Dictionary: JACKJ – JACZ

► JACK JAG THE FLAE n. a tailor → 1873 Eng. dial.
► JACK JOB n. unfair treatment → 1970 US students’ sl.
► JACK-JUMPER n. the breast-bone or merry-thought of any poultry → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JACK KETCH n. 1.  a hangman or executioner → 1673
n. 2. a jail sentence → L19 sl.
n. 3. anyone chosen to carry out a death sentence → L19 sl.
vb. to hang → 1694 sl.
► JACK KETCH’S CERTIFICATE n. a judicial flogging → E19 sl.
► JACK KETCH’S KITCHEN n. a room in Newgate, where that honest fellow, the hangman, boiled the quarters of those executed and dismembered for high treason → 1714 sl.
► JACK KETCH’S NECKLACE n. a hangman’s noose → E19 sl.
► JACK KETCH’S PIPPIN n. a candidate for the gallows → L17 sl.
► JACK KETCH’S WARREN n. the slum area in and around Turnmill Street, Clerkenwell (London) → 19C sl.
► JACK KITCH n. a hangman or executioner → 1676 sl.
► JACKKNIFE n. a handspring → 1965 Amer. dial.
vb. to climb the trunk of a tree by holding on with your legs while you pull yourself up with your hands → 1966 Amer. dial.
► JACKKNIFE CARPENTER n. an incompetent carpenter, one without much skill → 1950 Amer. dial.
► JACK-KNIFE FACE n. a thin, pointed face → M19 US sl.
► JACKKNIFE JUMP n. a handspring → 1965 Amer. dial.
► JACK-LAG-KNIFE n. a clasp knife → 1777 Eng. dial.
► JACK LAMP n. a light used for hunting by night → 19C sl., orig. US
► JACK LANG n. slang, spec. rhyming slang → 1960 Aust. sl.
► JACK LANTERN n. 1. a light used for hunting by night → 19C sl., orig. US
n. 2. a fool; a dull, stupid fellow → 1896 Amer. dial.
► JACK LATTEN ► JACK LATTIN n. a threat of punishment → 20C Irish sl.
► JACK-LEG adj. 1. ineffectual, incompetent; amateur, untrained; said of someone without skill or training → 1850 US sl.
adj. 2. dishonest or unscrupulous → M19 US sl.
adj. 3. thrown-together, makeshift → 20C US sl.
adj. 4. poor in quality; shoddy → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
n. 1. an incompetent, unskilled or unprincipled worker or professional person, esp. a quack doctor, a crooked lawyer, or a hypocritical preacher → M19 US sl.
n. 2. an itinerant preacher → 20C US sl.
vb. to act in an incompetent, unskilled or unprincipled way → M19 US sl.
► JACK-LEGGED adj. 1. untrained, unprofessional, dishonest → 1839 US sl.
adj. 2. thrown-together, makeshift → 20C US sl.
adj. 3. of legs: noticeably bent or uneven → 1967 Amer. dial.
► JACK-LEGGED PREACHER n. an unprofessional, part-time lay preacher → 1967 Amer. dial.
► JACKLEGGING n. working inexpertly; fiddling → 1918 Amer. dial.
► JACKLIGHT n. a light used for hunting by night → 19C sl., orig. US
vb. (as ‘jack-light’) to hunt deer at night, illegally, with the aid of a light → M19 US sl.
► JACK-MA-LANTERN n. will-o’-the-wisp; a phosphorescent light that appears to flit or hover over marshy ground → 1899 Amer. dial.
► JACKMAN n. 1. a mendicant villain who used his abilities of reading and writing to forge counterfeit begging licenses → M16 UK criminals’ sl.
n. 2. an attendant or retainer kept by a nobleman or landowner → 1567 Sc. obs.
n. 3. an armed serving man → 1820 Sc.
n. 4. (as ‘jack man’) one who habitually drinks methylated spirits → 1930 sl.
► JACK-ME-LANTUN n. will-o’-the-wisp; a phosphorescent light that appears to flit or hover over marshy ground → 1883 Amer. dial.
► JACK MORMON n. 1. a non-Mormon with Mormon sympathies → 1845 Amer. dial., derogatory
n. 2. an apostate Mormon → 1944 Amer. dial., often derogatory
► JACK MOVE n. 1. a strange action or bizarre behaviour → 1992 African-American sl.
n. 2. a theft or robbery → 1996 African-American sl.
