English words for 'Alternative form of boot jack'
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noun
- A bootmaker's tool for crimping boot fronts.
- (Canada, US) Any of various flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae or Bothidae.
- A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder (Platichthys flesus).
- flesh of any of various American and European flatfish
- any of various European and non-European marine flatfish
verb
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- A device used to hold a boot by the heel, to assist in removing the boot.
- (slang, baseball) A home run.
- (US) A jackrabbit.
- (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.
- (glassblowing) a tool used in manual production of glass objects (like bottles or wine glasses).
- (countable, now chiefly US) A man, a fellow; a typical man; men in general.
- (slang, chiefly US) Money, cash.
- (colloquial) A sailor.
- Any of the marine fish in the family Carangidae.
- A pike, especially when young.
- The edible fruit of the Asian tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus); also the tree itself.
- (India, historical, slang) A sepoy.
- (chiefly US) A male ass, especially when kept for breeding.
- (slang) A policeman or detective; (Australia) a military policeman.
- (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.
- A device for turning a spit; a smokejack or roasting jack.
- (games) A small, six-pointed playing piece used in the game of jacks.
- (slang, euphemistic) Nothing, not anything, jack shit.
- 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.
- (US) A torch or other light used in hunting to attract or dazzle game at night.
- A coarse medieval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.
- A large California rockfish, the bocaccio, Sebastes paucispinis.
- (Canada, US, colloquial) A lumberjack.
- (colloquial) Plant in the genus Arisaema, also known as Jack-in-the-pulpit, and capitalized Jack.
- (electronics) A switch for a jack plug, a jackknife switch; (more generally) a socket used to connect a device to a circuit, network etc.
- (chiefly capitalized) A name applied to a hypothetical or typical man.
- (Canada, US) A strong alcoholic liquor, especially home-distilled or illicit.
- (colloquial) Spadix of a plant (also capitalized Jack).
- (bowls) A small, typically white, ball used as the target ball in bowls; a jack-ball.
- (nautical) A small ship's flag used as a signal or identifying device; a small flag flown at the bow of the vessel.
- 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.
- Mangifera caesia, related to the mango tree.
- (slang, Appalachians) A smooth often ovoid large gravel or small cobble in a natural water course.
- The related tree Mangifera caesia.
- (now historical, regional) A pitcher or other vessel for holding liquid, especially alcoholic drink; a black-jack.
- 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.
- (cricket, slang) The eleventh batsman to come to the crease in an innings.
- game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks
- a small worthless amount
- small flag indicating a ship's nationality
- male donkey
- any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas
- a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling
- tool for exerting pressure or lifting
- immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted
- an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug
- someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
- one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince
adj
verb
- (colloquial, vulgar) To jack off, to masturbate.
- (transitive, slang, baseball) To hit (the ball) hard; especially, to hit (the ball) out of the field, producing a home run.
- (intransitive or transitive, informal) To jerk or move by jerking; to remove or move (something).
- (Memphis African-American slang) To fight.
- (transitive) To raise or increase.
- (intransitive) To dance by moving the torso forward and backward in a rippling motion.
- (transitive, colloquial) To steal (something), typically an automobile; to rob (someone).
- (transitive) To physically raise using a jack.
- 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.
- hunt with a jacklight
- lift with a special device
noun
- the part of a boot above the instep
- The part of a boot that is above the instep.
- whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash
- An illegally produced, transported, or sold product.
- (music) An unauthorized recording; for example, of a live concert.
- (music) A remix or mashup that is a combination of two songs but that is not authorized and audited for copyright use; primarily in the electronic music scene.
- (American football) A play in which the quarterback fakes a handoff, conceals the ball against his hip, and rolls out.
adj
verb
- produce or distribute illegally
- sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol
- (ambitransitive) To make, transport and/or sell an illegal version or copy of a copyrighted product.
- (chiefly US, ambitransitive) To make, transport and/or sell illegal alcoholic liquor.
- (ambitransitive) To engage in bootlegging.
- (chiefly US, ambitransitive) To operate a mine illicitly.
noun
- A type of boot designed to be worn by soldiers during actual combat or combat training
- A type of heavy leather lace-up boot adopted mainly by heavy metal, punk and goth subcultures; comes in different colors and heights which are measured in the number of eyelets.
- a boot reaching halfway up to the knee
noun
- (computing) Initialism of BIOS boot specification.
- (computing) Initialism of BIOS boot sequence.
- Initialism of baby brine shrimp.
- (telecommunications, Internet) Initialism of bulletin board system or bulletin board service.
- (education) Abbreviation of Bachelor of Business Studies.
- (medicine) Initialism of Bardet-Biedl syndrome.
- Initialism of Bogart-Bacall syndrome
phrase
noun
- A loop (leather or other material) sewn at the side or top rear of a boot to help in pulling the boot on.
- (statistics) Any method or instance of estimating properties of an estimator (such as its variance) by measuring those properties when sampling from an approximating distribution.
- (computing) The process necessary to compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of the system or program.
- (figuratively) A means of advancing oneself or accomplishing something without aid.
- (computing) The process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory.
- a strap that is looped and sewn to the top of a boot for pulling it on
verb
- (by extension) To build or put together (something) by first building or putting together the tools, building blocks, ideas, etc., necessary to build (the thing).
- To expand or advance an activity or a collection based solely on previous actions, work, findings, etc.
- (statistics) To employ a bootstrap method.
- To help (oneself) without the aid of others.
- (computing) To compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of a system or program.
- (computing) To load the operating system into the memory of a computer. Usually shortened to boot.
- help oneself, often through improvised means
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noun
- A bootmaker's tool for crimping boot fronts.
