Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A male given name, also used as a pet form of John.
- n. slang Jack Daniel's, a brand of American whiskey.
- n. informal A sailor.
- n. informal, archaic a soldier
Etymologies
- Short for Jack Rum. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Just giveSenator Crazyandhis old lady more jack, Jack.”
“But there is a bit of a hitch as Salma admits to Liz that she can’t marry jack because of some deep dark secret and she wants Liz to be the one to tell Jack what it’s all about.”
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“Kate 'finds' jack, rouses him, Juliet gets Sayid & they head back to the Losties, with Jack definitely on Juliet's side.”
“Some also claim that ˜Jill wanted Jack to fall™, ˜Jack and Jill are seeking water™, and ˜Jack fears Jill™, for example, are to be analyzed as propositional attitude ascribing sentences, the first saying, perhaps, something to the effect that Jills wants that Jack falls, the second that Jack and Jill strive that they find water, and the third that Jack fears that Jill will hurt him.”
“JACK WELCH, CORPORATE CONSULTANT: Jack, it's great to be here.”
“TY HENSLEY, JACK HENSLEY'S BROTHER: Well, Heidi, to back up, I had heard there had been some -- potentially an attempt to find Jack.”
“And I wore a "jack head" thing that my dad made for halloween cuz we wanted to be the dude from Jack in the Box.”
“JACK KEMP, CO-DIRECTOR, EMPOWER AMERICA: I want to make sure that everybody knows that when he mentioned Jack distributed the drug, that it was Jack Dreyfus, not Jack Kemp.”
“No, this tete-a-tete jack was having with Anne in the ill-lit library this evening did not worry or annoy Ralph, but Jack himself did, as he always did on the occasions they met.”
“Now and then he would stop and look earnestly through the window at the little still figure on the bed, and then Bud would hear him say -- "_like little Jack -- like little Jack_.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘Jack’.
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Open List: What to Name Chained Bear'...
This started on Facebook, until yarb suggested an open list. Have at!
A caveat: There are other lists containing names we DON'T want to use. In case your twisted mind is bent that way,...Human, Emmy or Oscar, People's Choice, Kale, Kiwi, Mortar, Salsa, Seven, Blade, Java, Varina, Beta and VHS and 128 more...
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November Words-11337
fiscal, assuage, prolix, shroud, laconic, paucity, mollify, nascent, burgeon, turgid, absenteeism, guise and 38 more...
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heart of darkness
yawl, sea-reach, offing, barge, sprit, estuary, yarn, aft, mizzenmast, placid, gauzy, diaphanous and 141 more...
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a List for Losties
polar bear, volkswagen bus, hatch, initiative, smoke, freckles, beach, caves, the Others, "we have to go ba..., brotha, fish and 21 more...
Tweets
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pikachu "When he went home on leave he rioted on a large scale -- pompously. Jack ashore -- with a difference -- in externals only." (Heart Of Darkness by Joseph Conrad) Mar 6, 2011
juliahuck A leather coat worn in midevil times as armour. Dec 13, 2010