dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/jac_MW.json

{
  "jack":{
    "antonyms":[
      "boost",
      "heave",
      "heft",
      "hoist",
      "upheave"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a device for turning a spit":[],
      ": a female fitting in an electric circuit used with a plug to make a connection with another circuit":[],
      ": a game played with a set of small objects that are tossed, caught, and moved in various figures":[],
      ": a male donkey":[],
      ": a playing card carrying the figure of a soldier or servant and ranking usually below the queen":[],
      ": a small 6-pointed metal object used in the game of jacks":[],
      ": a small national flag flown by a ship":[],
      ": a small white target ball in lawn bowling":[],
      ": a usually portable mechanism or device for exerting pressure or lifting a heavy body a short distance":[],
      ": a wooden brace fastened behind a scenic unit in a stage set to prop it up":[],
      ": an iron bar at a topgallant masthead to support a royal mast and spread the royal shrouds":[],
      ": any of several birds (such as a jackdaw )":[],
      ": any of various usually mechanical devices: such as":[],
      ": anything at all":[
        "\u2014 used in negative constructions In short, Dinger or Homer or whoever it was who wrote the Odyssey didn't know jack about travel. \u2014 Steve Rushin"
      ],
      ": applejack":[],
      ": brandy":[],
      ": jackknife sense 2":[],
      ": jackpot sense 1b(2)":[],
      ": jackrabbit":[],
      ": lumberjack":[],
      ": man":[
        "\u2014 usually used as an intensive in such phrases as every man jack"
      ],
      ": masturbate , jack off":[],
      ": money":[],
      ": monterey jack":[],
      ": rob":[
        "jack a store",
        "Droopy was always promising to rob old ladies, but so far had jacked only a pizza delivery man \u2026",
        "\u2014 Gini Sikes"
      ],
      ": sailor":[],
      ": servant , laborer":[],
      ": something that supports or holds in position: such as":[],
      ": to beat up or hurt (someone) : jack up":[
        "Cejudo dropped Cruz with that knee and was jacking him with punches with no real response from Cruz.",
        "\u2014 Dan Bernstein"
      ],
      ": to cause great excitement, enthusiasm, or energy in : jack up":[
        "Even Phil Mickelson, the Masters champion of a year ago and a three-time winner in 2005, can't jack the audience like Woods.",
        "\u2014 Gerry Dulac"
      ],
      ": to cause injury to (someone or something) : jack up":[
        "The next week, he jacked his knee in a practice incident \u2026, and it set him back a bit.",
        "\u2014 racerxonline.com"
      ],
      ": to copy or appropriate (something, such as an idea or style) : hijack sense 2a":[
        "Apparently I'd struck a nerve in that sensitive place called the male ego. In his mind I'd accused him of hip-hop's equivalent of treason\u2014 jacking someone's style.",
        "\u2014 Dream Hampton"
      ],
      ": to grab, shove, or handle (someone or something) forcefully : jack up":[
        "Behind the building he was greeted by several bruisers looking for blood. \"One guy jacked my horn out of my arms and threw it down,\" he [Ornette Coleman] says.",
        "\u2014 David Grogan"
      ],
      ": to hit (a ball) forcefully":[
        "Five batters later Martinez jacked an upper-deck grand slam off Mark Langston \u2026",
        "\u2014 Tom Verducci",
        "Big Mac turns it up another notch, jacking five homers in his last 11 at-bats to finish with an unreal 70.",
        "\u2014 ESPN",
        "\u2026 Mickelson took an aggressive line off the tee and jacked a lob wedge over the green.",
        "\u2014 Alan Shipnuck"
      ],
      ": to hunt or fish at night with a jacklight or similar bright light":[
        "\"\u2026 jacking involves the use of a high-powered light and a firearm at night. \u2026 Whether you are successful in getting a deer or not, it is an illegal act.\"",
        "\u2014 Blaine Henshaw"
      ],
      ": to hunt or fish for (an animal) at night with a jacklight or similar bright light":[
        "\u2026 if old-fashioned country stores were anything like ours is today, you could find just about any type of gossip you might want, from suspicions about who is jacking deer out of season to the darkest speculation about marital infidelities.",
        "\u2014 Cook's Illustrated"
      ],
      ": to increase in intensity, scope, etc. : jack up":[
        "In the same light, any student has heard of someone taking self-prescribed Adderall to jack their focus for the next big exam.",
        "\u2014 Zeno Yeates"
      ],
      ": to move or lift (something) by or as if by a jack (see jack entry 1 sense 3a ) : jack up":[
        "It meant that we had to jack the aircraft and check out the undercarriage system \u2026",
        "\u2014 John Revell",
        "Over 500 tons of pressure was used to jack the legs of the [Gateway] Arch apart for the last four-foot piece to be inserted at the top.",
        "\u2014 nps.gov"
      ],
      ": to raise the level or amount of (something) : increase , jack up":[
        "The company jacked their rates."
