📖 Definitions of "Jackstones"
noun
- 1
A jack; one of the playing pieces in the game of jacks.
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| jacksnoun | (games) A children's game involving picking up objects; knucklebones; jackstones. |
| knucklebonesnoun | A children's game, originally played with the knucklebones of sheep, in which small objects are picked up, moved, thrown, and caught according to various rules. |
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| Word | Definition |
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| jacksnoun | (games) A children's game involving picking up objects; knucklebones; jackstones. |
| knucklebonesnoun | A children's game, originally played with the knucklebones of sheep, in which small objects are picked up, moved, thrown, and caught according to various rules. |
| jackbootsnoun | A glossy leather calf-covering military boot, commonly associated with German soldiers of the WWII era. |
| jackstrawsnoun | a game in which players try to pick each jackstraw (or spillikin) off of a pile without moving any of the others |
| stonesnoun | The Rolling Stones, a very successful British rock band formed in the 1960s, still together in the 21st century |
| jackscrewsnoun | A jack (mechanical lifting device) which is operated by turning a leadscrew. |
| jackhammernoun | A portable percussive power tool that combines a hammer and chisel used to drill or break hard matter, for instance rock or concrete. |
| hammerstonenoun | (archaeology) A type of stone used to hit or strike in a similar way to a modern-day hammer. |
| jack ruby | Jack Leon Ruby (born Jacob Leon Rubenstein; March 25, 1911January 3, 1967) was an American nightclub owner who killed Lee Harvey Oswald on November 24, 1963, two days after Oswald was accused of assassinating President John F. Kennedy. |
| flagstonesnoun | A flat, rectangular piece of rock or stone used for paving or roofing. |
| jackknivesnoun | (statistics) A resampling method that applies estimators to all subsamples that each omit a single different group (possibly of a single datapoint) of the original sample to provide a sample distribution of the estimate. |
| flintstonesnoun | a group of three basketball players from Flint, Michigan, who helped lead the Michigan State Spartans to the 2000 NCAA Division I Men's National Championship. |
| jacksonnoun | A surname originating as a patronymic. |
| jackknifenoun | (statistics) A resampling method that applies estimators to all subsamples that each omit a single different group (possibly of a single datapoint) of the original sample to provide a sample distribution of the estimate. |
| jackstrawnoun | (usually in the plural) One of the pieces used for the game called jackstraws or pick-up sticks. |
| jackstaynoun | (nautical) A stay (rope, bar or batten), running along a ship's yard, to which is attached the head of a square sail. |
| jackscrewnoun | A jack (mechanical lifting device) which is operated by turning a leadscrew. |
| jack inverb | (music recording, computing, electronics) To insert an electronic coupling into a receptacle; to connect to something, whether involving a physical medium or not. |
| pitchstonenoun | (geology) a natural glass, rich in microscopic crystallites, formed by the rapid cooling of lava or magma |
| jumping jacknoun | A physical exercise performed by jumping to a position with the legs spread wide and the hands touching overhead and then returning to a position with the feet together and the arms at the sides. |
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