English words for 'Any cetacean blackfish.'
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noun
- Any cetacean blackfish.
- a sperm whale (Physeter catodon, syn. Physeter macrocephalus (family Physeteridae))
- North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica)
- North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
- small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school
- large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris
noun
- black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins
- any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
- small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America
- any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
- (Jamaica) The Jamaican coney (Geocapromys brownii), a hutia endemic to Jamaica.
- Alternative spelling of cony (“a rabbit, a hyrax”).
- Alternative spelling of cony (“a species of fish”).
- Ellipsis of Coney Island hot dog.
noun
- any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters
- flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America
- flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe
- a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish
- a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus
- found off Atlantic coast of North America
- A southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis), a marine fish of the Southern Hemisphere.
- A fish, Merlangius merlangus (family Gadidae), similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic; English whiting (US).
- in family Sciaenidae, Menticirrhus americanus (Carolina whiting, king whiting, southern kingcroaker, and southern kingfish) found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
- (Canada) Alaska pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus, syn. Theragra chalcogramma).
- A fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc.
- in family Sillaginidae, smelt-whitings, inhabiting Indo-Pacific marine coasts, many species of which are commercially important whitefish.
- A blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou), a marine fish of the Northern Hemisphere.
- (US) Any of several marine fish found in North American coastal waters, including hakes (genus Merluccius), especially Merluccius bilinearis (silver hake).
verb
noun
- any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
- flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fish
- Any of various carangid fish of genus Trachinotus or species Alectis ciliaris (African pompano), from coastal parts of the North Atlantic.
- (chiefly US) A Pacific pompano, an edible butterfish of species Peprilus simillimus.
noun
- Any fish in the genus Balantiocheilos.
- (countable) A noctuid moth of species Cucullia umbratica.
- (sports and games) A person who feigns ineptitude to win money from others.
- (ichthyology, countable) Any predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.
- Any fish in the genus Epalzeorhynchos.
- (informal) A relentless and resolute person or group, especially in business.
- (informal, derogatory) An ambulance chaser.
- (informal) A very good poker or pool player. Compare fish (a bad poker player).
- Someone who exploits others, for example by trickery, lies, usury, extortion.
- A roseline shark (Dawkinsia denisonii).
- (uncountable) Flesh of this animal, consumed as food.
- (UK, university slang, countable) A university student who is not a fresher that has engaged in sexual activity with a fresher; usually habitually and with multiple people.
- A person that excels in a particular field.
- (informal, derogatory) A sleazy and amoral lawyer.
- A paroon shark (Pangasius sanitwongsei).
- (paleontology, loosely) Any fish of the class Chondrichthyes, especially an extinct shark-like holocephalian.
- An iridescent shark (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus).
- any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
- a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest
- a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways
verb
noun
- A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
- A similar structure protruding from a projectile, used to help keep it on course.
- (UK, formerly Australia, slang) a five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds.
- (surfing) A similar structure on the bottom of a surfboard, used to help steer it.
- (nautical) The conning tower of a submarine.
- An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling.
- A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
- A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead.
- A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder.
- (ichthyology, zootomy) One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
- A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.
- a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish
- one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain
- the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
- organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals
- one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile
- a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)
verb
- (intransitive) (Of a fish) to swim with the dorsal fin above the surface of the water.
- (intransitive) To swim in the manner of a fish.
- (transitive) To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.
- (transitive) To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.
- propel oneself through the water in a finning motion
- show the fins above the water while swimming
- equip (a car) with fins
noun
- Any of various small sharks
- (Bermuda) Mustelus canis
- (UK) Scyliorhinus canicula or Scyliorhinus stellaris
- A kitefin shark, any shark from family Dalatiidae
- (Azores Is.) Scyliorhinus canicula
- A catshark, any shark from family Scyliorhinidae
- (Canada) Squalus suckleyi
- (US) The bowfin, Amia calva.
- (Namibia) Squalus acanthias, Squalus blainville, Squalus megalops, or Squalus mitsukurii
- (Barbados) Bodianus rufus
- (Trinidad and Tobago) Ginglymostoma cirratum
- Especially those from the family Squalidae
- (Guyana) Ginglymostoma cirratum or Mustelus canis
- any of several small sharks
- primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America
noun
- any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
- large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean
- cusk (Brosme brosme), a North Atlantic cod-like fish in the ling family Lotidae, the only species in its genus.
- in family Monodactylidae (fingerfishes, silver angelfishes).
- Mene maculata, of tropical coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific area.
- southern platyfish (Xiphophorus maculatus).
- opahs in the family Lamprididae.
- Most species of the genus Selene.
- Atlantic spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber).
- in family Molidae (ocean sunfish).
noun
- Any fish of the family Chaetodontidae.
- Any of several brightly colored fishes
- The flying gurnard (Dactyloptena orientalis).
