Jack

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jack definition


  1. n.
    money. : I don't have the jack for a deal like that.
  2. n.
    tobacco for rolling cigarettes. : You got some jack I can bum?
  3. n.
    nothing. (Probably from jack-shit.) : Your last idea wasn't worth jack. Do I pay you to come up with stuff that bad?
  4. n.
    a strange person; an annoying person. (Possibly from jackass or jack-shit.) : Willy, stop acting like such a jack!
  5. tv.
    to steal something. : I didn't buy it, I jacked it!
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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jack (so) definition


  1. tv.
    to motivate someone; to stimulate someone to do something. : I'll jack him up and try to get some action out of him.
  2. tv.
    to beat or stab someone. (Underworld.) : They really jacked up Bobby. He almost died.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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jack (sth) definition


  1. tv.
    to raise the price of something. : They kept jacking the price up with various charges, so I walked.
  2. tv.
    to mess something up. : Who jacked up the papers on my desk?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases

jack

In addition to the idioms beginning with jack, also see before you can say Jack Robinson.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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