Apple-jack (n.) Apple brandy. |
Black-jack (n.) A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende |
Black-jack (n.) Caramel or burnt sugar, used to color wines, spirits, ground coffee, etc. |
Black-jack (n.) A large leather vessel for beer, etc. |
Black-jack (n.) The Quercus nigra, or barren oak. |
Black-jack (n.) The ensign of a pirate. |
Break (v. t.) To strain apart |
Break (v. t.) To lay open as by breaking |
Break (v. t.) To lay open, as a purpose |
Break (v. t.) To infringe or violate, as an obligation, law, or promise. |
Break (v. t.) To interrupt |
Break (v. t.) To destroy the completeness of |
Break (v. t.) To destroy the arrangement of |
Break (v. t.) To shatter to pieces |
Break (v. t.) To exchange for other money or currency of smaller denomination |
Break (v. t.) To destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of |
Break (v. t.) To weaken or impair, as health, spirit, or mind. |
Break (v. t.) To diminish the force of |
Break (v. t.) To impart, as news or information |
Break (v. t.) To tame |
Break (v. t.) To destroy the financial credit of |
Break (v. t.) To destroy the official character and standing of |
Break (v. i.) To come apart or divide into two or more pieces, usually with suddenness and violence |
Break (v. i.) To open spontaneously, or by pressure from within, as a bubble, a tumor, a seed vessel, a bag. |
Break (v. i.) To burst forth |
Break (v. i.) To burst forth violently, as a storm. |
Break (v. i.) To open up |
Break (v. i.) To become weakened in constitution or faculties |
Break (v. i.) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief |
Break (v. i.) To fall in business |
Break (v. i.) To make an abrupt or sudden change |
Break (v. i.) To fail in musical quality |
Break (v. i.) To fall out |
Break (v. t.) An opening made by fracture or disruption. |
Break (v. t.) An interruption of continuity |
Break (v. t.) A projection or recess from the face of a building. |
Break (v. t.) An opening or displacement in the circuit, interrupting the electrical current. |
Break (v. t.) An interruption |
Break (v. t.) An interruption in continuity in writing or printing, as where there is an omission, an unfilled line, etc. |
Break (v. t.) The first appearing, as of light in the morning |
Break (v. t.) A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind. |
Break (v. t.) A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction. See Brake, n. 9 & 10. |
Break (n.) See Commutator. |
Break-circuit (n.) A key or other device for breaking an electrical circuit. |
Break-up (n.) Disruption |
Cheap-jack (n.) Alt. of Cheap-john |
Jack (n.) A large tree, the Artocarpus integrifolia, common in the East Indies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs in having its leaves entire. The fruit is of great size, weighing from thirty to forty pounds, and through its soft fibrous matter are scattered the seeds, which are roasted and eaten. The wood is of a yellow color, fine grain, and rather heavy, and is much used in cabinetwork. It is also used for dyeing a brilliant yellow. |
Jack (n.) A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John. |
Jack (n.) An impertinent or silly fellow |
Jack (n.) A popular colloquial name for a sailor |
break breakout jailbreak gaolbreak prisonbreak prison-breaking | an escape from jail, the breakout was carefully planned |
open frame break | any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare, the break in the eighth frame cost him the match |
fast break | (basketball) a rapid dash to get a shot as soon as possible after taking possession of the ball |
break | a sudden dash, he made a break for the open door |
breakage break breaking | the act of breaking something, the breakage was unavoidable |
break interruption disruption gap | an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity, it was presented without commercial breaks, there was a gap in his account |
break break of serve | (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving, he was up two breaks in the second set |
all fours high-low-jack | card games in which points are won for taking the high or low or jack or game |
beggar-my-neighbor beggar-my-neighbour strip-Jack-naked | a card game for two players in which the object is to win all of the other player's cards |
break | the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool |
break dancing break dance | a form of solo dancing that involves rapid acrobatic moves in which different parts of the body touch the ground, normally performed to the rhythm of rap music |
housebreaking break-in breaking and entering | trespassing for an unlawful purpose, illegal entrance into premises with criminal intent |
respite recess break time out | a pause from doing something (as work), we took a -minute break, he took time out to recuperate |
spring break | a week or more of recess during the spring term at school |
Canada jay grey jay gray jay camp robber whisker jack Perisoreus canadensis | a jay of northern North America with blackapped head and no crest, noted for boldness in thievery |
jack jackass | male donkey |
coho cohoe coho salmon blue jack silver salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch | small salmon of northern Pacific coasts and the Great Lakes |
walleye walleyed pike jack salmon dory Stizostedion vitreum | pike-like freshwater perches |
jack | any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas |
crevalle jack jack crevalle Caranx hippos | fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico |
yellow jack Caranx bartholomaei | fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico |
horse mackerel jack mackerel Spanish mackerel saurel Trachurus symmetricus | a California food fish |
break seal | a seal that must be broken when first used and cannot easily be resealed, it was stored in a tube with a break seal |
bumper jack | a jack for lifting a motor vehicle by the bumper |
jack | tool for exerting pressure or lifting |
jack knave | one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince |
jack | small flag indicating a ship's nationality |
jack jackstones | game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks |
jack | an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug |
jack | a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling |
jack-in-the-box | plaything consisting of a toy clown that jumps out of a box when the lid is opened |
jack-o'-lantern | lantern carved from a pumpkin |
jack plane | a carpenter's plane for rough finishing |
jackscrew screw jack | screw-operated jack |
Jacob's ladder jack ladder pilot ladder | (nautical) a hanging ladder of ropes or chains supporting wooden or metal rungs or steps |
jumping jack | plaything consisting of a toy figure with movable joints that can be made to dance by pulling strings |
telephone jack phone jack | a jack for plugging in a telephone |
Union Jack Union flag | national flag of the United Kingdom |
yellow jack | yellow flag hoist on a ship in quarantine |
break | an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion), then there was a break in her voice |
rupture breach break severance rift falling out | a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions), they hoped to avoid a break in relations |
break good luck happy chance | an unexpected piece of good luck, he finally got his big break |
break | the occurrence of breaking, the break in the dam threatened the valley |
interruption break | some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity, the telephone is an annoying interruption, there was a break in the action when a player was hurt |
service break | a tennis game won on the opponent's service |
coffee break tea break | a snack taken during a break in the work day, a ten-minute coffee break, the British have tea breaks |
jackfruit jak jack | immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit, it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted |
fault faulting geological fault shift fracture break | (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other, they built it right over a geological fault, he studied the faulting of the earth's crust |
Jack Frost | a personification of frost or winter weather |
handyman jack of all trades odd-job man | a man skilled in various odd jobs and other small tasks |