black jack

English

Noun

black jack (countable and uncountable, plural black jacks)

  1. Alternative spelling of blackjack
  2. A gamefish of species Caranx lugubris.
  3. A beggartick (Bidens spp., family of Asteraceae)
  4. (obsolete) The larva of a turnip sawfly (Athalia rosae)
    Synonyms: black canker, black palmer, nigger
    • 1807, Richard Parkinson, The Experienced Farmer, Enlarged and Improved, page 370:
      There is a sort of black caterpillar called a black jack, which is seldom seen; but when they do come, they make terrible havock.
  5. (mining, mineralogy) Sphalerite.

References

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English blackjack.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /blɛɡˈd͡ʐɛk/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɡd͡ʐɛk

Noun

black jack m animal

  1. (card games) Alternative spelling of blackjack

Declension
Declension of black jack
singular plural
nominative black jack black jacki
genitive black jacka black jacków
dative black jackowi black jackom
accusative black jacka black jacki
instrumental black jackiem black jackami
locative black jacku black jackach
vocative black jacku black jacki

Further reading
  • black jack in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • black jack in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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