Credit card companies have jacked up interest rates on most of their accounts.
The company decided to jack up the amount of protein in its animal feed.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
jack in something — ˌjack ˈin/ˈinto sth derived (informal) to connect to a computer system • I m jacking into the Internet now. Main entry: ↑jackderived … Useful english dictionary
jack into something — ˌjack ˈin/ˈinto sth derived (informal) to connect to a computer system • I m jacking into the Internet now. Main entry: ↑jackderived … Useful english dictionary
jack up — (something) to increase something steeply. Credit card companies have jacked up interest rates on most of their accounts. The company decided to jack up the amount of protein in its animal feed. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of jack up… … New idioms dictionary
jack up — verb lift with a special device jack up the car so you can change the tire • Syn: ↑jack • Derivationally related forms: ↑jack (for: ↑jack) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
jack yard — noun Etymology: jack (I) (something smaller) : a spar to extend a fore and aft topsail beyond the gaff * * * jack yard, Nautical. 1. a light yard used to extend the head of a square cut gaff topsail. 2. a spar to extend the foot of a gaff topsail … Useful english dictionary
jack in — PHRASAL VERB If you jack in something such as an activity or job, you stop doing it. [BRIT, INFORMAL] [V n P] Four of the cast jacked it in about Christmas... [V P n] After she jacked in the teaching, Jane got herself a job with a shipping line.… … English dictionary
jack arch — noun Etymology: jack (I) (something smaller) : a flat arch (as a lintel with a keystone) * * * Archit. See flat arch. [1880 85] * * * n. a small arch only one brick in thickness, esp. as used in numbers to support a floor … Useful english dictionary
jack line — noun Etymology: jack (I) (something smaller) 1. : a small rope or line 2. : a rod or steel cable connecting a central pumping engine with each of two or more oil wells which it powers … Useful english dictionary
jack rafter — noun Etymology: jack (I) (something smaller) : a short rafter: a. : one of the shorter rafters used in a hip or valley roof b. : a secondary roof timber (as a common rafter resting on purlins); also : one of the pieces simulating extended rafters … Useful english dictionary
jack stringer — noun Etymology: jack (I) (something smaller) : a bridge stringer placed outside the main stringers … Useful english dictionary
