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There are 3 contexts: the name of a cheese similar to cheddar (but made with a washed curd), the name of a device that you use to lift your car, the surname of
by mikekchar 7y ago
There are 3 contexts: the name of a cheese similar to cheddar (but made with a washed curd), the name of a device that you use to lift your car, the surname of someone associated with it. In the second case, you can imagine pressing the cheese using the "jack".
- koolba 7y ago“Jack” is also used to refer to the female end of a wire connector, e.g. audio jack.
- fyp 7y agoIf you include slang usages there's also jack off (jerk off), car got jacked (hijacked), he got jacked (muscular), doesn't know jack (jack shit), jack in (term from megaman battle network)
- germinalphrase 7y agoalso a wooden assistant for removing one’s boots (aka boot jack)
- akovaski 7y agoalso a playing card, or a small metallic object with tetrahedrally oriented spikes used in the game Jacks https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jack#English https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jack#English
- chrisdhoover 7y agoJacks and jennies, male and female asses, jack leg, a bad tradesman, jacks a pointless kids game, jimmy jack, fiddle fart, ball the jack, go flat out
- telesilla 7y agoI'm under the impression 'Jacking in' was introduced by William Gibson in Neuromancer, 1984