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jackman

jackman noun: a member of the pit crew responsible for lifting the car with a jack.

Noun

jackman (plural jackmen)

  1. A member of the pit crew responsible for lifting the car with a jack.
    • While Stewart’s team checked out the damage to his car in the pit stall, Busch pulled next to Stewart’s car, forcing the jackman Jason Lee to jump back and onto the hood.2007 June 9, The Associated Press, “Sports Briefing”, in New York Times
  2. (obsolete) One wearing a jack; a horse soldier; a retainer.
    • Christie […] the laird's chief jackman.1820 March, [Walter Scott], The Monastery. A Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Co....
  3. A six-pointed playing piece in the game of jacks; a jackstone.
    • Blanca's ball fell soft and punctual as a footstep, and the handful of jackmen rang out as she played. The tap of the ball falling and the jacks swept in and out never faltered, but now Blanca began speaking to him from the floor.1991, Kay Boyle, Gentlemen, I Address You Privately, page 51

Proper noun capitalized: Jackman

Jackman (countable and uncountable, plural Jackmans)

  1. A surname.
  2. A town in Somerset County, Maine, United States.

jackman meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

jackman in Hindi

जैकमैन, जैक्मैन

jackman in Tamil

ஜாக்மேன், ஜேக்மேன்

jackman in Marathi

जॅकमॅन, जॅकमन

jackman in Urdu

جیک مین, جیکمین
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jackman in Bengali
জ্যাকম্যান
jackman in Telugu
జాక్మన్, జాక్మాన్
jackman in Malayalam
ജാക്ക്മാൻ, ജാക്മാൻ
jackman in Kannada
ಜಾಕ್ಮನ್, ಜ್ಯಾಕ್ಮನ್, ಜಾಕ್ಮ್ಯಾನ್
jackman in Punjabi
ਜੈਕਮੈਨ
jackman in Gujarati
જેકમેન, જેક્મેન, જેકમૅન
jackman in Odia
ଜ୍ଯ଼ାକମ୍ଯ଼ାନ୍, ଜ୍ଯ଼ାକମ୍ଯ଼ାନ, ଜ୍ଯ଼ାକ୍ମ୍ଯ଼ାନ୍
jackman in Nepali
ज्याकम्यान, ज्याकमेन

Forms of jackman

Noun
pluraljackmen
Proper noun
pluralJackmans

Origin of jackman

From jack + -man.

Questions about jackman

What does jackman mean?
Jackman means a member of the pit crew responsible for lifting the car with a jack.
What is jackman in Hindi?
Jackman in Hindi is जैकमैन, जैक्मैन. See Jackman meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is jackman?
Jackman can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of jackman?
The plural of jackman is jackmen.

Words near jackman in the dictionary

  1. jacklines
  2. Jackling
  3. Jacklins
  4. jacklit
  5. Jacklyn
  6. jackman
  7. Jackmans
  8. jackmen
  9. jacknife
  10. jacko
  11. jackoa

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jackman (page history and authors); Jackman (page history and authors); jackman (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jackman (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jackman (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jackman (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jackman (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jackman (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jackman (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jackman (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jackman (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jackman (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jackman (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jackman (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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