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Concise Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary © 2009 Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori spa e Oxford University Press:
1. jack /dʒæk/ n.
  1. (for car etc.) cric m., martinetto m.
  1. (in cards) jack m., fante m.
  1. (in bowls) boccino m.
  1. el. tel. jack m.
locuzioni idiomatiche every man ~ of them tutti quanti loro;
to be (a) ~ of all trades essere un factotum scherz.;
to have an I’m all right Jack attitude autocompiacersi.
2. jack /dʒæk/ tr.
  1. See→ jack in
  1. See→ jack up.

Phrasal verbs:
jack in BE colloq. ~ in [sth.], ~ [sth.] in piantare, abbandonare [job].
jack up: ~ up [sth.], ~ [sth.] up
  1. sollevare con un cric, un martinetto [vehicle]
  1. colloq. fig. alzare, aumentare [price]
  1. AE colloq. incitare [crowd].


Concise Oxford Paravia Italian Dictionary © 2009 Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadori spa e Oxford University Press:
Jack /dʒæk/ n.pr. diminutivo di John e Jacob.

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jack: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012

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jack: WordReference English-Italiano Dictionary © 2012

Compound Forms/Forme composte
bottle jackcric a bottiglia
jack frostn usu capitalized (frosty weather)brina nf
Jack Frost had called during the night and there was ice on the windows.
jack invtr BE, slang (give up, abandon, quit) informalemollare vtr
Ali will jack in his job as soon as he stars his MA.
jack of all tradesn (sb with many skills)factotum nm
He was a real jack-of-all-trades, and could repair anything you can imagine.
La mia è una ditta piccola e siamo tutti dei factotum: bisogna saper fare un po' di tutto.
jack of all tradesn (sb competent at many things)factotum, tuttofare nm
jack offvi slang (masturbate) slang, volgare: masturbarefare una sega vtr
He asked her to jack him off, but she refused and left.
Le ha chiesto di fargli una sega, ma lei si è rifiutata e se n'è andata.
jack rabbitn (large hare)lepre nf
jack upvtr (raise using a jack)sollevare con un cric
jack upvtr informal (increase: prices)aumentare vtr
jack up sthvtr (increase, especially cost) aumentare, soprattutto il prezzogonfiare, alzare, aumentare vtr
Nota: Also, literally, "raise sth with a jack": "We had to jack up the car before we could change the tires."
When the weather is very hot, some restaurants jack up the price of cold drinks.
Quando fa molto caldo, alcuni ristoranti gonfiano il prezzo delle bibite fredde.
jack-o'-lanternn (pumpkin carved for Halloween)zucca scavata di Halloween
man jackuomo qualunque
telephone jackn (socket for plugging in a phone)presa telefonica, presa del telefono nf
When I accidently pulled the cord from the telephone jack, the phone went dead.
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