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jacklight

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
jack-light
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A spotlight or lamp mounted on a car, boat or pole, etc. to aid in hunting.

Canadian usage; American usage

verb

To shine a jacklight or spotlight on an animal, usually a deer, to aid in hunting at night.

Canadian usage; American usage

Example Sentences

Etymology

* jack + light. Probably from jack (“a male servant of any rank”), later associated with a boy servant or any boy, and later still with a knave: a rogue, thief, or deceitful man. * Possibly also related to Spanish jaque (“a bully”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

jacklights (plural) jacklights (present, singular) jacklighting (participle, present) jacklighted (participle, past) jacklighted (past) jacklit (participle, past) jacklit (past)

Derived Forms

jacker

Phrases

jack-hunting

Frequently Paired Words

jack-hunting

Synonyms

lamp spotlight jack

Rhymes With

right all right might night all-night white great white light quite new light fight site

Questions

What does jacklight mean?
A spotlight or lamp mounted on a car, boat or pole, etc. to aid in hunting.
Where does jacklight come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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