Any of several large food and game yellowtail fishes of the genus Seriola, found in warm waters of all oceans.
amberjacks
amberjacks
noun
plural of amberjack
anklejack
applejack
applejack
noun
An alcoholic drink similar to apple brandy and calvados, made by freeze-distilling ("jacking") apple cider.
applejacks
applejacks
noun
plural of applejack
archjockey
blackjacked
blackjacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackjack
bluejack
bluejack
verb
(transitive) To send messages to (a device) anonymously using Bluetooth.
bluejacket
bluejacket
noun
(nautical) A seaman of a British warship
(nautical) An enlisted man in the US Navy.
A uniformed policeman.
bluejackets
bluejackets
noun
plural of bluejacket
bluejacks
bluejacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bluejack
buckjumper
buckjumper
noun
A horse that buckjumps.
One who takes part in buckjumping.
cheapjack
cheapjack
adj
shabby
noun
A peddler, a travelling hawker.
crackerjack
crackerjack
adj
(US, slang) Referring to clothing items (pants, jersey, collar) that constitute the traditional blue uniform of the enlisted men of the US Navy.
Exceptionally fine or excellent; top-notch; high quality.
Expert, top-rated or high-performing.
noun
(US, slang) A U.S. Navy sailor.
(US, slang, in the plural) The traditional blue uniforms of the enlisted men of the US Navy.
(US, uncountable) Popcorn candied in molasses-flavored caramel and peanuts.
An exceptionally fine or excellent thing or person.
An expert or top-rated individual (e.g., a marksman).
crackerjacks
crackerjacks
noun
plural of crackerjack
highjacked
highjacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of highjack
highjacker
highjacker
noun
Alternative spelling of hijacker
hijacked
hijacked
adj
Of a vehicle, aircraft, vessel, computer, etc.: whose control has been seized by force
verb
simple past tense and past participle of hijack
hijacker
hijacker
noun
(computing) Hijackware.
Someone who hijacks.
hijackers
hijackers
noun
plural of hijacker
horsejockey
jabberwock
jabberwock
Proper noun
A fantastical dreaded monster with flaming eyes.
jabberwockian
jabberwockies
jabberwockies
noun
plural of jabberwocky
jabberwocky
jabberwocky
adj
absurd, nonsense, nonsensical
meaningless, worthless
noun
invented or meaningless language; nonsense
jackanapes
jackanapes
noun
(dated, derogatory) An impudent or mischievous person.
(obsolete) A monkey.
plural of jackanape
jackanapeses
jackanapeses
noun
plural of jackanapes
jackarooed
jackarooed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackaroo
jackasseries
jackasseries
noun
plural of jackassery
jackassery
jackassery
noun
The foolish or obnoxious behaviour of a jackass.
jackasses
jackasses
noun
plural of jackass
jackassness
jackassness
noun
foolishness; idiocy
jackbooted
jackbooted
adj
(figuratively) Authoritarian or oppressive, especially in a cruel or violent manner.
Wearing jackboots.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackboot
jacked
jacked
adj
(slang) Broken, imperfect, especially when followed by 'up'. (See jacked up)
(slang) High on drugs or stimulants.
(slang) Strong and/or muscled.
verb
(slang) simple past tense and past participle of jack (stole)
jackeen
jackeen
noun
(Ireland, derogatory) An arrogant lower-class person, especially in Dublin.
(Ireland, derogatory) Synonym of Dubliner, especially (obsolete or historical) an excessively Anglophile one.
jackelyn
jacker
jacker
noun
(archaic) One who hunts at night using a jacklight.
(colloquial) A computer hacker or pirate
(colloquial) A robber.
jackeroo
jackeroo
noun
Alternative spelling of jackaroo
jackerooed
jackerooed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackeroo
jackerooing
jackerooing
verb
present participle of jackeroo
jackeroos
jackeroos
noun
plural of jackeroo
jackers
jackers
noun
plural of jacker
jacket
jacket
noun
(Appalachia) A vest(US); a waistcoat (UK)
(Jamaica) A bastard child, in particular one whose father is unaware that they are not the child’s biological father.
(military) In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reinforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.
(slang) A police record.
A piece of a person's suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat; coat (US)
A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
A protective or insulating cover for an object (e.g. a book, hot water tank, bullet.)
The tough outer skin of a baked potato.
verb
(transitive) To enclose or encase in a jacket or other covering.
