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jack- definition

jack- (jak)

  1. male jackass
  2. large or strong jackboot
  3. boy; fellow: used in hyphenated compounds jack-in-the-box

Etymology: see jack

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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