      ],
      ": to treat or confront (someone) in a harassing, rough, or overly aggressive and typically unwarranted manner : jack up":[
        "\"I honestly think the only reason I get jacked by the police is because I'm tall and black,\" said Maurice [St. Cyere], who is 5'9\".",
        "\u2014 The Bay State Banner"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Noun",
      "I'd buy that watch, but I don't have the jack right now.",
      "a Portuguese ship flying the national jack",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "And being a makeup and style jack -of-all-trades is your best bet for getting into and staying in the business, Neill said. \u2014 Madalyn Amato, Los Angeles Times , 28 June 2022",
      "As the boss, Zion kept toiling as a jack -of-all-trades \u2014 writing columns, selling ads, assigning and editing stories \u2014 all to keep the citizens of western Nicollet County, Minn., informed about what was happening in their community. \u2014 Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post , 27 June 2022",
      "This lightweight jack -of-all-trades sits right between intermediate and advanced. \u2014 Owen Clarke, Outside Online , 27 May 2022",
      "Area specialists replace jack -of-all-trades, and people bring different views and approaches. \u2014 Alex Borisov, Forbes , 13 May 2022",
      "As a bigger guard \u2014 6-5 and 215 pounds \u2014 the graduate transfer has a game that mirrors that of former OSU standout Jae\u2019Sean Tate as a jack -of-all-trades type of player. \u2014 Stephen Means, cleveland , 4 May 2022",
      "The team captain is a jack -of-all-trades who had 71 carries and five pass attempts during his collegiate career. \u2014 Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "The Jazz acquired Gay to be more impactful than that, with the idea being that the veteran could be a jack -of-all-trades player that the Jazz could pull out and use in a wide variety of situations and roles. \u2014 Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "But Allen\u2019s more impressive feat was adding a functioning 3.5mm headphone jack to the iPhone 7. \u2014 Chris Smith, BGR , 1 Mar. 2021",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "One thing that worries Tannenbaum is the risk of knock-on effects from the Fed\u2019s move to jack up interest rates. \u2014 Don Leestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 22 June 2022",
      "Nowhere were Rivian's missteps more obvious than in the disaster around its failed attempt to jack up the prices on existing reservation holders, most of whom had been waiting for delivery for well over a year. \u2014 Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune , 15 June 2022",
      "Eliminating exports would lower crude output and jack up global crude prices \u2013 which account for 60 percent of retail pump prices for gasoline and diesel. \u2014 Dan Eberhart, Forbes , 7 June 2022",
      "When Mayor Levi Boone, elected on the anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic platform of the Know-Nothing Party, attempted to jack up licensing fees and close the pubs on Sundays, an angry crowd descended on City Hall. \u2014 Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune , 22 May 2022",
      "This six-move routine\u2014which features lots of suggestions for modifications to make the moves more accessible\u2014will jack up your heart rate and work your entire body with simple, effective, and functional exercises. \u2014 Jenny Mccoy, SELF , 21 May 2022",
      "The concern is how the US economy in 2023 and 2024 withstands a series of interest rate hikes that will jack up the cost of mortgages, car loans, credit cards and business loans. \u2014 Matt Egan, CNN , 3 May 2022",
      "Pushups, of course, target your shoulders, chest and triceps, while mountain climbers once again hit your core and also help jack up your heart rate. \u2014 Jeff Tomko, Men's Health , 3 June 2022",
      "Not coming to America Here in the US, automakers had been running away from smaller, cheaper cars even before the pandemic blew up everyone's supply lines and caused dealers to jack up their prices so egregiously. \u2014 Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica , 25 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1548, in the meaning defined at sense 5a":"Noun",
      "1833, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 2":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English Jacke , familiar term of address to a social inferior, nickname for Johan John":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8jak"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bread",
      "bucks",
      "cabbage",
      "cash",
      "change",
      "chips",
      "coin",
      "currency",
      "dough",
      "gold",
      "green",
      "kale",
      "legal tender",
      "lolly",
      "long green",
      "loot",
      "lucre",
      "money",
      "moola",
      "moolah",
      "needful",
      "pelf",
      "scratch",
      "shekels",
      "sheqels",
      "shekelim",
      "shekalim",
      "sheqalim",
      "tender",
      "wampum"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222343",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "jack (up)":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a drilling rig used in offshore drilling whose drilling platform is a barge from which legs are lowered to the bottom when over the drill site and which is raised above the water and supported on the legs to conduct drilling operations":[],
      ": to beat up or hurt (someone)":[
