jack in »
To stop doing a regular activity. Often a job or studies.
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jack in »
To insert an electronic coupling into a receptacle; to connect to something, whether involving a physical medium or not.
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jack it in »
An imperative to stop doing something that the speaker finds annoying.
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jack of all trades »
One competent in many endeavors, especially one who excels in none of them.
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jack of all trades, master of none »
A master of integration, who knows enough from many learned trades and skills to be able to bring their disciplines together in a practical manner; a polymath; a renaissance man.
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jack of all trades, master of none »
A person who has a competent grasp of many skills but who is not outstanding in any one.
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jack up »
To raise, hoist, or lift a thing using a jack, or similar means.
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jack up »
To raise, increase, or accelerate; often said of prices, fees, or rates. See also jack up the price.
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jack up »
To ruin; wreck; mess up; screw up; sometimes as a bowdlerized substitution for f** up.
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jack-tar »
Alternative spelling of jacktar.
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jacktar »
Nickname for a sailor in the Royal Navy.
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jet set »
A set of wealthy people who travel for pleasure.
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jet setting »
The actions of the jet set; travelling from one fashionable location to another by jet.
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jet-setter »
A member of the jet set, a rich person who travels for pleasure.
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jet-setting »
The actions of the jet set; travelling from one fashionable location to another by jet.
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jew down »
To bargain or haggle with a seller in order to obtain a lower price for a good or service.
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jive turkey »
Someone who is jiving, as in behaving in a glib and disingenuous fashion.
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jive turkey »
Someone who is jiving, as in dancing. Often applied to people being funny or showy.
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joe job »
An act of e-mail spamming where the sender's identity and address are those of an innocent third party, intended either to tarnish that person's reputation or to flood that person's e-mail with bounces.
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joe job »
An uninteresting, low-level, low-paying job.
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join the club »
An expression of sympathy for a shared experience.
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join up »
To enlist or enroll.
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jolly someone along »
To make someone happy or compliant, as by encouragement or flattery.
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jug ears »
Ears whose plane is markedly not parallel to the plane of the head.
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jumble sale »
fundraising event
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jumbo jet »
airliner
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jump »
By jerking the body violently.
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jump »
That is further forward.
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jump »
To attack suddenly and violently.
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jump »
To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
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jump »
To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.
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jump »
To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
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jump »
To force to jump.
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jump »
To propel oneself rapidly upward such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
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jump about »
To move erratically by jumping. Usually as a result of being excited.
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jump about »
To move from side to side, or fidget annoyingly. Usually as a result of being nervous.
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jump around »
To move erratically by jumping. Usually as a result of being excited.
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jump around »
To move from side to side, or fidget annoyingly. Usually as a result of being nervous.
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jump at »
To accept something enthusiastically. Usually an opportunity, or chance, or job etc.
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jump at the chance »
To immediately accept an offer.
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jump down »
To leave an elevated position to a lower position by one jump.
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jump for joy »
Exalt, [rejoice]], feel elation.
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jump in »
To enter something quickly. Usually a mode of transport.
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jump off »
To participate in the final round of an equestrian showjumping event.
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jump off »
To move from an elevated place by one jump.
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jump on »
To board a public transport vehicle.
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jump on »
To attack someone verbally, or criticise them over strongly for small errors.
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jump on the bandwagon »
To profit from a craze; to join a trend.
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jump rope »
A single jump in this game or activity, counted as a measure of achievement.
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jump rope »
The activity, game or exercise in which a person must jump, bounce or skip repeatedly while a length of rope is swung over and under, both ends held in the hands of the jumper, or alternately, held by two other participants. Often used for athletic training and among schoolchildren. Variations involve speed, chants, varied rope and jumper movement patterns, multiple jumpers and/or multiple ropes.
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jump rope »
The length of rope, sometimes with handles, casing or other additions, used in that activity.
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jump ship »
To depart a project without warning.
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jump ship »
To part from a ship.
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jump someone's bones »
To have sex.
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jump the gun »
To act or begin too soon or without due caution.
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jump the gun »
To begin a race too soon, before the starting gun goes off.
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jump the gun »
To trade securities based on information that is not yet public; to trade on inside information.
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jump the queue »
To desire preferential treatment, undue influence; impatient.
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jump the queue »
To move into a queue ahead of others who have been waiting longer or that have a higher priority; push in.
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jump the shark »
To undergo a storyline development which is so ridiculous that previous quality is considered to have been lost.
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jump through hoops »
To put forth effort for the sake of appearance or demonstration.
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jump to conclusions »
Make conclusions before being presented with all the evidence.
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jump up »
To move from one position to a higher position by one jump.
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jumped-up »
Describes a person who thinks he is superior in some way that the speaker disagrees with. For instance, of a higher class, or has more authority than they have in reality.
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jumped-up »
We're doomed if this wee jumped-up monkey gets Gordon Smith's blessing.
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jungle telegraph »
A gossip network; an informal communication system within a group or organization.
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jungle telegraph »
A system used by primitive cultures in remote tropical regions for communication over long distances, such as drum sounds or a relay of runners.
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just about »
Almost.
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just another pretty face »
Someone who is attractive, but not too distinguished.
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just deserts »
A punishment or reward that is considered to be what the recipient deserved.
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just for fun »
For no particular reason, just because it is fun, entertaining; for to relieve boredom.
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just in case »
If and only if.
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just in case »
In the event; should there be a need.
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just like that »
In that manner.
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just like that »
Unexpectedly, without warning.
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just the same »
Anyway; despite.
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just what the doctor ordered »
Exactly what is necessary or useful in a given situation.
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