Jack
a small worthless amount
How often you will meet it
Rank 949 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 19,362 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.009% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- a small worthless amount also: doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly you don't know jack
- a man who serves as a sailor also: mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, old salt, seafarer
- someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor also: laborer, manual laborer, labourer
- immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted also: jackfruit, jak
- a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling
- an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug
Jack in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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She’s the mater’s factotum, companion, Jack of all trades!
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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I expect Jack will be down from the rear shortly.
The Riverman · Stewart Edward White · Chapter 1
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Such scurvy doom could the chances deal To Top-Gallant Harry and Jack Genteel?
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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Connolly was a mutt--couldn't take him--but Jack Emmett--there wasn't any reason to be seen for that.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Before you could say Jack Robinson, Kat's hook flew around and caught in Kit's clothes and pricked him.
The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1