- Exocoetus volitans, a flying fish of the Atlantic.
- The ocellated blenny (Opisthocentrus ocellatus).
- Pantodon buchholzi, a small brown fish of western African streams, often found in aquariums.
- A chiton, a mollusc of the class Polyplacophora.
- The butterfly cod (Pterois volitans).
- small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins; found worldwide
noun
- any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin
- slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters
- small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines
- The New Zealand fish Odax pullus, also known as greenbone.
- A rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus, an eel-like fish found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of the North Atlantic.
- (informal) A sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).
- Perciform fish of the family Stromateidae, including the genera Pampus, Peprilus and Stromateus.
noun
- Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae which dive into water for fish and other aquatic animals, found throughout the world except for islands in the centre of the Pacific Ocean; specifically, the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).
- large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish
noun
- Any fish in the percoid genus Datnioides.
- Any of the genus Pterois of east Asian lionfishes.
- A sea cucumber of the Indian Ocean (Bohadschia atra).
- (East Africa) A cichlid of species Rhamphochromis longiceps, native to the Lake Malawi basin.
- (Asia) jarbua terapon and related species in the family Terapontidae.
- (Africa) Any fish in the genus Hydrocynus of characins.
- Any barracuda.
- Any of the species Hoplias malabaricus and related characins in the family Erythrinidae.
- (Guyana) Any of the family Pimelodidae of catfishes.
noun
verb
noun
- any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas
- 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
- 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
- (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.
- A device used to hold a boot by the heel, to assist in removing the boot.
- (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.
verb
- hunt with a jacklight
- lift with a special device
- (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.
adj
noun
- Any cetacean blackfish.
- a sperm whale (Physeter catodon, syn. Physeter macrocephalus (family Physeteridae))
- North Pacific right whale (Eubalaena japonica)
- North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
- small dark-colored whale of the Atlantic coast of the United States; the largest male acts as pilot or leader for the school
- large whale with a large cavity in the head containing spermaceti and oil; also a source of ambergris
noun
- black-spotted usually dusky-colored fish with reddish fins
- any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food
- small short-eared burrowing mammal of rocky uplands of Asia and western North America
- any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes
- (Jamaica) The Jamaican coney (Geocapromys brownii), a hutia endemic to Jamaica.
- Alternative spelling of cony (“a rabbit, a hyrax”).
- Alternative spelling of cony (“a species of fish”).
- Ellipsis of Coney Island hot dog.
noun
- any of several food fishes of North American coastal waters
- flesh of any of a number of slender food fishes especially of Atlantic coasts of North America
- flesh of a cod-like fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe
- a small fish of the genus Sillago; excellent food fish
- a food fish of the Atlantic waters of Europe resembling the cod; sometimes placed in genus Gadus
- found off Atlantic coast of North America
- A southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis), a marine fish of the Southern Hemisphere.
- A fish, Merlangius merlangus (family Gadidae), similar to cod, found in the North Atlantic; English whiting (US).
- in family Sciaenidae, Menticirrhus americanus (Carolina whiting, king whiting, southern kingcroaker, and southern kingfish) found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the United States.
- (Canada) Alaska pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus, syn. Theragra chalcogramma).
- A fine white chalk used in paints, putty, whitewash etc.
- in family Sillaginidae, smelt-whitings, inhabiting Indo-Pacific marine coasts, many species of which are commercially important whitefish.
- A blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou), a marine fish of the Northern Hemisphere.
- (US) Any of several marine fish found in North American coastal waters, including hakes (genus Merluccius), especially Merluccius bilinearis (silver hake).
verb
noun
- any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
- flesh of pompano; warm-water fatty fish
- Any of various carangid fish of genus Trachinotus or species Alectis ciliaris (African pompano), from coastal parts of the North Atlantic.
- (chiefly US) A Pacific pompano, an edible butterfish of species Peprilus simillimus.
noun
- Any fish in the genus Balantiocheilos.
- (countable) A noctuid moth of species Cucullia umbratica.
- (sports and games) A person who feigns ineptitude to win money from others.
- (ichthyology, countable) Any predatory fish of the superorder Selachimorpha, with a cartilaginous skeleton and 5 to 7 gill slits on each side of its head.
- Any fish in the genus Epalzeorhynchos.
- (informal) A relentless and resolute person or group, especially in business.
- (informal, derogatory) An ambulance chaser.
- (informal) A very good poker or pool player. Compare fish (a bad poker player).
- Someone who exploits others, for example by trickery, lies, usury, extortion.
- A roseline shark (Dawkinsia denisonii).
- (uncountable) Flesh of this animal, consumed as food.
- (UK, university slang, countable) A university student who is not a fresher that has engaged in sexual activity with a fresher; usually habitually and with multiple people.
- A person that excels in a particular field.
- (informal, derogatory) A sleazy and amoral lawyer.