► JACK MULATTA n. will-o’-the-wisp; a phosphorescent light that appears to flit or hover over marshy ground → 1938 Amer. dial.
► JACK MUM n. a discreet person → 20C Irish sl.
► JACK NASTY n. a term of contempt for a sneak or a sloven → 1857
► JACK-NASTY-FACE n. 1. a filthy or unpleasant-looking person → 1823 sl.
n. 2. 1884 sl. – a sailor; spec., a cook’s mate  
n. 3. E19 Brit. sl. – the female genitals
► JACK-NICKER n. the goldfinch, Fringilla carduelis → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JACK NOHI n. 1. an inquisitive person; a nosey parker → 1940 NZ sl.
n. 2. a look-round, a glance → 1970 NZ sl.
► JACK NORTHWESTER n.the northwest wind → 1749
► JACK ‘N’ THE BEANSTALK vb. to masturbate → 1990 sl.
► JACKO n. 1. a kookaburra → 1907 Aust. sl.
n. 2. the magpie, Pica rustica → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 3. a Turkish soldier → 1910 Aust. sl.
► JACK O’ BEDLAM n. a madman → 1605
► JACK OF adj. tired or fed up with something → 20C Aust. sl.
► JACK OF ALL WORKS n. a jack-of-all-trades → 1820
► JACK-OF-APES n. a man who exhibited performing apes → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► JACK OF BOTH SIDES n. a person who sides first with one party and then with the other → 1562
► JACK OF CLUBS n. a good fellow or man → 19C US sl.
► JACK OF DANDY n. an insignificant person; a fop → E17 sl.
► JACK OF DIAMONDS n. rye whisky → 1945 US Western sl. (Bk.)
► JACK OF DOVER n. a sole → L14 sl.
► JACK-OFF adj. 1. a term of abuse, disdain → 1930 sl.
adj. 2. pert. to the act of masturbation → 1930 sl.
n. 1. a jerk or incompetent oaf → 20C US sl.
n. 2. a term of address → 1930 US sl., derogatory
n. 3. a general insult; literally, a masturbator → 1930 US sl.
n. 4. a hoax, a confidence trick → 1930 US sl.
n. 5. an act of masturbation; hence, fig. something worthless or pointless → 1930 US sl.
 (verbs usually as ‘jack off’)
vb. 1. to waste time; to goof off → 20C US sl.
vb. 2. to masturbate → 1910 sl.
vb. 3. to leave → 1930 UK tramps’ sl.
vb. 4. to masturbate someone else → 1930 sl.
vb. 5. to move up and down fast → 1940 sl.
vb. 6. to fool around, to do nothing → 1940 US sl.
vb. 7. to pump backwards and forwards with a plunger of the hypodermic without finally injecting the blood and heroin mix into the arm → 1950 drug culture sl.
vb. 8. to take advantage of, to deceive or tease someone → 1960 US sl.
vb. 9. to fantasize → 1990 US sl.
► JACK-OF-LEGS n. 1. a tall, long-legged man → 1785 sl.
n. 2. a large clasp knife → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► JACK OF OAKS n. the Jack of clubs → 1888 Eng. dial.
► JACK-O’-LANTERN n. 1. will-o’-the-wisp; a phosphorescent light that appears to flit or hover over marshy ground → 1673
n. 2. a firefly, a glowworm → 1966 Amer. dial.
► JACK OF THE DUST n. a man on board a U.S. man-of-war appointed to assist the paymaster’s yeoman in serving out provisions and other stores → 1901 (Bk.)
► JACK O’ LENT n. 1. a dwarf → L16 colloq.
n. 2. a puppet → L16 colloq.
n. 3. a simpleton, a nobody → 17C colloq.
► JACK-O-MY-LANTERN n. a firefly, a glowworm → 1966 Amer. dial.
► JACK-ON-BOTH-SIDES n. 1. a neutral → 1594 sl.
n. 2. one who plays for both sides in a game → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JACK ONESELF OFF vb. to masturbate → 1910 sl.
► JACK OUT vb. to fight → 1970 Amer. dial.
► JACK OUT OF DOORS n. a person turned out of his former place; a homeless person; a vagrant → 1543 obs.
