Word.ws English Dictionary

jack-in-the-box in Arabic

عِفْرِيتُ الْعُلْبَةِ ʕifrītu l-ʕulbati

jack-in-the-box in Arabic: عِفْرِيتُ الْعُلْبَةِ (ʕifrītu l-ʕulbati). In English, jack-in-the-box means children’s toy consisting of a small box from which a male figure pops out unexpectedly after some turnings of a crank.

Arabic words for jack-in-the-box

child’s toy
عِفْرِيتُ الْعُلْبَةِ ʕifrītu l-ʕulbati

English meaning of jack-in-the-box

  1. noun Children’s toy consisting of a small box from which a male figure pops out unexpectedly after some turnings of a crank.
  2. noun A small but powerful kind of screw, used by burglars to break open safes.
  3. noun A con-man who deceived tradesmen by substituting empty boxes for others full of money.

Full definition of jack-in-the-box

jack-in-the-box in other languages

Questions about jack-in-the-box in Arabic

What is the meaning of jack-in-the-box in Arabic?
Jack-in-the-box in Arabic is عِفْرِيتُ الْعُلْبَةِ (ʕifrītu l-ʕulbati).
ما معنى كلمة jack-in-the-box؟
Jack-in-the-box: عِفْرِيتُ الْعُلْبَةِ (ʕifrītu l-ʕulbati).
What does jack-in-the-box mean in English?
Jack-in-the-box means children’s toy consisting of a small box from which a male figure pops out unexpectedly after some turnings of a crank.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: jack-in-the-box (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: En-us-jack-in-the-box.oga.

Cite this page: “jack-in-the-box meaning in Arabic.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/arabic/jack-in-the-box. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.