- (Canada, US) Any of various flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae or Bothidae.
- A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder (Platichthys flesus).
- flesh of any of various American and European flatfish
- any of various European and non-European marine flatfish
verb
noun
- A device used to hold a boot by the heel, to assist in removing the boot.
- (slang, baseball) A home run.
- (US) A jackrabbit.
- (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.
- (glassblowing) a tool used in manual production of glass objects (like bottles or wine glasses).
- (countable, now chiefly US) A man, a fellow; a typical man; men in general.
- (slang, chiefly US) Money, cash.
- (colloquial) A sailor.
- Any of the marine fish in the family Carangidae.
- A pike, especially when young.
- The edible fruit of the Asian tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus); also the tree itself.
- (India, historical, slang) A sepoy.
- (chiefly US) A male ass, especially when kept for breeding.
- (slang) A policeman or detective; (Australia) a military policeman.
- (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.
- A device for turning a spit; a smokejack or roasting jack.
- (games) A small, six-pointed playing piece used in the game of jacks.
- (slang, euphemistic) Nothing, not anything, jack shit.
- 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.
- (US) A torch or other light used in hunting to attract or dazzle game at night.
- A coarse medieval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.
- A large California rockfish, the bocaccio, Sebastes paucispinis.
- (Canada, US, colloquial) A lumberjack.
- (colloquial) Plant in the genus Arisaema, also known as Jack-in-the-pulpit, and capitalized Jack.
- (electronics) A switch for a jack plug, a jackknife switch; (more generally) a socket used to connect a device to a circuit, network etc.
- (chiefly capitalized) A name applied to a hypothetical or typical man.
- (Canada, US) A strong alcoholic liquor, especially home-distilled or illicit.
- (colloquial) Spadix of a plant (also capitalized Jack).
- (bowls) A small, typically white, ball used as the target ball in bowls; a jack-ball.
- (nautical) A small ship's flag used as a signal or identifying device; a small flag flown at the bow of the vessel.
- 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.
- Mangifera caesia, related to the mango tree.
- (slang, Appalachians) A smooth often ovoid large gravel or small cobble in a natural water course.
- The related tree Mangifera caesia.
- (now historical, regional) A pitcher or other vessel for holding liquid, especially alcoholic drink; a black-jack.
- 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.
- (cricket, slang) The eleventh batsman to come to the crease in an innings.
- game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks
- a small worthless amount
- small flag indicating a ship's nationality
- male donkey
- any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas
- a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling
- tool for exerting pressure or lifting
- immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted
- an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug
- someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
- one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince
adj
verb
- (colloquial, vulgar) To jack off, to masturbate.
- (transitive, slang, baseball) To hit (the ball) hard; especially, to hit (the ball) out of the field, producing a home run.
- (intransitive or transitive, informal) To jerk or move by jerking; to remove or move (something).
- (Memphis African-American slang) To fight.
- (transitive) To raise or increase.
- (intransitive) To dance by moving the torso forward and backward in a rippling motion.
- (transitive, colloquial) To steal (something), typically an automobile; to rob (someone).
- (transitive) To physically raise using a jack.
- 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.
- hunt with a jacklight
- lift with a special device
noun
- the part of a boot above the instep
- The part of a boot that is above the instep.
- whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash
- An illegally produced, transported, or sold product.
- (music) An unauthorized recording; for example, of a live concert.
- (music) A remix or mashup that is a combination of two songs but that is not authorized and audited for copyright use; primarily in the electronic music scene.
- (American football) A play in which the quarterback fakes a handoff, conceals the ball against his hip, and rolls out.
adj
verb
- produce or distribute illegally
- sell illicit products such as drugs or alcohol
- (ambitransitive) To make, transport and/or sell an illegal version or copy of a copyrighted product.
- (chiefly US, ambitransitive) To make, transport and/or sell illegal alcoholic liquor.
- (ambitransitive) To engage in bootlegging.
- (chiefly US, ambitransitive) To operate a mine illicitly.
noun
- A type of boot designed to be worn by soldiers during actual combat or combat training
- A type of heavy leather lace-up boot adopted mainly by heavy metal, punk and goth subcultures; comes in different colors and heights which are measured in the number of eyelets.
- a boot reaching halfway up to the knee
noun
- (computing) Initialism of BIOS boot specification.
- (computing) Initialism of BIOS boot sequence.
- Initialism of baby brine shrimp.
- (telecommunications, Internet) Initialism of bulletin board system or bulletin board service.
- (education) Abbreviation of Bachelor of Business Studies.
- (medicine) Initialism of Bardet-Biedl syndrome.
- Initialism of Bogart-Bacall syndrome
phrase
noun
- A loop (leather or other material) sewn at the side or top rear of a boot to help in pulling the boot on.
- (statistics) Any method or instance of estimating properties of an estimator (such as its variance) by measuring those properties when sampling from an approximating distribution.
- (computing) The process necessary to compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of the system or program.
- (figuratively) A means of advancing oneself or accomplishing something without aid.
- (computing) The process by which the operating system of a computer is loaded into its memory.
- a strap that is looped and sewn to the top of a boot for pulling it on
verb
- (by extension) To build or put together (something) by first building or putting together the tools, building blocks, ideas, etc., necessary to build (the thing).
- To expand or advance an activity or a collection based solely on previous actions, work, findings, etc.
- (statistics) To employ a bootstrap method.
- To help (oneself) without the aid of others.
- (computing) To compile the tools that will be used to compile the rest of a system or program.
- (computing) To load the operating system into the memory of a computer. Usually shortened to boot.
- help oneself, often through improvised means
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