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jack shit

jack shit noun: nothing; (a lack of) anything (i.e., of value).

Noun (1)

jack shit (uncountable)

  1. (slang, vulgar) Nothing; (a lack of) anything (i.e., of value).
    • I [won't/will] do jack shit for you if you get lost.
    • Oh, you're in charge? Well, I got some bad news for you Dwayne, from up here it doesn't look like you're in charge of jack shit.1988, Jeb Stuart, Steven E. de Souza, Die Hard, spoken by John McClane (Bruce Willis)
    Synonyms:
    jack squat, jack all

Noun (2) capitalized: Jack shit

Jack shit (uncountable)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of jack shit.

Synonyms of jack shit

Forms of jack shit

alternative formjackshit
alternative formJack shit
alternative formJack and shit

Questions about jack shit

What does jack shit mean?
Jack shit means nothing; (a lack of) anything (i.e., of value).
What part of speech is jack shit?
Jack shit is a noun.

Words near jack shit in the dictionary

  1. jack salmons
  2. jack screw
  3. jack screws
  4. Jack Shalloo
  5. Jack Shalloos
  6. jack shit
  7. Jack Sparrow
  8. Jack Sprat
  9. Jack Sprats
  10. jack squat
  11. jack stand

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