Word.ws English Dictionary

whisky jack

whisky jack noun: the gray jay, Perisoreus canadensis.

Noun (1)

whisky jack (plural whisky jacks)

  1. (Canada) The gray jay, Perisoreus canadensis.

Noun (2)

whisky jack (plural whisky jacks)

  1. Synonym of bottle jack
    Synonyms:
    bottle jack

Synonyms of whisky jack

All synonyms of whisky jack

Forms of whisky jack

pluralwhisky jacks
alternative USwhiskey jack
alternative USwhiskey-jack
alternative USwhiskeyjack
alternative Canadawhisky-jack
alternative Canadawhiskyjack

Origin of whisky jack

Perhaps an alteration of whisky john, a corruption of Cree wîskacân / ᐄᐧᐢᑲᒑᐣ (iiyskacaan), or perhaps directly from Cree wîskicâk ᐄᐧᐢᑭᒑᐠ (iiyskicaak). See also Wisakedjak on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Questions about whisky jack

What does whisky jack mean?
Whisky jack means the gray jay, Perisoreus canadensis.
What part of speech is whisky jack?
Whisky jack is a noun.
What is the plural of whisky jack?
The plural of whisky jack is whisky jacks.

Words near whisky jack in the dictionary

  1. whisks off
  2. whisky
  3. whisky butter
  4. whisky fungi
  5. whisky fungus
  6. whisky jack
  7. whisky jacks
  8. whisky john
  9. whisky johns
  10. whisky seat
  11. whisky seats

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: whisky jack (page history and authors). 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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “whisky jack.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/whisky_jack. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.