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as in cash
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
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as in flag
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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as in sailor
one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel
the streets of the old seaport were once full of jacks, harlots, and other dockside denizens
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Recent Examples of jack
But, the top seller, according to Grabe, is the Buttermilk Ranch Crunch Wrap, with fried chicken, tater tots, avocado, cheddar jack, pico, BBQ sauce and buttermilk ranch dressing.
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Sarah Kyrcz, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2025
However, my hand has real diamond support, with even the club jack potentially pulling its weight, and my spades are poor.
—Deb Harvell, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2025
For those of us who like to listen with headphones, the Quad 3 has a 6.35mm headphone jack next to the amp’s IR sensor for the remote.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
The best ones connect via USB-C cable and add USB expansion ports, SD card readers, Ethernet jacks and the like.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 4 June 2025
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Sarah Kyrcz, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2025
However, my hand has real diamond support, with even the club jack potentially pulling its weight, and my spades are poor.
—Deb Harvell, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2025
For those of us who like to listen with headphones, the Quad 3 has a 6.35mm headphone jack next to the amp’s IR sensor for the remote.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
The best ones connect via USB-C cable and add USB expansion ports, SD card readers, Ethernet jacks and the like.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jack
Noun
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Members also get Walmart cash rebates on travel services.—
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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To model what this distribution — which will begin when the first baby bonds recipients turn 18 in 2041 — will look like, the cash catalyst program will also focus on giving money to people between the ages of 18 and 30.—
P.R. Lockhart,
Hartford Courant,
27 June 2025
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For days, a small but critical faction of the Senate GOP conference had been raising major flags about the way this cut to states' Medicaid revenue might kneecap rural hospitals in their states.—
Allison Pecorin,
ABC News,
26 June 2025
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The schedule includes a speech by a representative of the Veterans Memorial & Support Foundation, a flag raising and a children’s bike and stroller parade.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
25 June 2025
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Usually, all these guys are practicing before the set in the evening.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
26 June 2025
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While the fan messages did make the guys laugh, a lot of it was thanks to their ribbing of each other and themselves.—
Anna Chan,
Billboard,
26 June 2025
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Tristan was a sailor who captained the school’s forty-foot yacht.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2025
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Read Next California Navy sailor killed answering unexpected knock in 2021, CA cops say.—
Daniella Segura,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2025
Noun
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Think adults-only pools, lounges, bars, and fun extras like champagne and tequila tastings.—
Ronny Maye,
Essence,
24 June 2025
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The collapse could have been triggered by failure of a slab-column connection in the pool deck, where the structural design did not meet building code standards.—
Linda Robertson,
Miami Herald,
24 June 2025
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And, indeed, much like other immigrant laborers, French-Canadian loggers were subject to harsh working conditions and low pay as well as to political disenfranchisement.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
5 June 2025
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President Donald Trump wants loggers to cut down bigger California trees for lumber.—
Tom Philp,
Mercury News,
30 Apr. 2025
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The interactive cash register uses a toy credit card, coins, a scanner, and a number pad to teach everything from shopping phrases to food, numbers, and songs.—
Chaunie Brusie,
Parents,
27 June 2025
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Before 1985, the team picking first overall had been determined through a coin flip between the worst teams in each conference.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
25 June 2025
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Activists gather around the giant banner protesting Jeff Bezos ahead of his wedding in Venice, Italy, on June 23, 2025.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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Throughout the month, protesters have hung anti-Bezos posters and banners on various locations across the city, including the bell tower of the San Giorgio Maggiore basilica and the famous Rialto Bridge.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
23 June 2025
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“Jack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jack. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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