To confine (someone) to a straitjacket.
jacketed
jacketed
adj
Dressed in a jacket.
Encased or enclosed inside a jacket.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jacket
jacketing
jacketing
noun
(countable, UK, dialect, archaic) A thrashing; a beating.
(countable, uncountable) A protective or insulating cover for an object; a jacket.
(countable, uncountable) Material used to make jackets.
verb
present participle of jacket
jacketless
jacketless
adj
Without a jacket (book cover).
Without a jacket (coat).
jacketlike
jackets
jackets
noun
plural of jacket
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jacket
jacketwise
jacketwise
adv
In the manner of a jacket.
jackety
jackety
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a jacket.
jackey
jackfishes
jackfishes
noun
plural of jackfish
jackhammer
jackhammer
noun
A portable percussive power tool that combines a hammer and chisel used to drill or break hard matter, for instance rock or concrete.
verb
(intransitive) To use a jackhammer.
(intransitive, figurative) To move like a jackhammer.
(of the heart or pulse) To beat hard, to pound.
(transitive) To break (something) using a jackhammer.
(transitive) To form (something) using a jackhammer.
(transitive, figurative) To move (something) like a jackhammer.
(transitive, figurative) To strike (something) repeatedly with force, to pound.
jackhammered
jackhammered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackhammer
jackhammers
jackhammers
noun
plural of jackhammer
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jackhammer
jackhead
jackie
jackie
Proper noun
A diminutive of the male given name Jack or John.
A diminutive of the female given name Jacqueline, Jacquelyn
jackies
jackies
noun
plural of jacky
jackknife
jackknife
noun
(statistics) A resampling method that applies estimators to all subsamples that each omit a single different group (possibly of a single datapoint) of the original sample to provide a sample distribution of the estimate.
Alternative spelling of jack-knife
jackknifed
jackknifed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackknife
jackknifes
jackknifes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jackknife
jackknives
jackknives
noun
plural of jackknife
jackleg
jackleg
adj
(US) Amateur, untrained; incompetent.
(US) Dishonest, unscrupulous.
(US) Ineptly built or operated; makeshift.
noun
(US) A shyster or con artist; a gambler who cheats; a generally dishonest or reprehensible person.
(US) An amateur; an untrained or incompetent person.
A type of drill operated by means of compressed air.
jacklegs
jacklegs
noun
plural of jackleg
jacklighted
jacklighter
jacklighter
noun
A hunter who jacklights.
jackmen
jackmen
noun
plural of jackman
jacknifed
jacknives
jackpile
jackplane
jackplane
noun
Alternative spelling of jack plane
jackquelin
jackqueline
jackrolled
jackrolled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jackroll
jackscrew
jackscrew
noun
A jack (mechanical lifting device) which is operated by turning a leadscrew.
A leadscrew; a screw used to translate rotational into linear motion.
jackscrews
jackscrews
noun
plural of jackscrew
jackshea
jackslave
jackslave
noun
(obsolete, nonce word) A low servant; a mean fellow.
jacksmelt
jacksmelt
noun
Atherinopsis californiensis, an edible neotropical silverside native to the Pacific coast of North America.
jacksmelts
jacksmelts
noun
plural of jacksmelt
jacksnipe
jacksnipe
noun
Lymnocryptes minimus, a migratory small stocky wader, the smallest of the snipes.
jacksnipes
jacksnipes
noun
plural of jacksnipe
jacksonite
jacksonite
Noun
A Jacksonian.
jacksonville
jacksonville
Proper noun
Name for a number of cities and towns in the United States, including the largest city in Florida.
an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Switzerland County, Indiana
jackstone
jackstone
noun
A jack; one of the playing pieces in the game of jacks.
jackstones
jackstones
noun
plural of jackstone
jackweed
jackyarder
jaenicke
jahncke
jampacked
jampacked
adj
Alternative spelling of jam-packed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jampack
janacek
janeczka
jedcock
jedcock
noun
Alternative form of judcock (“jacksnipe”)
jeddock
jedlicka
jelick
jelick
noun
The bodice of women or vest of men worn in the Ottoman Empire.
jestingstock
jocker
jocker
noun
(slang) A man who perceives himself as straight and is the aggressive top in a relationship between two men, especially in prison.
jockette
jockette
noun
(US, slang) The female equivalent of a jock.
(informal, dated) A female jockey.
jockettes
jockettes
noun
plural of jockette
jockey
jockey
noun
(Ireland, crime, slang) A rapist.