        "A Gainesville man with a history of battery convictions has been charged with child abuse after police say he admitted to \" jacking up \" an 11-year-old boy, resulting in bruises still visible to officers three days later.",
        "\u2014 Sean P. McCrory"
      ],
      ": to cause great excitement, enthusiasm, or energy in (someone)":[
        "Nothing jacks up a rabid sports fan more than visiting a modern sports bar armed with a high-tech viewing experience \u2026",
        "\u2014 Monterey County (California) Herald",
        "With lead MC Will.I.Am and bandmates \u2026 bounding about the stage like aerobics instructors after a quadruple latte, the group jacked up the crowd with \"Let's Get It Started\" and its current single, \"Don't Phunk With My Heart.\"",
        "\u2014 Dan DeLuca"
      ],
      ": to cause injury to (someone or something)":[
        "Saturday I jacked up my neck and shoulder while I was warming up to play golf.",
        "\u2014 Patrick Dix"
      ],
      ": to grab, shove, or handle (someone or something) forcefully":[
        "One day, some jerk jacked him up against a locker. \"I'm in the air, feet dangling,\" recalls [Jim] Shea \u2026",
        "\u2014 Anne Marie Cruz"
      ],
      ": to increase (something) in intensity, scope, etc.":[
        "Jill [Gisvold] says she jacked up her training last fall \"because I had some shake-ups in my life, and I found that running helped me deal with it.\"",
        "\u2014 Bob Cooper",
        "This Miami Vice rerun is a change-of-pace episode, with the comedy jacked up and the drama toned down.",
        "\u2014 TV Guide"
      ],
      ": to move or lift (something, such as an automobile) with or as if with a jack (see jack entry 1 sense 3a )":[
        "She jacked up the car to change the tire.",
        "He jacked up his shorts.",
        "\u2026 steel rollers were situated at four points under the timber truss bridge, which had been jacked up above the temporary bridge.",
        "\u2014 Civil Engineering"
      ],
      ": to raise the level or amount of (something) : increase":[
        "jack up the price",
        "Most loans still do carry a bevy of fees \u2026 all of which have been jacked up \u2014in some cases doubled\u2014over the past year.",
        "\u2014 Fred R. Bleakley",
        "The club jacked up cash prizes for the race to $514,000, almost double last year's purse.",
        "\u2014 Kostya Kennedy",
        "\u2026 the city's powerful economy has jacked up demand for dwellings.",
        "\u2014 Ralph Bivens"
      ],
      ": to treat or confront (someone) in a harassing, rough, or overly aggressive and typically unwarranted manner":[
        "In recent months, the service has increasingly been contacted by youths who say they were \" jacked up \" by police\u2014stopped suddenly by anti-gang officers, frisked, questioned and sometimes roughed up, [David] Lynn said.",
        "\u2014 Los Angeles Times",
        "And in the course of being jacked up by the police, many claim they have been man-handled or physically mistreated.",
        "\u2014 Jeff Yang"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1853, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Verb",
      "1961, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8jak-\u02cc\u0259p"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-230340",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "jack crow":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a rare West African bird ( Picathartes gymnocephalus ) resembling a crow and having bluish gray back and wings, white underparts, and a bright yellow and black naked head":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125539",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "jack curlew":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": hudsonian curlew":[],
      ": whimbrel":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-203006",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "jack mackerel":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a fish ( Trachurus novaezelandiae ) of Australian and New Zealand waters that has a yellow tail fin":[],
      ": a fish of the northern Pacific Ocean ( Trachurus symmetricus ) that is iridescent green or bluish above and silvery below":[],
      ": a fish of the southern Pacific Ocean ( Trachurus murphyi ) that was formerly considered a subspecies ( T. symmetricus murphyi ) of the northern Pacific jack mackerel":[],
      ": any of several medium to large food and sport fishes (genus Trachurus ): such as":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In the northern Pacific, for example, the preferred habitat of two commercial species, jack mackerel and canary rockfish, could nearly double in size. \u2014 David Malakoff, Science | AAAS , 16 May 2018",
      "In their place were warmer water fish like jack mackerel and pompano, and a small plankton-eating creature called a pyrozome. \u2014 Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com , 17 Oct. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1882, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-195950",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "jack-tar":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": sailor":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1720, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8jak-\u02c8t\u00e4r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "gob",
      "hearty",
      "jack",
      "mariner",
      "navigator",
      "sailor",
      "salt",
      "sea dog",
      "seafarer",
      "seaman",
      "shipman",
      "swab",
      "swabbie",
