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I think my role, I want to have a presence both behind the scenes and in front of the camera. So I can't say on one particular thing, so I'll just name them all. I'll be the jack of all trades and hopefully decent at one of them.
Octavia Spencer

Meaning of "the jack" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE JACK

the jack play
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE JACK

the inferno
the intelligentsia
the interim
the Interior
the Internationale
the internet
the Irish
the Islands
the Ivory Coast
the Ivy League
the Jacobite Rebellion
the javelin
the jaws
the jazz age
the Jewry
the jitters
the Joe Blakes
the joes
the Jurassic
the jury is still out

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE JACK

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

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the jack» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE JACK

Find out the translation of the jack to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the 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 «the jack» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

千斤顶
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la toma
570 millions of speakers

English

the jack
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जैक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جاك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гнездо
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

a tomada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নাবিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la prise
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bicu itu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

die Buchse
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ジャック
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jenggot
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

jack
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பலா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जॅक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kriko
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

la presa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jack
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гніздо
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mufa
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

η υποδοχή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die Jack
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

domkraften
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jack
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the jack

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE JACK»

The term «the jack» is quite widely used and occupies the 29.632 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of the jack
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE JACK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «the jack» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «the 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 the jack

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2 QUOTES WITH «THE JACK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word the jack.
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Ron Jaworski
A little more movement of the defensive side of the ball, some rules that will be unnoticed, but a big rule will be allowing the jack linebacker to move out of the box sideline to sideline.
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Octavia Spencer
I think my role, I want to have a presence both behind the scenes and in front of the camera. So I can't say on one particular thing, so I'll just name them all. I'll be the jack of all trades and hopefully decent at one of them.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE JACK»

Discover the use of the jack in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the jack and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Jack Tales
A collection of Appalachian folktales includes the adventures of Jack and the beanstalk.
Richard Chase, Herbert Halpert, 2003
2
The Graveyard Book
And then there are being such as ghouls that aren't really one thing or the other. The Graveyard Book won the Newbery Medal and the Carnegie Medal and is a Hugo Award Winner for Best Novel.
Neil Gaiman, 2009
3
The Jack-Roller: A Delinquent Boy's Own Story
Vivid, authentic, this is the autobiography of a delinquent—his experiences, influences, attitudes, and values. The Jack-Roller helped to establish the life-history or "own story" as an important instrument of sociological research.
Clifford R. Shaw, 2013
4
Balling the Jack: A Novel
A young man searching for the perfect time, the perfect woman, and the perfect life finds the rush he needs to sustain him by gambling his paycheck every week--in this this fast-paced, funny excursion into New York's betting parlors, rock ...
Frank Baldwin, 1998
5
The Jack Bank: A Memoir of a South African Childhood
An extraordinary, literary memoir from a gay white South African, coming of age at the end of apartheid in the late 1970s. Glen Retief's childhood was at once recognizably ordinary--and brutally unusual.
Glen Retief, 2011
6
The Jack Vance Treasury
A massive (over 230,000 words) gathering of fiction by the master of science-fantasy.
Jack Vance, Terry Dowling, Jonathan Strahan, 2007
7
The Jack Tales
Offers three traditional tales from the Scotch-Irish heritage of the Blue Ridge Mountains that feature Jack, a poor mountain boy whose innocence and cleverness enable him to outwit the forces of evil.
Ray Hicks, Lynn Salsi, 2000
8
The Jack and the Beanstalk Trial
Perform this script about Jack and his magic beanstalk.
Alan Kramer, 2006
9
The Jack Russell Terrier Canine Companion Or Demon Dog
There are many breed books out there, but this book will give you all you need to know about the tenacious Jack Russell Terrier.
Don Rainwater, Kellie Rainwater, 2008
10
The Jack Brabham Story
The ture story behind the motor racing legend Sir Jack Brabham. The book presents a fascinating account of life, including unpublished material detailing his early racing career on two wheels and four in Australia.
Jack Brabham, 2004

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE JACK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the jack is used in the context of the following news items.
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Jack Nicklaus says he underachieved his whole life
DUBLIN, Ohio – Jack Nicklaus underachieved? The Jack Nicklaus that won the U.S. Amateur twice and captured 73 PGA Tour titles? The Jack Nicklaus who ... «USA TODAY, Jun 15»

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