► JACK OUT OF OFFICE n. a person who has been dismissed from his office → 1592 obs.
► JACK OUT OF SERVICE n. a person who has been dismissed from his office → 1540 obs.
► JACK-OVER-THE-GROUND n. ground ivy → 1892 Amer. dial.
► JACK-O’-WISP n. 1. a will-o’-the-wisp → 1896 obs.
n. 2. a giddy or flighty person → 1896 obs.
► JACKPINE FARMER n. a woods-dweller, esp. one thought to be ignorant or uncultivated → 1973 Amer. dial.
► JACKPINE SAVAGE n. a woods-dweller, esp. one thought to be ignorant or uncultivated → 1957 Amer. dial.
► JACK POKE n. a listless or slow person → 1942 Amer. sl.
► JACKPOT n. a predicament; a muddle; a dilemma; trouble; an arrest → 1887 Amer. sl.
► JACKPOTTED adj. tangled up with a fallen steer or horse; in a predicament or dilemma → 1946 Amer. sl.
► JACK-PUDDING n. a serving merry-andrew; a low-class buffoon; a clown → 1650 sl.
► JACK-RABBIT n. 1. a half-grown rabbit → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. a mule, esp. a small one → 1940 Amer. dial.
n. 3. an apostate Mormon → 1969 Amer. dial.
► JACK-RACKET n. mugging → 1920 US sl.
► JACK-RAG n. a person → 1895 Eng. dial.
► JACK RANDALL n. a candle → 1896 rhyming sl. (Bk.)
► JACK ROBINSON n. the penis → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► JACKROCK n. a small, rounded stone, esp. one suitable for throwing → 1920 Amer. dial.
► JACKRUM n. a marriage license → 1825 sl.
► JACK’S n. Jack Daniel’s brand of whisky → 1970 US sl.
► JACKS n. 1. a privy; an outhouse → E16 sl.
n. 2. the chimes or tunes struck on bells → 1902 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
n. 3. five pounds → 1958 Brit. rhyming sl. for ‘five’ (Jack’s alive)
n. 4. potato peelings → 1968 Amer. dial.
n. 5. stilts → 1968 Amer. dial.
n. 6. the game of hopscotch → 1968 Amer. dial.
► JACK-SAUCE n. a saucy or impudent fellow; a little oaf → 1550 obs.
► JACK’S DELIGHT n. a sea-port strumpet → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► JACK SHALLOO ► JACK SHILLOO n. 1. a boaster a braggart → 1875 nautical sl.
n. 2. an (excessively) easy-going naval officer → 1904 naval sl.
► JACK-SHARP n. 1. a smart, tingling frost → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. the holly → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JACK-SHARPNAILS n. a hedgehog → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JACK-SHAY n. a tin quart-pot used for boiling water for tea → 1881 Aust.
► JACKSHEA n. a tin quart-pot used for boiling water for tea → 1890 Aust.
► JACK SHIRT n. a wool shirt → 1950 Amer. dial.
► JACK SHIT n. 1. any worthless bit of nothing → 20C sl.
n. 2. nonsense → 20C sl.
n. 2. a stupid and worthless person, usually a male → 1993 US sl. (Bk.)
► JACKSHITE n. an enlisted sailor below the rank of chief petty officer → 1913 Amer. navy sl. (Bk.)
► JACKSIE n. 1. the buttocks → 1896 sl.
n. 2. a brothel → 20C Aust. sl.
► JACK-SLAVE n. a vulgarian → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► JACK SMITHERS n. 1. a drink taken by a man alone → 1900 Aust. sl.
n. 2. a man drinking alone → 1930 Aust. sl.
► JACK-SNAG n. the snail → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JACK-SNAPPER n. 1.  a bedbug → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. freshwater fish that is not good to sea → 1967 Amer. dial.
► JACK-SNIP n. a botching tailor → 19C sl.
► JACKSON n. a term of address by one male to another → 1941 US sl., orig. army usage
vb. to contrive to get out of difficulty → 1903 Amer. dial.
► JACKSON CRACKER n. a firecracker → 1877 Amer. dial.
► JACKSONED adj. thrashed → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JACKSONING n. a thrashing → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JACKSON WHITE n. a person of racially mixed ancestry in northeast New Jersey and adjacent parts of New York; also, a White person living in the mountains of the same region → 1878 Amer. dial.
