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supplejack

supplejack noun: any of various North American vines that have supple stems.

Noun

supplejack (countable and uncountable, plural supplejacks)

  1. Any of various North American vines that have supple stems.
    Synonyms:
    kareao, kareau
  2. A cane made from such a plant used as a walking stick or as a whip.
    • Above all, knock the first of them down who is insolent, and thrash any of them who are disobedient with a supplejack.1895, Edgar Jepson, Sibyl Falcon: A Study in Romantic Morals
  3. A child's toy in the form of a man with jointed limbs controlled by a string; a jumping jack.
    • and his body spread out as usual in his favourite position of a supplejack distorted to the utmost;1854, James Blackwood, Narrative of an expedition of five Americans into a country of wild animals […]
  4. Any of several vines belonging to the genus Ripogonum, native to New Zealand.

Synonyms of supplejack

Forms of supplejack

pluralsupplejacks
alternative formsupple-jack
alternative formsupple jack

Questions about supplejack

What does supplejack mean?
Supplejack means any of various North American vines that have supple stems.
What part of speech is supplejack?
Supplejack is a noun.
What is the plural of supplejack?
The plural of supplejack is supplejacks.

Words near supplejack in the dictionary

  1. supple-jacks
  2. suppled
  3. Supplee
  4. Supplee's paradox
  5. Supplees
  6. supplejack
  7. supplejacks
  8. supplely
  9. supplement
  10. supplementable
  11. supplemental

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