a young man who is regarded as a brash , loud show-off
Jack-the-rags
a rag-and-bone man
jack-in-the-box
A jack-in-the-box is a child's toy that consists of a box with a doll inside it that jumps out when the lid is opened.
Jack the Ripper
an unidentified murderer who killed at least seven prostitutes in London's East End between August and November 1888
jack-by-the-hedge
a plant, Alliaria petiolata, of N temperate regions, with small white flowers and an odour of garlic : family Brassicaceae ( crucifers )
jack-in-the-green
(in England, formerly) a man who wore or supported a leaf-covered wooden framework while dancing in May-Day celebrations
jack-in-the-pulpit
an E North American aroid plant, Arisaema triphyllum , having a leaflike spathe partly arched over a clublike spadix
Jack and the Beanstalk
an English fairy tale about a boy who angers his mother by selling their last cow , not for money, but for magic beans . His mother throws the beans away, but the next day Jack discovers that they have sprouted into a giant beanstalk . He climbs the beanstalk three times, each time stealing some treasure from the giant who lives in a land in the clouds at the top. Jack ultimately kills the giant by chopping down the beanstalk while the giant is climbing down it
jacks-in-the-box
a toy consisting of a figure on a compressed spring in a box , which springs out when the lid is opened
garlic mustard
a plant, Alliaria petiolata, of N temperate regions, with small white flowers and an odour of garlic : family Brassicaceae ( crucifers )
hedge garlic
a plant, Alliaria petiolata, of N temperate regions, with small white flowers and an odour of garlic : family Brassicaceae ( crucifers )