie
Proper noun
A diminutive of the male given name Jack or John.
A diminutive of the female given name Jacqueline, Jacquelyn
jackies
jackies
noun
plural of jacky
jacking
jacking
noun
(colloquial) A street robbery.
verb
present participle of jack
jackknife
jackknife
noun
(statistics) A resampling method that applies estimators to all subsamples that each omit a single different group (possibly of a single datapoint) of the original sample to provide a sample distribution of the estimate.
Alternative spelling of jack-knife
jackknifed
jackknifed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackknife
jackknifes
jackknifes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jackknife
jackknifing
jackknifing
verb
present participle of jackknife
jackknives
jackknives
noun
plural of jackknife
jackleg
jackleg
adj
(US) Amateur, untrained; incompetent.
(US) Dishonest, unscrupulous.
(US) Ineptly built or operated; makeshift.
noun
(US) A shyster or con artist; a gambler who cheats; a generally dishonest or reprehensible person.
(US) An amateur; an untrained or incompetent person.
A type of drill operated by means of compressed air.
jacklegs
jacklegs
noun
plural of jackleg
jacklight
jacklight
noun
(Canada, US) A spotlight or lamp mounted on a car.
verb
(hunting, US, Canada) To shine a jacklight or spotlight on an animal, usually a deer, to aid in hunting at night.
jacklighted
jacklighter
jacklighter
noun
A hunter who jacklights.
jacklighting
jacklighting
noun
(hunting, US, Canada) The action of the verb to jacklight; the act of illuminating an animal for the purpose of hunting.