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Meaning:

Interjection:

  • baseball A player has hit a home run

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Noun:

  • A common name for the freshwater pike, green pike or pickerel.
  • A male animal.
  • A man or men in general.
  • A mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object.
  • An order of marine fish in the ''Carangidae'' family.
  • archaic A knave (a servant or later, a deceitful man).
  • A surface-mounted connector for electrical, especially telecommunications, equipment.
  • ten and queen of any suit, picturing a knave or prince on its face. In some card games has a value of eleven based on its rank, but in many card games has a value of ten like the ''ten'', ''queen'', and king cards. Also called a ''knave''.
  • colloquial Nothing, jackshit.
  • games A small, six-pointed playing piece used in the game of jacks.
  • Large California rockfish.
  • military A coarse and cheap medieval coat of defense, especially one made of leather.
  • nautical A naval ensign flag flown from the main mast, mizzen mast, or the aft-most major mast of (especially) British sailing warships; Union Jack.
  • nautical A small flag at the bow of a ship.
  • nautical A sailor; a "jack tar".
  • Appalachians A smooth often ovoid large gravel or small cobble in a natural water course.
  • slang Jack Daniel's, a brand of American whiskey.
  • slang Money.
  • sports A target ball in bowls, etc; a jack-ball.
  • two-up A penny with a head on both sides, used for cheating. (Reference: Sidney J. Baker, ''The Australian Language'', second edition, 1966, chapter XI section 3, page 243.)
  • zoology A male ass.

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Proper noun:

  • male||, also used as a pet form of John.
  • archaic a soldier
  • informal A sailor.

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Verb:

  • slang|baseball To hit a home run.
  • slang|baseball To hit the ball hard.
  • colloquial To steal something, typically an automobile.
  • transitive To use a jack.

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