Jack

adj

Etymology: Transferred use of the personal name Jack. (cricket: eleventh batsman): An allusion to the jack in playing cards, which follows the 10.

1. Tired, disillusioned; fed up (with).

   “In the end, black and white were both crawling on the ground in reconciliation. Both saying that they were plain jack of each other.”

name

Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English Jackin Middle English Jankyn English Jack From Middle English Jackin, Jankyn, a popular pet form of John; rarely also an anglicized form of French Jacques (equivalent of Jacob and James). It can be also used as nickname for Jacob. Though the name was originally a pet form, it has become more of an independent name. Equivalent to John + -kin, Jake or Jacques. See also Middle French Hennequin, Jannequin and Middle Dutch Janneken.

1. A unisex given name derived from a pet form of the name John. Occasionally a diminutive of other given names such as Jackson, Jacob, Jacqueline or Jonathan.

   “Since every Jack became a gentleman there's many a gentle person made a Jack.”

   “Heere comes leane Iacke, heere comes bare-bone. How now my ſweet Creature of Bombaſt, how long is't agoe, Iacke, ſince thou ſaw'ſt thine owne Knee?”

2. A surname.
3. Jack Daniel's, a brand of Tennessee whiskey.

   “Before I leave, brush my teeth with a bottle of Jack.”

   “Got a boy back home in Michigan / And it tastes like Jack when I'm kissing him / So I told him that I never really liked his friends / Now he's gone and he's calling me a bitch again”

4. An unincorporated community in Coffee County, Alabama, United States.
5. An unincorporated community in Dent County, Missouri, United States.
6. Ellipsis of Monterey Jack, a type of cheese.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English Jackin Middle English Jankyn English Jack From Middle English Jackin, Jankyn, a popular pet form of John; rarely also an anglicized form of French Jacques (equivalent of Jacob and James). It can be also used as nickname for Jacob. Though the name was originally a pet form, it has become more of an independent name. Equivalent to John + -kin, Jake or Jacques. See also Middle French Hennequin, Jannequin and Middle Dutch Janneken.

1. A placeholder or conventional name for any man, particularly a younger, lower-class man.

   “Well, if you ever plan to motor west / Jack, take my way, it's the highway that's the best / Get your kicks on Route 66”

2. Ellipsis of Jack Tar, a sailor.

   “When he went home on leave he rioted on a large scale—pompously. Jack ashore—with a difference—in externals only.”

3. Ellipsis of Jack Rum, a soldier.
4. A jacqueminot rose.

verb

1. To hit (the ball) hard; especially, to hit (the ball) out of the field, producing a home run.

   “An excellent piece of work, Wayne thought, so good in fact, he wasn’t surprised when Bailey walked to the plate and on the first pitch jacked the ball far into the parking lot outside the left-field fence for a tournament winning homerun.”

   “Therefore, even though Vizquel is certainly not a power hitter, at times he will try to jack the ball, perhaps pulling it with just enough oomph to carry down the line for a homer.”