► JACK SPRAT n. 1. an undersized man or boy; a dwarf; a very small man → 1570
n. 2. fat (of meat) → L19 rhyming sl.
► JACK STARTLES A STOOPY n. a shimmering of the atmosphere near the ground on a hot day; a heat haze → 1889 Sc.
► JACK-STICKLER n. a meddlesome or interfering person; a busybody → 1579 obs.
► JACKSTONE n. a small round pebble or stone → 1814
► JACK-STRAW n. 1. a man of no substance, worth, or consideration; a nobody → 1596
n. 2. a thing of the least value → 1862 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a dwarf → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
n. 4. a low-born rebel → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► JACK STRAW’S CASTLE n. the female pudendum → 19C sl.
► JACK STROP n. 1. a conceited man who fancies himself a dashing buccaneer, but is better at boasting than acting → L19 sl.
n. 2. a bumptious or opinionated man → 1945 nautical sl.
► JACK STROP’S OLD WOMAN n. a dogmatic know-all → L19 sl.
► JACKSY n. the buttocks → 1896 sl.
► JACKSY-PARDO n. the buttocks → 1896 sl.
► JACKSY-PARDY n. the buttocks → 1896 sl.
► JACK-TAR n. a sailor → 1781 sl.
► JACK THE DANCER n. cancer → 20C Aust. sl.
► JACK THE DOG vb. to loaf, to shirk work → 1988 Amer. dial.
► JACK THE INTERIM vb. to be remanded → 1896 thieves’ sl. (Bk.)
► JACK THE LAD n. a (brash) young male rogue or villain → 1981 Brit. sl.
► JACK-THE-LANTERN n. will-o’-the-wisp → 1824 Eng. dial.
► JACK-THE-PAINTER n. a much adulterated green tea used in the bush → 1852 Aust. sl.
► JACK-THE-SLIPPER n. the treadmill (a device formerly used for driving machinery, consisting of a large wheel with steps fitted into its inner surface; it was turned by the weight of people or animals treading the steps) → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► JACK-TOOTH n. a back tooth → 1886 Eng. dial.
► JACK UP vb. 1. to become bankrupt or insolvent → 1870 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to do for, to ruin; to bungle something; to foul up → 1873 colloq.
vb. 3. to give up suddenly or promptly → 1873
vb. 4. to call to account; to rebuke; to reprove severely, to reprimand; to scold; to irritate → 1896 Amer. dial.
vb. 5. to wear out; to tire, to exhaust → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 6. in trucking: to wreck a truck or to make a sudden stop → 1963 US trucking sl.
vb. 7. to rob, to steal; to hold up → 1971 Amer. dial.
vb. 8. to beat someone up, to strike, to hit → 1972 Amer. dial.
vb. 9. to have sexual intercourse with → 1980 Amer. dial.
► JACK-UPALAND n. a peasant → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► JACK UP THE ORCHARD n. a threat → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.) 
► JACKUTTY-TATERS n. potatoes boiled with their skins on → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JACK-WEAVER n. the coloured dancing reflection of sunlight cast by a swinging prism → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JACK WEIGHT n. a fat man → 1785 sl.
► JACK WEST n. a stye on the eye-lid → 1856 Eng. dial.
► JACK WHITE n. a shirt tail → 1909 Amer. dial.
► JACK WHITE IS OUT OF JAIL phr. used as a warning that a man’s pants are torn; there’s a hole in the seat of one’s trousers → 1909 Amer. dial.
► JACK-WHORE n. 1. a strong Amazonian sailor’s trull → 1762 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a large, masculine, overgrown wench → 1785 sl.
n. 3. a large, masculine prostitute → L18 Brit. sl.
► JACK WITH A LANTERN n. will-o’-the-wisp → 1673
► JACK WITH A LANTHORN n. will-o’-the-wisp → 1673
► JACK-WITH-LANTHORN n. will-o’-the-wisp → 1824 Eng. dial.
► JACK-WITH-THE-LANTERN n. 1. a man with a lantern; a night watchman → 1663 obs.
n. 2. will-o’-the-wisp → 1824 Eng. dial.
► JACKY n. 1. a sailor → L17 sl.
n. 2. gin → 1799 sl.
n. 3. an Australian Aboriginal → 1854 Aust. sl., derogatory
n. 4. a frog → 1877 Eng. dial.
n. 5. a kookaburra → L19 Aust. sl.
n. 6. the game of hide and seek → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 7. a Turkish soldier → 1910 Aust. sl.
