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How to use jack in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb, adjective

Jack means a coarse medieval coat of defence, especially one made of leather. Example: “She used a jack to lift her car and changed the tire.”

Examples of jack by meaning

nounA coarse medieval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.

  • jack of plate
  • jack of mail

nounA policeman or detective; (Australia) a military policeman.

  • One of them remarked: "The 'Jacks' (detectives) are after you."1935, Bernard O'Donnell, The trials of Mr. Justice Avory, page 219
  • The older of the two jacks reached forward and gave Henry's right paw a quick tug.2013, Nick Oldham, Big City Jacks

nounEach of a series of blocks in a harpsichord or the earlier virginal, communicating the action of the key to the quill...

  • In the virginal, an upright piece of wood fixed to the key-lever and fitted with a quill which plucked the string as the jack rose when the key was pressed down.1923, Charles Talbut Onions, “Notes”, in Edward Bliss Reed, editor, Shakespeare's Sonnets, Yale University Press, Note 128.5

nounA mechanical device used to raise and (temporarily) support a heavy object, now especially to lift one side of a motor...

  • She used a jack to lift her car and changed the tire.

nounA torch or other light used in hunting to attract or dazzle game at night.

  • a heron when seeing a deer attracted by the jack1930, Tappan Gregory, Deer at Night in the North Woods

nounMoney, cash.

  • Angels come from everywhere with lots of jack, and when you lose it, there's no attack.1946, Irving Berlin, “There's No Business Like Show Business”

nounNothing, not anything, jack shit.

  • You haven't done jack. Get up and get this room cleaned up right now!
  • I saw it man, I couldn't do jack for her.1994, The Crow, spoken by Sergeant Albrecht (Ernie Hudson), Miramax
  • In other words, jack, Mira thought, in a spike of furious resentment against herself.2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 72

nounA Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema), often capitalized Jack.

  • Some botanists believe all jacks are just one species, Arisaema triphyllum, while others claim there are as many as three: A. triphyllum, A. atrorubens, and A. stewardsonii.2003 May 1, “Is that “Jack” in the Pulpit”, in Hilton Pond Center for Piedmont Natural History
  • In fact, most male Jacks are under 14 inches tall.2013 January 6, “Jack-in-the-Pulpit, and Jill”, in Eat the Weeds

More sentences with jack

  • If you hook your network cable into the jack, you'll be on the network.From the entry hook
  • Jack didn't get an engineering degree, but has practical knowledge of metalworking.From the entry practical
  • Jack had dozens of miniatures of Napoleonic footsoldiers painted in detailed period regalia for his wargames.From the entry miniature
  • Jack did a good job of getting lost: nobody saw him for 4 years.From the entry get lost
  • Jack had been an elder for only a few days when he received a new calling.From the entry elder
  • Jack wouldn't be arriving for another ten minutes, so I had a mooch around the garden.From the entry mooch
  • Jack blew a gasket when he saw his son's poor report card.From the entry blow a gasket
  • With three aces and two jacks, he thought it was safe to up the ante.From the entry up the ante
  • I'm not letting him use my computer again; he always jacks it up.From the entry jack up
  • I've had enough of working nights, so I'm going to jack in my job.From the entry jack in
  • Jack dumped core on how to operate the server before he left on holiday.From the entry dump core
  • Jack Kevorkian, euthanasia activist, famously said "dying is not a crime".From the entry Kevorkian
  • Jack is a former fire damper who was injured in an explosion.From the entry fire damper
  • Jacks, queens, and kings are not numerals.From the entry numeral
  • Jack loves playing on this Fortnite map.From the entry map
  • Jack drank the whole bottle by himself.From the entry drink
  • Jack is so sketchy. I think he's stalking me.From the entry sketchy
  • Jack and Jenny married soon after they met.From the entry marry
  • I was forced to change trumps when I found the ace, jack, and nine of diamonds in the nest.From the entry nest
  • Jack, you are an embarrassment to this family.From the entry embarrassment
  • Jack cannot run, making him unfit for the track team.From the entry unfit
  • Jack was carrying his lunchbox with him.From the entry lunchbox
  • Jack won the last match of blackjack; Theo overplayed.From the entry overplay
  • Jack gathered his meager ration of food.From the entry ration
  • Jack is sick today and doesn't really seem with it.From the entry with it
  • Jack is the most bad-tempered and violent man I know.From the entry bad-tempered
  • I'm going to jack my job in.From the entry jack in

Meaning of jack

  1. noun A coarse medieval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.
  2. noun A name applied to a hypothetical or typical man.
  3. noun A man, a fellow; a typical man; men in general.

Full definition of jack

Questions about jack in a sentence

How do you use jack in a sentence?
Jack is used as a noun, verb and adjective. For example: “She used a jack to lift her car and changed the tire.”
What is a short sentence with jack?
“jack of mail”
What does jack mean?
Jack means a coarse medieval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: jack (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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