📖 Definitions of "Jacking"
- 1
To raise using a jack.
"He jacked the car up so that he could replace the brake pads."
- 2
To raise or increase.
"If you want to jack your stats you just write off failures as invalid results."
- 3
To produce by freeze distillation; to distil (an alcoholic beverage) by freezing it and removing the ice (which is water), leaving the alcohol (which remains liquid).
- 4
To steal something, typically an automobile. Shortened form of carjacking.
"Someone jacked my car last night!"
- 1
To hit (the ball) hard; especially, to hit (the ball) out of the field, producing a home run.
- 1
A street robbery.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Jacking"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| jackassnoun | (chiefly US) A foolish or stupid person. |
| jack upverb | (informal) To raise, increase, or accelerate; often said of prices, fees, or rates. |
| jacklightnoun | (Canada, US) A spotlight or lamp mounted on a car, boat or pole, etc. to aid in hunting. |
| knavenoun | (dated) A tricky, deceitful fellow; a dishonest person. |
| jaknoun | Alternative form of jack (“the tree Mangifera caesia”). [A coarse medieval coat of defence, especially one made of leather.] |
| jackfruitnoun | The large fruit from this tree. |
| raisingnoun | Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity. |
| liftingnoun | The action or process by which something is lifted; elevation |
| steeringnoun | Equipment used to control direction; something used to steer. |
| diverting | (dated) Amusing, distracting. |
| juggingnoun | (slang, criminology) A crime where a suspect observes a customer at a bank or high-end store and then follows the customer after they leave the establishment in order to steal their money or valuables. |
| jerk offverb | (ambitransitive, vulgar) To masturbate by manually stimulating one's own penis. |
| steamingnoun | The method of cooking by immersion in steam. |
| snatch and runnoun | (often attributively or figuratively) An unsophisticated method of committing robbery by grabbing someone's property and attempting to flee with it. |
| rub-upnoun | The action of rubbing, for example polishing or massaging. |
| twoccingnoun | (British) The act of taking a car without the owner's consent, usually in order to engage in joyriding. |
| grab gamenoun | (archaic) The practice of theft by grabbing or snatching property, such as a purse, from someone. |
| touchnoun | An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger. |
| pole-jockingnoun | (derogatory) Attainment of favor from someone by being overly gracious. |
| horizontal joggingnoun | (idiomatic, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse. |
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