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atom

atom (àt´em) noun
1. a. A part or particle considered to be an irreducible constituent of a specified system. b. The irreducible, indestructible material unit postulated by ancient atomism.
2. An extremely small part, quantity, or amount.
3. Physics & Chemistry. a. A unit of matter, the smallest unit of an element, having all the characteristics of that element and consisting of a dense, central, positively charged nucleus surrounded by a system of electrons. The entire structure has an approximate diameter of 10-8 centimeter and characteristically remains undivided in chemical reactions except for limited removal, transfer, or exchange of certain electrons. b. This unit regarded as a source of nuclear energy.
[Middle English attome, from Latin atomus, from Greek atomos, indivisible, atom : a-, not. See A-1 + tomos, cutting (from temnein, to cut).]

jack

jack (jàk) noun
1. Often Jack. Informal. A man; a fellow.
2. a. One who does odd or heavy jobs; a laborer. b. One who works in a specified manual trade. Often used in combination: a lumberjack; a steeplejack. c. Jack. A sailor; a tar.
3. Abbr. J Games.. A playing card showing the figure of a servant or soldier and ranking below a queen. Also called knave.
4. Games. a. jacks (used with a sing. or pl. verb). A game played with a set of small six-pointed metal pieces and a small ball, the object being to pick up the pieces in various combinations. b. One of the metal pieces so used.
5. Sports. A pin used in some games of bowling.
6. a. A usually portable device for raising heavy objects by means of force applied with a lever, screw, or hydraulic press. b. A wooden wedge for cleaving rock.
7. Nautical. a. A support or brace, especially the iron crosstree on a topgallant masthead. b. A small flag flown at the bow of a ship, usually to indicate nationality.
8. The male of certain animals.
9. Any of several food and game fishes of the family Carangidae, found in tropical and temperate seas.
10. A jackrabbit.
11. A socket that accepts a plug at one end and attaches to electric circuitry at the other.
12. Slang. Money.
13. Applejack.

verb
jacked, jacking, jacks verb, transitive
1. To hunt or fish for with a jacklight: hunters illegally jacking deer.
2. a. To hoist with a jack: jacked the rear of the car to replace the tire. b. To raise (something) to a higher level, as in cost: "Foreign producers jacked up the price on some steels by over 100%" (Forbes).

verb, intransitive
To hunt or fish for quarry by using a jacklight.

- phrasal verb.

[From the name Jack, from Middle English Jakke, possibly from Old French Jacques, from Latin Iacobus, from Greek Iakob, from Hebrew Ya'qôb.]
- jack´er noun

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