(UK, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
(dated) A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.
(dated) A dealer in horses; a horse trader.
An operator of some machinery or apparatus.
One who rides racehorses competitively.
That part of a variable resistor or potentiometer that rides over the resistance wire
The selling of an unsound horse for a sound price is regarded by a Yorkshire jockey
verb
To cheat or trick.
To jostle by riding against.
To maneuver (something) by skill for one's advantage.
To ride (a horse) in a race.
jockeydom
jockeydom
noun
The realm or sphere of jockeys (riders of racehorses).
jockeyed
jockeyed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jockey
jockeying
jockeying
noun
The act of one who jockeys.
verb
present participle of jockey
jockeyish
jockeyism
jockeyism
noun
The practice or techniques of jockeys; the skill of riding a horse in a race.
jockeylike
jockeylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a jockey (rider of racehorses).
jockeys
jockeys
noun
Synonym of jockey shorts
plural of jockey
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jockey
jockeyship
jockeyship
noun
The art, character, or position, of a jockey; the personality of a jockey.
jockteleg
jockteleg
noun
(Scotland, archaic) A folding knife.
johnnycake
johnnycake
noun
(US) A dense, baked or fried flatbread made of cornmeal.
johnnycakes
johnnycakes
noun
plural of johnnycake
journeycake
journeycake
noun
Alternative form of johnnycake
juckies
justicelike
justicelike
adj
Alternative form of justice-like
kanchenjunga
kangchenjunga
kangchenjunga
Proper noun
A Himalayan mountain between Nepal and India, the third highest in the world.
keratoconjunctivitis
keratoconjunctivitis
noun
(pathology) An inflammation of the cornea and the conjunctiva.
kragujevac
kragujevac
Proper noun
A city in Serbia.
lancejack
lancejack
noun
Alternative form of lance-jack
leatherjacket
leatherjacket
noun
Any of several Atlantic fishes, of the genus Oligoplites, that have a leathery skin; leatherjack
Any of several brightly coloured tropical fishes, of the family Balistidae, including the filefish and the triggerfish; leatherfish
The larva of some crane flies
lonejack
lumberjack
lumberjack
noun
A lumberjacket.
A person whose work is to fell trees.
verb
(transitive) To work as a lumberjack, cutting down trees.
lumberjacket
lumberjacket
noun
A lumberjack shirt.
lumberjacks
lumberjacks
noun
plural of lumberjack
natterjack
natterjack
noun
A toad of species Bufo calamita (or Epidalea calamita), known for its running lizard-like gait and very loud mating call.
outjockey
outjockey
verb
(transitive) To outdo; to outvie.
outjockeyed
outjockeyed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of outjockey
outjockeying
outjockeying
verb
present participle of outjockey
overjacket
rattlejack
redjacket
rejacket
rejacket
verb
(transitive) To cover (a book, etc.) with a new jacket.
rejacketing
rejacketing
verb
present participle of rejacket
sjenicki
skyjacked
skyjacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of skyjack
skyjacker
skyjacker
noun
A person who commits skyjacking, who skyjacks.
skyjackers
skyjackers
noun
plural of skyjacker
smokejack
smokejack
noun
A device for turning a spit by means of a fly or wheel moved by the current of ascending air in a chimney.
steeplejack
steeplejack
noun
A person whose job involves climbing tall structures like steeples in order to make repairs.
steeplejacks
steeplejacks
noun
plural of steeplejack
stockjobber
stockjobber
noun
(Britain, derogatory, trading) An unscrupulous stockbroker.
(chiefly Britain, trading) A stock exchange worker who deals only with brokers.
stockjobbers
stockjobbers
noun
plural of stockjobber
stockjobbery
straightjacket
straightjacket
noun
Misspelling of straitjacket.
straitjacket
straitjacket
noun
(figurative) Any situation seen as confining or restricting.
A jacket-like garment with very long sleeves which can be secured in place, thus preventing the wearer from moving his or her arms. Often used in psychiatric hospitals to prevent patients from injuring themselves or others.
verb
(by extension) To restrict the freedom of, either physically or psychologically.
(literally) To put someone into a straitjacket.
subjectlike
subjectlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a subject.
supplejack
supplejack
noun
A cane made from such a plant used as a walking stick or as a whip.
A child's toy in the form of a man with jointed limbs controlled by a string; a jumping jack.
Any of several vines belonging to the genus Ripogonum, native to New Zealand.
Any of various North American vines that have supple stems.