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Meaning of "half-jack" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HALF-JACK

Jack, probably from C16 jack a leather-covered vessel, from Old French jaque, of uncertain origin.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HALF-JACK

half-jack play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HALF-JACK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Half-Jack is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HALF-JACK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of half-jack in the English dictionary

The definition of half-jack in the dictionary is a flat pocket-sized bottle of alcohol.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HALF-JACK

half-heartedly
half-heartedness
half-hitch
half-hoping
half-hose
half-hour
half-hourly
half-human
half-hunter
half-inch
half-joking
half-jokingly
half-leather
half-length
half-lie
half-life
half-light
half-line
half-mad
half-marathon

WORDS THAT END LIKE HALF-JACK

applejack
blackjack
bluejack
bottle-jack
carjack
cheap-jack
every man jack
flapjack
highjack
hijack
jack
jumping jack
lumberjack
man jack
phone-jack
screw jack
skipjack
skyjack
the jack
whisky-jack

Synonyms and antonyms of half-jack in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «half-jack» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HALF-JACK

Find out the translation of half-jack to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of half-jack from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «half-jack» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

半插孔
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

medio -jack
570 millions of speakers

English

half-jack
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आधा जैक
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

نصف جاك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

половина -джек
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

meia -jack
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অর্ধ-জ্যাক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

demi -jack
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Setengah bicu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Halb Buchse
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ハーフジャック
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

반 잭
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Setengah jack
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

nửa jack
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அரை ஜாக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अर्धा-जॅक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yarım jakı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

half- jack
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pół -jack
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

половина - джек
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

jumătate - jack
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μισό - jack
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

half- jack
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

halv jack
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

halv -jack
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of half-jack

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HALF-JACK»

The term «half-jack» is normally little used and occupies the 143.423 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HALF-JACK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «half-jack» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «half-jack» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about half-jack

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HALF-JACK»

Discover the use of half-jack in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to half-jack and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Travel, Trade and Power in the Atlantic: 1765 - 1884
But before doing so we had to deliver a number of passengers (slaves) to William , King of Half Jack, and on our way down some cash trade was done at Jack Lahou59 and Three Towns.60 At the last named there was a tremendously large  ...
Betty Wood, 2002
2
The House that Half-Jack Built
While Ron and Dee work with others to create a halfway house for drug users in the community, Ron finds out his little brother has been smoking pot.
Eloise Paananen, 1990
3
Crown cases reserved for consideration: and decided by the ...
The frames in this case were no otherwise injured than by taking away the half- jacks ; and when the prisoner and his companions entered the shop, they demanded the prosecutor's name, that they might (as they said) ticket his half- jack.
Great Britain. Court for Crown Cases Reserved, Sir William Oldnall Russell, Sir Edward Ryan, 1825
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West African Studies
Each village on the shore has its particular village on the other side of the lagoon, thus Alindja Badon is the interior commercial centre for Grand Jack on the beach, Abia for Anamaquoa, or Half Jack, and so on. Anamaquoa is only separated ...
Mary Kingsley, 2013
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Jack Daniel's Cookbook: Stories and Kitchen Secrets from ...
... there is not enoughJack Daniel's in thefood to helpyou and not enough to hurt you either! S[235]s S[236]s condensed milk, half-and-half, Jack Daniel's, and nutmeg in a. sweets 1 1⁄2 cups ketchup 2 tablespoons brown sugar 2 tablespoons.
Lynne Tolley, Mindy Merrell, 2012
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Ski
6 Steps to Nailin Your Firs Half-Jack By Kevin Jack Follow these step-by-step instructions to nail this moderately difficult trick. I recommend learning the toeside front flip (reverse of a regular heelside front flip] first. Step 1: Make sure there are  ...
7
Half World: A Novel
Jack had been forty when Dickie was born, but he had never seemed old, even when Dickie was a child and most of the other base kids had dads half Jack's age . Jack could have kicked any of their asses, and hadn't been afraid to say so.
Scott O'Connor, 2014
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Richard Bean: Plays Three
What did you do with the other half? (JACK goes into his pocket and gives CHRISTOPHER the other half of the scissors. SINGE moves away down stage right.) CHRISTOPHER: Sit down. When did you last sleep? JACK: I haven't slept f f f f f in ...
Richard Bean, 2009
9
Southern Jack Tales
Why don't we just sit down right here and share it half and half." Jack and the old woman sat down on a log under a big oak tree, and they both started eating that last piece of bread. The woman tore into that bread like she was starved to death  ...
Donald Davis, 1997
10
The Adventures of Jack and Diane: A Christian Children's ...
Jack's father and mother smiled. But that was the only thing that would go right for the Raiders that day. The Broncos powerful offense scored three touchdowns in the first half. Jack ran back a couple of more kickoffs to the 50-yard line, but the ...
Bob Schaller, 2000

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Half-Jack [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/half-jack>. Apr 2024 ».
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