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Princeton's WordNet

  1. jacks, jackstones, knucklebonesnoun

    a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball

Wiktionary

  1. jacksnoun

    A children's game involving picking up objects while a ball is in the air.

  2. jacksnoun

    A toilet.

  3. jacksnoun

    A pair of jacks.

  4. Jacksnoun

    derived from Jack.

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  1. jacks

    "Jacks" is a term that can refer to various things. It commonly refers to: 1. A game played by children where a small ball is thrown, caught, and moved around on a pattern of asterisk with small metal or plastic pieces. 2. A device used to lift heavy objects, especially one for raising the axle of a motor vehicle off the ground so that a wheel can be changed. 3. A playing card carrying the figure of a soldier or servant and ranking usually below the queen. 4. In various sports and games, especially bowls and some forms of billiards, a small ball which is aimed at with the larger balls. 5. Connectors used in many areas of technology especially electronics and audio devices, also known as "jack plug" or "audio jack". The specific meaning is usually clear from the context in which the term is used. "Jacks" can also be a short version of the name "Jackson" or "Jack".

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. JACKS

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Jacks is ranked #5813 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Jacks surname appeared 5,946 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Jacks.

    80.4% or 4,786 total occurrences were White.
    13.5% or 804 total occurrences were Black.
    2.5% or 151 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.7% or 101 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1% or 60 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.7% or 44 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of jacks in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of jacks in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of jacks in a Sentence

  1. Laura Swenson:

    Men are like a deck of cards. You'll find the occasional king, but most are jacks.

  2. The Twitter spokeswoman:

    The sentiments expressed on the poster do not reflect the views of Read MoreA Twitter as a company or Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey as Twitter CEO @jacks visit here, and we regret that this picture has detracted from an otherwise insightful trip to India.

  3. Cassiano Rodrigues Laureano:

    It’s one of the toughest single exercises that you can perform. It would not be fun if it was not the hardest one, i could choose jumping jacks but it’s so easy ... It has to be something that challenges yourself to become something better.

  4. Jooney Woodward:

    It's just the way (Wendy) had gone through the effort of decorating the pen (with Union Jacks) where the cows were being kept, there's also a sign behind (her) ... and there's a picture of a gentleman with a cow, who is actually her husband who had died a few years ago. ... I just thought that was nice, something quite sentimental about that.

  5. Lou Riolo:

    I did run it past our Assistant Principal Mr. John Fink because he would be honest if he thought it was as I called it Shooting the moon. He loved it. I also informed our [superintendent]Mr. Andy Irvin and before I finished his answer was I love it, lets do it! I met with Barbara and Pat, Jacks parents, and they thought it was a great idea.

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