      "swabby",
      "tar"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010600",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "jackass":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a stupid, annoying, or detestable person":[
        "\u2026 the weird thing about charisma is that trying to be charismatic backfires. By trying to be charismatic, you come off like a jackass .",
        "\u2014 Zo\u00eb Chance",
        "If you asked me ten years ago, I would have said, \"Hell no, I'm not a Caribbean writer! I'm a writer.\" Now, I'm like, \"That guy was a jackass . Don't listen to him!\" Of course, I'm a Caribbean writer.",
        "\u2014 Marlon James",
        "This episode is the story of a real jackass abuser who literally bullies an entire town in Missouri for decades.",
        "\u2014 smilepolitely.com"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Some jackass spilled his drink on my shoes.",
      "only a jackass would dive into a lake without first checking to see how deep the water is",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Go out there, have a good time, but don't be a jackass . \u2014 Lauren Huff, EW.com , 10 Mar. 2022",
      "Head jackass Johnny Knoxville is in prosthetics as his old-man character Irving Zisman. \u2014 David Fear, Rolling Stone , 12 Feb. 2022",
      "Emerson quotes aside, this guy is an arrogant jackass presenting himself as a monarch to a group of people who have no reason to pledge their fealty. \u2014 Sarene Leeds, Vulture , 3 Oct. 2021",
      "No more squeezing your tuxedo into the confines of a wetsuit and then waddling around like a jackass with a bird on your head. \u2014 Nick Romano, EW.com , 17 Sep. 2021",
      "In its most positive connotation, the word jackass refers to someone who pushes the boundaries of human physical capabilities for the sake of having a good time. \u2014 Maren Larsen, Outside Online , 27 Apr. 2021",
      "The spirit of the jackass was perhaps best typified by the eponymous 2000 MTV reality show, whose cast consisted of nine young men doing outrageous stunts\u2014like attempting to skateboard down a ramp of six treadmills\u2014and pulling pranks on each other. \u2014 Maren Larsen, Outside Online , 27 Apr. 2021",
      "Only a complete jackass would just spring them on an unsuspecting audience. \u2014 The Washington Post , 23 June 2020",
      "In less than 15 years, then, the jackasses have developed a spacecraft that has become something of a jack-of-all-trades. \u2014 Eric Berger, Ars Technica , 7 Apr. 2020"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1727, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8jak-\u02ccas"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "berk",
      "booby",
      "charlie",
      "charley",
      "cuckoo",
      "ding-a-ling",
      "ding-dong",
      "dingbat",
      "dipstick",
      "doofus",
      "featherhead",
      "fool",
      "git",
      "goose",
      "half-wit",
      "lunatic",
      "mooncalf",
      "nincompoop",
      "ninny",
      "ninnyhammer",
      "nit",
      "nitwit",
      "nut",
      "nutcase",
      "simp",
      "simpleton",
      "turkey",
      "yo-yo"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195655",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "jackdaw":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a common black and gray bird ( Corvus monedula ) of Eurasia and northern Africa that is related to but smaller than the carrion crow":[],
      ": grackle sense 1":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In reality, the narrative was more ordinary and the jackdaw was pinching hair from the deer\u2019s back to use in nest building. \u2014 Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes , 4 Apr. 2021",
      "This Eurasian jackdaw on top of a fallow deer seem to be part of some childhood fairytale, with the bird whispering a secret to the deer. \u2014 Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes , 4 Apr. 2021",
      "In these groups, regardless of size, each jackdaw adjusted its trajectory based on a fixed number of neighbors and always maintained order. \u2014 Harini Barath, Scientific American , 1 Feb. 2020",
      "Thatched cottages line a lush ravine that winds up a valley alive with the clack of jackdaws . \u2014 The Economist , 4 Oct. 2019",
      "Thatched cottages line a lush ravine that winds up a valley alive with the clack of jackdaws . \u2014 The Economist , 4 Oct. 2019",
      "Thatched cottages line a lush ravine that winds up a valley alive with the clack of jackdaws . \u2014 The Economist , 4 Oct. 2019",
      "Thatched cottages line a lush ravine that winds up a valley alive with the clack of jackdaws . \u2014 The Economist , 4 Oct. 2019",
      "Thatched cottages line a lush ravine that winds up a valley alive with the clack of jackdaws . \u2014 The Economist , 4 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1543, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8jak-\u02ccd\u022f"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-172014",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "jacked":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": having or being a highly muscular physique":[
        "He was annoying, but with his dark hair, green eyes, and jacked body, Perry was hotter than any man she'd ever seen.",
        "\u2014 Chris Clinton",
        "\"Let's be real \u2026 I've got a receding hairline, I'm slow and I'm probably not the most jacked up with abs and all that, but I'm still going to beat you one-on-one. Settle down.\"",
        "\u2014 Joe Ingles"
      ],
