Car lifter
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noun
- A game played with a set of small objects that are tossed, caught, and moved in various figures
- A small 6-pointed metal object used in the game of jacks
- A playing card carrying the figure of a soldier or servant and ranking usually below the queen
- Jackpot
- A usually portable mechanism or device for exerting pressure or lifting a heavy body a short distance
- A device for turning a spit
- A female fitting in an electric circuit used with a plug to make a connection with another circuit
- Man
- Sailor
- An iron bar at a topgallant masthead to support a royal see royal mast and spread the royal shrouds see shroud
- A wooden brace fastened behind a scenic unit in a stage set to prop it up
- Any of several fishes
- A male donkey
- Jackrabbit
- Any of several birds (such as a jackdaw)
- A small usually white target ball used in lawn bowling or bocce
- A small national flag flown by a ship
- Money
- Applejack
- Brandy
- Jackknife
- Monterey jack
- Anything at all
verb
- To move or lift (something) by or as if by a jack see jack jack up
"It meant that we had to jack the aircraft and check out the undercarriage system …"
- To raise the level or amount of (something) increase, jack up
"The company jacked their rates."
- 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."
- Steal
""She jacked my pencil" one boy screamed. "But only because he jacked my pen" the girl yelled back."
- Rob
"jack a store"
- 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."
- To hunt or fish for (an animal) at night with a jacklight or similar bright light
"… 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."
- To copy or appropriate (something, such as an idea or style) hijack
"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—jacking someone's style."
- To hit (a ball) forcefully
"Five batters later Martinez jacked an upper-deck grand slam off Mark Langston …"
- 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."
- To cause injury to (someone or something) jack up
"The next week, he jacked his knee in a practice incident …, and it set him back a bit."
- 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."
- 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"."
- Masturbate, jack off
- To hunt or fish at night with a jacklight or similar bright light
""… jacking involves the use of a high-powered light and a firearm at night. … Whether you are successful in getting a deer or not, it is an illegal act.""
noun
- A small stuffed puppet set up to be pelted for fun in Lent
- A simple or insignificant person
noun
- A bushy annual tropical American legume (Canavalia ensiformis) grown especially for forage
noun
- Monterey jack
noun
- A carangid fish (Caranx hippos) that is an important food fish especially along the west coast of Florida
noun
- Frost or frosty weather personified
verb
- To connect to something (such as a network or system)
"So I got home … and flipped open my laptop. I jacked in and started surfing the Net."
noun
- A toy consisting of a small box out of which a figure (as of a clown's head) springs when the lid is raised
noun
- A North American spring-flowering woodland herb (Arisaema triphyllum synonym A. atrorubens) of the arum family having an upright club-shaped spadix arched over by a green and purple spathe
This clue was used on January 13, 2025.
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