Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to jack
Participle: jacked
Gerund: jacking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | jack |
| you | jack |
| he;she;it | jacks |
| we | jack |
| you | jack |
| they | jack |
Perfect
| I | have jacked |
| you | have jacked |
| he;she;it | has jacked |
| we | have jacked |
| you | have jacked |
| they | have jacked |
Past
| I | jacked |
| you | jacked |
| he;she;it | jacked |
| we | jacked |
| you | jacked |
| they | jacked |
Pluperfect
| I | had jacked |
| you | had jacked |
| he;she;it | had jacked |
| we | had jacked |
| you | had jacked |
| they | had jacked |
Future
| I | will jack |
| you | will jack |
| he;she;it | will jack |
| we | will jack |
| you | will jack |
| they | will jack |
Future Perfect
| I | will have jacked |
| you | will have jacked |
| he;she;it | will have jacked |
| we | will have jacked |
| you | will have jacked |
| they | will have jacked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | jack |
| you | jack |
| he;she;it | jack |
| we | jack |
| you | jack |
| they | jack |
Perfect
| I | have jacked |
| you | have jacked |
| he;she;it | have jacked |
| we | have jacked |
| you | have jacked |
| they | have jacked |
Imperfect
| I | jacked |
| you | jacked |
| he;she;it | jacked |
| we | jacked |
| you | jacked |
| they | jacked |
Pluperfect
| I | had jacked |
| you | had jacked |
| he;she;it | had jacked |
| we | had jacked |
| you | had jacked |
| they | had jacked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would jack |
| you | would jack |
| he;she;it | would jack |
| we | would jack |
| you | would jack |
| they | would jack |
Perfect
| I | would have jacked |
| you | would have jacked |
| he;she;it | would have jacked |
| we | would have jacked |
| you | would have jacked |
| they | would have jacked |
Imperative
| you | jack |
| we | Let's jack |
| you | jack |
Verbs conjugated like 'jack'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'jack'
back,
cack,
dack,
fack,
gack,
hack,
jark,
jock,
lack,
mack,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to take something that does not belong to one
- abduct, abstract, appropriate, bag, bandit, bone, boost, borrow, burglarize, burgle, cheat, chore, convert, cop, cozen, crib, embezzle, filch, fleece, flog, gaffle, half-inch, heist, kidnap, knock off, kype, kyper, liberate, lift, loot, make off with, mill, misappropriate, moonlight requisition, nick, own, peculate, pickpocket, pilfer, pillage, pinch, pirate, plunder, poach, pocket, prig, purloin, raid, ransack, rape, reave, rip, rip off, rob, run off with, snag, snatch, steal, swindle, swipe, thieve, walk off with
Additional Information
Etymology
1. 1873,
jack up, originally "abandon, give up," later (1885) "hoist with a jack;" then "increase prices, etc." (1904, Amer.Eng.), all from the noun.
Jack off (v.) "to masturbate" is attested from 1916, probably from
jack in the sense of "penis."
2. Transferred use of the personal name Jack.
3. (cricket: eleventh batsman): An allusion to the jack in playing cards, which follows the 10.
Verbs referencing "jack"
Maltese
ġġakkja.
Sample Sentences
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He jacked the car so that he could replace the brake pads.
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Large cranes were virtually non-existent in the areas I worked with this truck, so we jacked everything on and off[.] [2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 111:]
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If you want to jack your stats you just write off failures as invalid results.
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Fruit of the orchard has been "jacked" these many generations, with Plymouth Rockers putting the hard cider barrel down into the ground to freeze, and […] [1941, Esquire, volume 15, numbers 1-3, page 176:]
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The potency of a jacked beverage depends on the temperature applied to the original beverage; the colder the liquor, the more water can be frozen out […]. In New England, where this technique was historically used, people could get applejack to around 30 percent alcohol […]. [2010, Scott Mansfield, Strong Waters: A Simple Guide to Making Beer, Wine, Cider ..., →ISBN:]
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Someone jacked my car last night!
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A kid in a M3's getting jacked right in front of me [1993, “Just Another Day”, in Black Reign, performed by Queen Latifah:]
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Now I'm in a new whip counting the big stack / Yellow-gold chain and the diamonds are black / Jack me? Nah, you don't wanna do that [2014, Skepta, Jme, “That's Not Me” (track 10), in Konnichiwa, performed by Skepta featuring Jme:]
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I don't even care about mine, I can get my shit off while jacking in the shower. [2017, Diamond Johnson, Finding My Way Back to Love 2, Sullivan Group Publishing, →ISBN:]