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jack

/ˈd͡ʒæk/ verb C2
  1. To hit (the ball) hard; especially, to hit (the ball) out of the field, producing a home run. (slang, transitive)

He/she/it jacks · Past jacked · Past participle jacked · -ing form jacking

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Verb forms

Base form
jack
He/she/it
jacks
Past
jacked
Past participle
jacked
-ing form
jacking

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Andrea, who was sitting before the piano with Mademoiselle Eugénie, started up like a jack-in-the-box.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 787 · C1
“Poor Jack is dead!
The Valley of Fear, p. 48 · C1
I am more uneasy about poor little Jack, for, as I told you in my note, he has twice been assaulted by her."
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 57 · B2
My wife, myself, my boy Jack, baby, Dolores, and Mrs.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 57 · B2

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