      ": high on drugs and especially stimulant drugs":[
        "A Wall Street stockbroker can get jacked up on cocaine before going into the trading pit, yet nobody questions his bottom line.",
        "\u2014 Chuck Closterman"
      ],
      ": injured or hurt":[
        "\"My neck is pretty jacked up , and a lot of it is because of what I've done in the past.\"",
        "\u2014 David Baas"
      ],
      ": very excited, enthused, or energized":[
        "The crowd was jacked .",
        "Jacked with adrenaline, he muscled up the long, knuckle-shredding crack \u2026",
        "\u2014 Jim Vermeulen",
        "\u2026 he still holds a grudge. He has to\u2014that's the way he gets jacked up for every play.",
        "\u2014 Gene Wojciechowski",
        "After hours of waiting, all jacked up on coffee and worry, here was something we could do something about.",
        "\u2014 P. J. O'Rourke"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1935, in the meaning defined at sense 4":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8jakt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-222626",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "jacked (up)":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": having or being a highly muscular physique":[
        "He was annoying, but with his dark hair, green eyes, and jacked body, Perry was hotter than any man she'd ever seen.",
        "\u2014 Chris Clinton",
        "\"Let's be real \u2026 I've got a receding hairline, I'm slow and I'm probably not the most jacked up with abs and all that, but I'm still going to beat you one-on-one. Settle down.\"",
        "\u2014 Joe Ingles"
      ],
      ": high on drugs and especially stimulant drugs":[
        "A Wall Street stockbroker can get jacked up on cocaine before going into the trading pit, yet nobody questions his bottom line.",
        "\u2014 Chuck Closterman"
      ],
      ": injured or hurt":[
        "\"My neck is pretty jacked up , and a lot of it is because of what I've done in the past.\"",
        "\u2014 David Baas"
      ],
      ": very excited, enthused, or energized":[
        "The crowd was jacked .",
        "Jacked with adrenaline, he muscled up the long, knuckle-shredding crack \u2026",
        "\u2014 Jim Vermeulen",
        "\u2026 he still holds a grudge. He has to\u2014that's the way he gets jacked up for every play.",
        "\u2014 Gene Wojciechowski",
        "After hours of waiting, all jacked up on coffee and worry, here was something we could do something about.",
        "\u2014 P. J. O'Rourke"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1935, in the meaning defined at sense 4":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8jakt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-164238",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "jackeen":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": an obnoxious self-assertive dude":[
        "a jaunty little jackeen with a rich brogue",
        "\u2014 R. B. D. French"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "jack entry 1 + -een (from Irish Gaelic -\u012bn , diminutive suffix)":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "ja\u02c8k\u0113n"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125258",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "jacket":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a covering that encloses an intermediate space through which a temperature-controlling fluid circulates":[],
      ": a detachable protective cover for a book":[],
      ": a garment for the upper body usually having a front opening, collar, lapels, sleeves, and pockets":[],
      ": a paper or cardboard envelope for a phonograph record":[],
      ": a thermally nonconducting cover":[],
      ": a tough cold-worked metal casing that forms the outer shell of a built-up bullet":[],
      ": a wrapper or open envelope for a document":[],
      ": an envelope for enclosing registered mail during delivery from one post office to another":[],
      ": an outer covering or casing: such as":[],
      ": something worn or fastened around the body but not for use as clothing":[],
      ": the fur or wool of a mammal":[],
      ": the natural covering of an animal":[],
      ": the skin of a potato":[],
      ": to put a jacket on : enclose in or with a jacket":[]
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      "Noun",
      "a suit with a double-breasted jacket",
      "slip the art book into its jacket so it won't get dirty",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
      "One standout was a leather jacket with broad, rounded shoulders (something Julia Fox, who sat front row, would definitely wear), another was an impeccably fit pink bodycon velour set of separates styles as a catsuit. \u2014 Jos\u00e9 Criales-unzueta, Vogue , 27 June 2022",
      "In the Dsquared2 beach world, shirts are optional, as Italian Olympic sprinter Marcel Jacobs demonstrated in the front row with his tattoos peeking out from beneath a leather jacket . \u2014 Colleen Barry, ajc , 17 June 2022",
      "On the cover art, Lopez poses in a cheetah-patterned dress while Allen wears his signature hat and a leather jacket with cheetah print lapels. \u2014 Tom\u00e1s Mier, Rolling Stone , 27 May 2022",
      "When a trailer for the movie premiered in 2019, viewers noticed that Cruise\u2019s iconic leather jacket was altered: A patch that in 1986 included the Japanese and Taiwanese flags now featured vague facsimiles of them. \u2014 Kira Bindrim, Quartz , 27 May 2022",
