jacklight
jacklight noun: a spotlight or lamp mounted on a car, boat or pole, etc. to aid in hunting.
Noun
jacklight (plural jacklights)
Verb
jacklight (third-person singular simple present jacklights, present participle jacklighting, simple past and past participle jacklighted or jacklit)
Synonyms of jacklight
Forms of jacklight
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | jacklights |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | jacklights |
| present participle | jacklighting |
| past participle | jacklighted |
| past | jacklighted |
| past participle | jacklit |
| past | jacklit |
Origin of jacklight
* jack + light. Probably from jack (“a male servant of any rank”), later associated with a boy servant or any boy, and later still with a knave: a rogue, thief, or deceitful man. * Possibly also related to Spanish jaque (“a bully”).
Words formed from jacklight
Words that rhyme with jacklight
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- knight
- slight
- Dwight
- height
- sight
- night
- sprite
- fight
- parasite
- site
- alight
- smite
- all right
- blight
- might
- mite
- skite
- cite
- indite
- lite
- outright
- plight
- bight
- excite
- ignite
- invite
- overnight
- uptight
- wight
- accite
- alright
- benight
- bewrite
- blite
- copyright
- despite
- dight
- disunite
- finite
- flite
- hight
- incite
- recite
- relight
- rewrite
- sleight
- spite
- spright
Questions about jacklight
- What does jacklight mean?
- Jacklight means a spotlight or lamp mounted on a car, boat or pole, etc. to aid in hunting.
- What part of speech is jacklight?
- Jacklight can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of jacklight?
- The plural of jacklight is jacklights.
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