► JACKY-BREEZER n. the dragonfly → 1840 Eng. dial.
► JACKY BUMP n. a pimple → 1967 Amer. dial.
► JACKY DANNY n. 1. nonsense, time-wasting, prevarication → 1990 rhyming sl. for ‘fanny’
n. 2. the vagina → 1990 rhyming sl. for ‘fanny’
► JACKY-FORTY-FEET n. a centipede → 19C Sc.
► JACKY HOWE n. a navy blue or black woollen singlet worn by Australian and New Zealand shearers and bushmen → 1930 Aust. & NZ sl.
► JACKY-HULLOT n. a young male owl → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JACKY-JACKY n. an Australian Aboriginal → 1854 Aust. sl., derogatory
► JACKY-LANTHORN n. will-o’-the-wisp → 1824 Ireland
► JACKYLEGS n. a pocketknife; a large clasp knife → 1790 Eng. dial.
► JACKY-MA-LANTUN n. will-o’-the-wisp; a phosphorescent light that appears to flit or hover over marshy ground → 1883 Amer. dial.
► JACKY-NICK n. a narrow passage between buildings → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JACKY-PIG n. a young pig → 1881 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JACKY-STONES n. pebbles → 1893 Eng. dial.
► JACKY-TOAD n. will-o’-the-wisp → 1777 Eng. dial.
► JACOB n. 1. a ladder→ 1708 cant obs.
n. 2. a housebreaker or thief carrying a ladder → 1712 sl. obs.
n. 3. a simpleton; a fool; a half-witted fellow; an oaf → 1785 sl. obs.
n. 4. the penis → 19C sl.
n  5. a frog → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 6. a lie → 1908 Amer. dial.
n. 7. a liar → 1908 Amer. dial.
vb. to lie; to tell a falsehood → 1908 Amer. dial.
► JACOB BIRD n. a starling → 1928 Amer. dial.
► JACOBINES n. loose, disorderly persons; malcontents → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JACOBITE n. a sham shirt; a dickey; a shirt collar → 1690 sl.
► JACOB’S LADDER n. 1. a small ladder → 1889 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a nickname of a high and steep flight of steps → 1895
n. 3. the female pudendum → L19 sl.
n. 4. the hole or gap made by a dropped stitch having run down in knitting → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JACOB’S LANTERN n. will-o’-the-wisp; a small light that seems to dance or flicker over a marsh at night → 1967 Amer. dial.
► JACOB’S ONION n. a green onion → 1975 Amer. dial.
► JACQUE’S ► JACQUES n. 1. a privy → E16 sl.
n. 2. the penis → 19C sl.
► JACTANCE n. boasting, boastfulness; vainglorious speaking → 1491 rare
► JACTANCY n. boasting, boastfulness; vainglory → 1623
► JACTANT adj. boastful, boasting → 1839
► JACTATION n. 1. boasting, bragging, ostentatious display → 1576
n. 2. a tossing or swinging of the body to and fro → 1680
► JACTATOR n. a boaster or bragger → 1656 obs.
► JACTITATE vb. to toss restlessly about → 1822
► JACTITATION n. 1. public or open declaration, esp. of a boastful sort; ostentatious affirmation; boasting, bragging → 1632
n. 2. discussion; bandying to and fro → 1761 obs.
n. 3. a twitching or convulsive movement of a limb or muscle → 1844
► JACTURE n. loss, injury, detriment → 1515 obs.
► JACULABLE adj. fit to be thrown or hurled; that may be cast or darted → 1656 obs.
► JACULATE n. chocolate → 1774 US
vb. to dart, to hurl; to dart forward; to move swiftly and suddenly → 1623 rare
► JACULATION n. the act of darting, hurling, or throwing; a hurl, a throw → 1608
► JACULATOR n. one who throws or hurls; a thrower of the dart or javelin → 1796
► JACULATORIAL adj. having the faculty of darting → 1856
► JACULATORY adj. pert. to throwing or darting; that is thrown or darted → 1616 rare 
► JACULE n. a serpent that darts on its prey → 1572 obs.
► JACULIFEROUS adj. having prickles, or spine-like darts → 1855