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Billy Jack — title of a movie
Black Jack — brand of chewy gum
Black Jack — titles of songs, movies, etc.
Cheap Jack — peddler of cheap goods
Cracker Jacks — caramel corn
Farmer Jack — grocery chain
Jack — man’s name
Jack — name of several movies
Jack Adams — A fool
Jack and Jill — fairy tale
Jack and the Beanstalk — fairy tale
Jack Brag — braggard
Jack Daniels — whiskey brand
Jack FM — name of a brand of radio stations
Jack Frost — personified cold
Jack in the Green — participant in English May Day parades
Jack Ketch — a public hangman
Jack Out of Office — one no longer in office
Jack Pudding — buffoon who does pudding tricks
Jack Rose — cocktail made with apple brandy
Jack Russell terrier — a dog breed
Jack Sprat — nursery rhyme name
Jack the Ripper — legendary killer
Jackson — common surname
Happy Jack — Arizona town; a song and play
Kangaroo Jack — title of a movie
Little Jack Horner — nursery rhyme name
Monterey Jack — kind of cheese
Mountain Jack’s — restaurant chian
Union Jack — the British flag
Whiskey Jack — bird found in Canada
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almaco jack — type of fish
amberjack — type of fish
applejack — fermented cider
bar jack — type of fish
black jack — card game
black jack — type of fish
bootjack — instrument for drawing off boots
brace jack — scenery prop device
cheap-jack — unscrupulous
crackerjack — expert in some field
crevalle jack — type of fish
flap jack — pancake
hijack — to steal an occupied vehicle
jack — device to lift heavy objects
jack — male donkey
jack — electronic connector
jack — face card in a deck
jack, the — referring to a flag
jacks — child's game
jack bean — bushy plant
jack block — block used on a sailing ship
jack chain — kind of chain
jack cheese — Monterey Jack cheese
jack crevalle — carangid fish
jack head — part of a jack; other meanings
jack knife — to fold like a jackknife
jack ladder — nautical ladder made of rope
jack lamp — camping lantern
jack light — light used as a lure in hunting at night
jack mackerel — edible fish
jack Mormon — Mormon not active in the church
jack o’ clock — clock bell ringing figure
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jack o’ the dust — navy person in charge of provisions
jack oak — kind of tree
jack of plate — type of armour
jack off — to masturbate
jack pine — scrubby pine
jack plane — carpenter's plane
jack post — floor beam support
jack rabbit — large hare
jack rafter — short roof rafter
jack salmon — walleye fish
jack stand — adjustable garage support
jack straw — scarecrow, a peasant rebel
jack tar — sailor
jack yard — sailing spar
jack-a-dandy — little foppish fellow
jack-a-dreams — man of inaction
jack-a-lent — stuffed puppet pelted in Lent
jack-at-a-pinch — man use in emergencies
jack-at-bowls — the butt of all the players
jack-in-office — a conceited upstart official
jack-in-the-pulpit — flower
jack-in-the-box — a childs toy
jack-in-the-hedge — plant growing in hedgerows
jack-of-all-trades — one of many talents
jack-o-lantern — hollowed out pumpkin
jack-pan — barber's pan for heating water
jack-rib — inferior rib in an arch
jack-roll — turning rod of a well
jack-snip — a botching tailor
jack-towel — long servants towel
jack-up — kind of drilling rig
jackanapes — impertinent fellow
jackaroo — inexperienced Australian sheep rancher
jackatar — native of New Foundland
jackass — pack animal
jackboot — military footwear
jackdaw — small crow
jacket — piece of apparel
jackfruit — tropical fruit
jackhammer — automated hammer
jackking — a form of dance
jackknife — pocket knife
jackleg — unskilled worker; strikebreaker
jacklight — portable light
jacklighter — person who fishes at night
jackline — rope or wire strung from a ship's bow
jackpot — the winnings of a contest
jackscrew — lifting device
jackshaft — short shaft coming off a motor
jackstaff — small vertical spar in the bow of a ship
jackstay — rope, bar, or batten placed along a ship's yard
jacksmelt — fish
jackstraws — pickup game
jacky — pint of gin
jumping jack — dancing toy
leatherjack — type of fish; pilot fish
lumberjack — one who cuts tall trees
one-eyed-jacks — certain playing cards
phone jack — cord receptacle
roasting jack — device for turning a spit
skipjack — kind of tuna fish
skyjack — to take over an airplane
smoke-jack — chimney spit
steeple jack — one who climbs steeples
yellow jack — ocean fish type
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ack is a fairly common English and American
first name. But it is also found in many words and phrases. Here is a
list of “jack o’ words” with brief definitions.