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say it: jak
jack is a noun and verb meaning "a small worthless amount". It carries 14 recorded senses.
a small worthless amount
“you don't know jack”
someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
immense East Indian fruit resembling breadfruit; it contains an edible pulp and nutritious seeds that are commonly roasted
a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling
an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug
game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks
small flag indicating a ship's nationality
tool for exerting pressure or lifting
any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for jack come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.