      "Take a note from Carson Daly's rocker getup from Halloween a few years back by layering a denim vest over a leather jacket for Bruce Springsteen's signature look. \u2014 Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping , 23 May 2022",
      "Neon Trees gave one of the more rousing performances Saturday, with lead singer Tyler Glenn \u2014 who was raised in the Latter-day Saint faith, and came out in 2014 \u2014 sporting a multi-color leather jacket . \u2014 Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune , 15 May 2022",
      "The star finished the look with a large jeweled choker necklace and a pair of brown sunglasses, adding a blue leather jacket in some pics. \u2014 Quinci Legardye, Harper's BAZAAR , 15 May 2022",
      "The model wore a skintight yellow dress by Coperni, an oversized black leather jacket by Junya Watanabe, and an old-school yellow barrette in her hair. \u2014 Elizabeth Logan, Glamour , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "Any large bones needed to be jacketed , which involves digging a trough around the finding and wrapping the entire fossil in long strips of wet plaster. \u2014 Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian , 25 Sep. 2019",
      "The video, which premiered with the single, features Cabello as a diner waitress and Mendes as a leather jacketed James Dean-type. \u2014 Madeline Holcombe, CNN , 21 June 2019",
      "Townes told reporters that Porter Moser, the checker- jacketed , square-jawed coach of the Ramblers, asked his players to keep their heads held high in his postgame speech. \u2014 Jeff Greer, The Courier-Journal , 31 Mar. 2018",
      "Restaurant kitchens offered him the chance to work with ingredients and equipment that weren\u2019t available to him at home, like black truffles or a steam jacketed kettle. \u2014 Nancy Miller, The Courier-Journal , 19 Dec. 2017",
      "The company is straight- jacketed by the government\u2019s insistence on a financial return from the network, even though as a wholesaler NBN Co. can\u2019t sell directly to the public and set the final price of a connection. \u2014 Angus Whitley, Bloomberg.com , 4 Oct. 2017",
      "These outspoken pals, known collectively as The Chauvinists, include a retired Army colonel, a French philosophy student, a leather- jacketed rowdy named Fast Eddie and an elderly fisherman. \u2014 Christopher Arnott, courant.com , 25 Sep. 2017",
      "The scuba-like little white dress was complete with a moto collar reminiscent of the biker jackets worn by stylish women all over the French capital. \u2014 Edward Barsamian, Vogue , 13 July 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
      "1856, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English jaket , from Anglo-French jack\u00e9s , plural, diminutive of Middle French jaque short jacket, from jacques peasant, from the name Jacques James":"Noun"
    },
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      "\u02c8jak-\u0259t",
      "\u02c8ja-k\u0259t"
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      "armor",
      "capsule",
      "case",
      "casing",
      "cocoon",
      "cover",
      "covering",
      "encasement",
      "housing",
      "hull",
      "husk",
      "pod",
      "sheath",
      "shell"
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    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025036",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
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  "jackleg":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": characterized by unscrupulousness, dishonesty, or lack of professional standards":[
        "a jackleg lawyer"
      ],
      ": designed as a temporary expedient : makeshift":[],
      ": lacking skill or training : amateur":[
        "a jackleg carpenter"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "a toolshed that can be built by any jackleg carpenter who's capable of hitting a nail without smashing his thumb",
      "he did such a jackleg installation of that door frame that now the door won't shut"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1833, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "jack entry 1 + -leg (as in blackleg )":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8jak-\u02ccleg",
      "-\u02ccl\u0101g"
    ],
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    "synonyms":[
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      "avocational",
      "backyard",
      "nonprofessional",
      "Sunday"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055045",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
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  "jackpot":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a combination on a slot machine that wins a top prize or all the coins available for paying out":[],
      ": a hand or game of draw poker in which a pair of jacks or better is required to open":[],
      ": a large pot (as in poker) formed by the accumulation of stakes from previous play":[],
      ": a tight spot : jam":[],
      ": an impressive often unexpected success or reward":[],
      ": the sum so won":[],
      ": the top prize in a game or contest (such as a lottery) that is typically a large fund of money formed by the accumulation of unwon prizes":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The lottery jackpot is up to one million dollars.",
      "a wily dude who managed to get himself out of one jackpot after another",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The Classic Lotto jackpot is $30.2 million for Monday\u2019s drawing. \u2014 Cliff Pinckard, cleveland , 26 June 2022",
