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jacking in

jacking in is the present participle and gerund of jack in.

Meaning of jack in

Verb

jack in (third-person singular simple present jacks in, present participle jacking in, simple past and past participle jacked in)

  1. (UK, idiomatic, transitive) To stop doing a regular activity, such as a job or studying.
    • I've had enough of working nights, so I'm going to jack in my job.
  2. (music recording) To insert an electronic coupling into a receptacle; to connect to something, whether involving a physical medium or not.
  3. (ambitransitive) To connect a brain directly to a computer.
    • Watchman replaced him in the linkup seat. He jacked himself into the computer.1970 June, Robert Silverberg, “The Tower of Glass”, in Galaxy Science Fiction, volume 30, number 3, page 141

Questions about jacking in

What is jacking in the present participle and gerund of?
Jacking in is the present participle and gerund of jack in.

Words near jacking in in the dictionary

  1. jackin'
  2. jacking
  3. jacking around
  4. jacking gear
  5. jacking gears
  6. jacking in
  7. jacking into
  8. jacking it
  9. jacking off
  10. jacking point
  11. jacking points

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