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Synonyms of jack
1
slang
something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment
- I'd buy that watch, but I don't have the jack right now
Synonyms for jack
- bread
- [slang],
- bucks,
- cabbage
- [slang],
- cash,
- change,
- chips,
- coin,
- currency,
- dough,
- gold,
- green,
- kale
- [slang],
- legal tender,
- lolly
- [British],
- long green
- [slang],
- loot,
- lucre,
- money,
- moola
- (or moolah)
- [slang],
- needful,
- pelf,
- scratch
- [slang],
- shekels
- (also sheqels or shekelim or shekalim or sheqalim),
- tender,
- wampum
Words Related to jack
- dead presidents
- [slang],
- folding money,
- paper money,
- scrip
- chump change,
- dibs
- [slang],
- dime,
- mite,
- peanuts,
- pittance,
- shoestring
2
a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling
- a Portuguese ship flying the national jack
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3
an adult male human being
- hey, jack, can you spare some change?
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4
one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel
- the streets of the old seaport were once full of jacks, harlots, and other dockside denizens
Synonyms for jack
Words Related to jack
- lime-juicer
- [slang],
- limey
- [slang]
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The first known use of jack was in 1548
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