      "How big a jackpot was the football card of the former Alabama All-American who is now the New England Patriots quarterback",
      "The largest Powerball jackpot was a world record-setting $1.586 billion in January 2016. \u2014 Meredith Deliso, ABC News , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Hit the jackpot to pay for their pay for their food. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 17 June 2022",
      "His delivery was akin to that of an office worker who had hit the jackpot on a scratch ticket and was now cheerfully trading barbs at his going-away party. \u2014 Washington Post , 11 May 2022",
      "In a city famous for high-stakes wagering, NFL teams did their best to hit the jackpot with their picks -- and a flurry of trades -- during Thursday's first round of the NFL draft. \u2014 Steve Gardner, USA TODAY , 29 Apr. 2022",
      "One lucky player hit the jackpot in Phoenix this week after a $1 million Powerball ticket was sold at a local Circle K. \u2014 Jane Florance, The Arizona Republic , 7 Mar. 2022",
      "Searching for beneficial mutations in the wild is more akin to playing the lottery\u2014and hunters don\u2019t need any scientific training to hit the jackpot . \u2014 Jacob Roberts, Smithsonian Magazine , 25 Feb. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1865, in the meaning defined at sense 1b(1)":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8jak-\u02ccp\u00e4t"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "bind",
      "box",
      "catch-22",
      "corner",
      "dilemma",
      "fix",
      "hole",
      "impasse",
      "jam",
      "mire",
      "pickle",
      "predicament",
      "quagmire",
      "rabbit hole",
      "rattrap",
      "spot",
      "sticky wicket",
      "swamp"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034054",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
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  "jacket potato":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a potato baked with its skin left on":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-144638"
  },
  "Jacob's ladder":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a marine ladder of rope or chain with wooden or iron rungs":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8j\u0101-k\u0259bz-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from the ladder seen in a dream by Jacob in Genesis 28:12":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1733, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-231356"
  },
  "Jacob":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a son of Isaac and Rebekah, the twin brother of Esau, and heir of God's promise of blessing to Abraham":[],
      ": the ancient Hebrew nation":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8j\u0101-k\u0259b"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Late Latin, from Greek Iac\u014db , from Hebrew Ya\u02bd\u0103q\u014dbh":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-011904"
  },
  "jackfruit":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8jak-\u02ccfr\u00fct"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Toyota Field headwear/meal mashups includes nachos pulled pork, beef brisket and jackfruit with fries for $22. \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 22 June 2022",
      "The texture of jackfruit is the perfect substitute for a vegan rendition on barbecue pulled pork. \u2014 Jessica Hickam & Jais Tollette, USA TODAY , 1 June 2022",
      "For lunch, an Impossible Burger and for dinner a burrito filled with spicy jackfruit in barbecue sauce. \u2014 Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY , 25 Apr. 2022",
      "Yumz\u2019s top seller is their birria tacos, made with jackfruit . \u2014 Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Customize your own Korean rice bowls with interesting add-ons like jackfruit , pineapple and salmon. \u2014 Andi Berlin, The Arizona Republic , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "Jos\u00e9 Boj\u00f3rquez started his taquer\u00eda in 2020, serving tacos al pastor and carne asada using textured soy protein and jackfruit for birria. \u2014 Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic , 29 Mar. 2022",
      "Using canned chipotle in adobo, canned jackfruit and canned black beans make a delicious filling for these quick, weeknight-friendly tacos. \u2014 Washington Post , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "Instead, the variety seems to be growing, from mushroom carnitas at Earth Plant Based Cuisine to red jackfruit tamales at Raul's Cocina to tacos de papa at Pachamama. \u2014 Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic , 25 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Portuguese jaca jackfruit, from Malayalam cakka":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1681, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-023410"
  },
  "Jack Frost":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": frost or frosty weather personified":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1730, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-041938"
  },
  "jacky winter":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small brown flycatcher ( Microeca fascinans ) of Australia":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8jak\u0113-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from Jacky , diminutive of Jack":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-053131"
  },
  "jacklighter":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\"+\u0259(r)"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-124929"
