A coarse medieval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.
jack of plate
A man.
After Dinner they frisk away to some known Place of Rendezvous, where (at Night) every Jack has his Jill and every Jill has her Jack.
A device or utensil.
Our hero, among his other remarks, had obſerved, that in this place there was no ſuch utenſil as a jack, and that all the ſpits were turned by dogs, […]
The edible fruit of the Asian tree (Artocarpus heterophyllus); also the tree itself.
A mock living burial of the principal performer, who is placed in a pit, which is covered with planks, on the top of which a sacrifice is performed, with a fire kindled with jack wood (Artocarpus integrifolia) and a plant called erinna.
The related tree Mangifera caesia.
A home run.
The year before ('76) Kingman had 37 jacks with only 502 PAs. Is that the limit?
A placeholder or conventional name for any man, particularly a younger, lower-class man.
Well, if you ever plan to motor west / Jack, take my way, it's the highway that's the best / Get your kicks on Route 66
To physically raise using a jack.
He jacked the car so that he could replace the brake pads.
Tired, disillusioned; fed up (with).
In the end, black and white were both crawling on the ground in reconciliation. Both saying that they were plain jack of each other.
A unisex given name derived from a pet form of the name John. Occasionally a diminutive of other given names such as Jackson, Jacob, Jacqueline or Jonathan.
Since every Jack became a gentleman there's many a gentle person made a Jack.
A surname.
Jack Daniel's, a brand of Tennessee whiskey.
Transferred use of the personal name Jack. (cricket: eleventh batsman): An allusion to the jack in playing cards, which follows the 10.
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To raise or increase.
If you want to jack your stats you just write off failures as invalid results.
To hit (the ball) hard; especially, to hit (the ball) out of the field, producing a home run.
An excellent piece of work, Wayne thought, so good in fact, he wasn’t surprised when Bailey walked to the plate and on the first pitch jacked the ball far into the parking lot outside the left-field fence for a tournament winning homerun.
Before I leave, brush my teeth with a bottle of Jack.