Definition of jack

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • jack is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 17
  • jack is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 17
  • jack is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 20

Definition of jack


  • someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. laborer
    2. labourer
    3. manual laborer
  • male donkey (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. jackass
  • hunt with a jacklight (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. jacklight
  • immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. jackfruit
    2. jak
  • game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. jackstones
  • a small worthless amount (noun)

    Examples

    1. you don't know jack

    Synonyms

    1. diddley
    2. diddly
    3. diddly-shit
    4. diddly-squat
    5. diddlyshit
    6. diddlysquat
    7. doodly-squat
    8. shit
    9. squat
  • lift with a special device (verb)

    Examples

    1. jack up the car so you can change the tire

    Synonyms

    1. jack up
  • a man who serves as a sailor (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. gob
    2. jack-tar
    3. mariner
    4. old salt
    5. sea dog
    6. seafarer
    7. seaman
    8. tar
  • one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. knave
  • an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug (noun)
  • any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas (noun)
  • a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling (noun)
  • small flag indicating a ship's nationality (noun)
  • tool for exerting pressure or lifting (noun)

See definition of jack in Merriam Webster