  },
  "jackass bat":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a large spotted bat ( Euderma maculata ) occurring in the southwestern U.S. and having enormous ears joined across the forehead by a low band":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-190235"
  },
  "Jacobson's organ":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": vomeronasal organ":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8j\u0101-k\u0259b-s\u0259nz-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Ludvig L. Jacobson \u20201843 Danish anatomist":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1885, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-205000"
  },
  "jackstay":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an iron rod, wooden bar, or wire rope along a yard of a ship to which the sails are fastened":[],
      ": a support of wood, iron, or rope running up a mast on which the parrel of a yard travels":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8jak-\u02ccst\u0101"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1840, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-215741"
  },
  "jackass bark":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a 3-masted ship square-rigged on the foremast, setting square topsails and topgallant sails over a fore-and-aft mainsail, and fore-and-aft rigged on the mizzen":[],
      ": a 4-masted ship square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and gaff-rigged on the mizzen and jiggermast":[],
      ": a sailing ship with three or more masts and a combination of gaffsails and square sails in addition to complete square rig on its foremast":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-220926"
  },
  "jacobsite":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a black magnetic isometric mineral MnFe 2 O 4 consisting of an oxide of manganese and iron and constituting a member of the magnetite series":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8j\u0101k\u0259b\u02ccz\u012bt sometimes -k\u0259p\u02ccs\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French jakobsite , from Jakobsberg , Sweden, its locality + French -ite":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-225650"
  },
  "jack stand":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a stand whose height may be adjusted and which is used to support an automobile that has been raised by a jack":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "With a 6-ton capacity, this jack stand set is suitable for mid-size cars, up to larger SUVs and light-duty trucks. \u2014 Talon Homer, Popular Mechanics , 17 June 2022",
      "According to the report, Ferrer-Padilla had been removing a jack stand during a tire change of a containerized kitchen. \u2014 Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News , 22 Feb. 2022",
      "Not all utility trailers come with a jack stand on the neck. \u2014 The Editors, Outdoor Life , 4 Nov. 2019",
      "An aftermarket manual jack stand raises out of the way while on the road and then lowers into position to raise the trailer coupler off the hitch without causing anyone a hernia. \u2014 The Editors, Outdoor Life , 4 Nov. 2019",
      "Carefully lower the car onto the jack stand , making sure that the bottom of the stand is making even, solid contact with the ground. \u2014 Ezra Dyer, Popular Mechanics , 5 Oct. 2020",
      "The statement also says that the owner of any three, six, or 12-ton Pittsburgh jack stand from Harbor Freight can return them to a Harbor Freight store and receive a full cash refund or store credit. \u2014 Colin Beresford, Car and Driver , 7 July 2020",
      "The commotion was coming from the house of their 39-year-old neighbor, who was working under his Volkswagen car when the jack stand that was holding it up suddenly gave away, dropping the car directly onto his chest. \u2014 Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com , 26 Sep. 2019",
      "Bringing It Out of Hibernation Check the tire pressure, disconnect the trickle charger, reattach the windshield wipers, and take the car off the jack stands . \u2014 Heidi Mitchell, WSJ , 11 Sep. 2018"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1968, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-000215"
  },
  "jacklight":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a light used especially in hunting or fishing at night":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8jak-\u02ccl\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1841, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-000556"
  },
  "jackstock":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": male asses":[]
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "jack entry 1 (ass) + stock":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-001729"
  },
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    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a textile worker who puts copper printing shells into machines that print cloth":[],
      ": screwman":[],
      ": a repairer of shoes":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8jakm\u0259n"
    ],
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    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024046"
  },
  "Jack-fool":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": tomfool":[]
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    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle French Jakke fool":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-024849"
  }
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