Unscramble jacks

Definition of jacks

noun:

• a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball. Synonyms: jackstones, knucklebones.
• a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack". Synonyms: diddley, diddly, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddlyshit, diddlysquat, doodly-squat, jack, shit, squat.
• a man who serves as a sailor. Synonyms: Jack, Jack-tar, gob, mariner, old salt, sea dog, seafarer, seaman, tar.
• someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor. Synonyms: jack, laborer, labourer, manual laborer.
• immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted. Synonyms: jack, jackfruit, jak.
• a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling. Synonyms: jack.
• an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug. Synonyms: jack.
• 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. Synonyms: jack, jackstones.
• small flag indicating a ship's nationality. Synonyms: jack.
• one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince. Synonyms: jack, knave.
• tool for exerting pressure or lifting. Synonyms: jack.
• any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas. Synonyms: jack.
• male donkey. Synonyms: jack, jackass.

verb:

• lift with a special device; "jack up the car so you can change the tire". Synonyms: jack, jack up.
• hunt with a jacklight. Synonyms: jack, jacklight.

Related words

amberfish, amberjack, bargee, bargeman, boatswain, bosun, bracero, cleaner, deckhand, digger, dishwasher, docker, dockhand, dockworker, drudge, faller, feller, fireman, gipsy, gravedigger, gypsy, hand, helmsman, hewer, hodman, itinerant, jackscrew, kingfish, leatherjack, leatherjacket, lighterman, loader, logger, longshoreman, lumberjack, lumberman, lumper, miner, mineworker, muleteer, navvy, officer, peon, pilot, platelayer, porter, roustabout, rudderfish, runner, sawyer, skinner, splitter, sprayer, stacker, steeplejack, steerer, steersman, stevedore, stoker, threadfish, tracklayer, whaler, woodcutter, wrecker, yardman, yellowtail.

Words nearby

jack.

Rhymes with

acts, ax, axe, fax, flax, lax, max, pax, relax, relax, sax, saxe, slacks, stacks, tax, wax.