- A paroon shark (Pangasius sanitwongsei).
- (paleontology, loosely) Any fish of the class Chondrichthyes, especially an extinct shark-like holocephalian.
- An iridescent shark (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus).
- any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales
- a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest
- a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways
verb
noun
- A similar appendage of a cetacean or other marine animal.
- A similar structure protruding from a projectile, used to help keep it on course.
- (UK, formerly Australia, slang) a five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds.
- (surfing) A similar structure on the bottom of a surfboard, used to help steer it.
- (nautical) The conning tower of a submarine.
- An extending part on a surface of a radiator, engine, heatsink, etc., used to facilitate cooling.
- A thin, rigid component of an aircraft, extending from the fuselage and used to stabilise and steer the aircraft.
- A hairstyle, resembling the fin of a fish, in which the hair is combed and set into a vertical ridge along the top of the head from about the crown to the forehead.
- A sharp raised edge (generally in concrete) capable of damaging a roof membrane or vapor retarder.
- (ichthyology, zootomy) One of the appendages of a fish, used to propel itself and to manoeuvre/maneuver.
- A device worn by divers and swimmers on their feet.
- a stabilizer on a ship that resembles the fin of a fish
- one of a set of parallel slats in a door or window to admit air and reject rain
- the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one
- organ of locomotion and balance in fishes and some other aquatic animals
- one of a pair of decorations projecting above the rear fenders of an automobile
- a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)
verb
- (intransitive) (Of a fish) to swim with the dorsal fin above the surface of the water.
- (intransitive) To swim in the manner of a fish.
- (transitive) To provide (a motor vehicle etc) with fins.
- (transitive) To cut the fins from a fish, shark, etc.
- propel oneself through the water in a finning motion
- show the fins above the water while swimming
- equip (a car) with fins
noun
- Any of various small sharks
- (Bermuda) Mustelus canis
- (UK) Scyliorhinus canicula or Scyliorhinus stellaris
- A kitefin shark, any shark from family Dalatiidae
- (Azores Is.) Scyliorhinus canicula
- A catshark, any shark from family Scyliorhinidae
- (Canada) Squalus suckleyi
- (US) The bowfin, Amia calva.
- (Namibia) Squalus acanthias, Squalus blainville, Squalus megalops, or Squalus mitsukurii
- (Barbados) Bodianus rufus
- (Trinidad and Tobago) Ginglymostoma cirratum
- Especially those from the family Squalidae
- (Guyana) Ginglymostoma cirratum or Mustelus canis
- any of several small sharks
- primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America
noun
- any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies
- large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean
- cusk (Brosme brosme), a North Atlantic cod-like fish in the ling family Lotidae, the only species in its genus.
- in family Monodactylidae (fingerfishes, silver angelfishes).
- Mene maculata, of tropical coastal waters of the Indo-Pacific area.
- southern platyfish (Xiphophorus maculatus).
- opahs in the family Lamprididae.
- Most species of the genus Selene.
- Atlantic spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber).
- in family Molidae (ocean sunfish).
noun
- Any fish of the family Chaetodontidae.
- Any of several brightly colored fishes
- The flying gurnard (Dactyloptena orientalis).
- Exocoetus volitans, a flying fish of the Atlantic.
- The ocellated blenny (Opisthocentrus ocellatus).
- Pantodon buchholzi, a small brown fish of western African streams, often found in aquariums.
- A chiton, a mollusc of the class Polyplacophora.
- The butterfly cod (Pterois volitans).
- small usually brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes having narrow deep bodies with large broad fins; found worldwide
noun
- any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin
- slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters
- small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines
- The New Zealand fish Odax pullus, also known as greenbone.
- A rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus, an eel-like fish found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of the North Atlantic.
- (informal) A sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).
- Perciform fish of the family Stromateidae, including the genera Pampus, Peprilus and Stromateus.
noun
- Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae which dive into water for fish and other aquatic animals, found throughout the world except for islands in the centre of the Pacific Ocean; specifically, the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).
- large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish
noun
- Any fish in the percoid genus Datnioides.
- Any of the genus Pterois of east Asian lionfishes.
- A sea cucumber of the Indian Ocean (Bohadschia atra).
- (East Africa) A cichlid of species Rhamphochromis longiceps, native to the Lake Malawi basin.
- (Asia) jarbua terapon and related species in the family Terapontidae.
- (Africa) Any fish in the genus Hydrocynus of characins.
- Any barracuda.
- Any of the species Hoplias malabaricus and related characins in the family Erythrinidae.
- (Guyana) Any of the family Pimelodidae of catfishes.
noun
verb
noun
- any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas
- 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
- 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
- (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.
- A device used to hold a boot by the heel, to assist in removing the boot.
- (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.
verb
- hunt with a jacklight
- lift with a special device
- (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.
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