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Contemporary classical string quartet
JACK Quartet is an American string quartet dedicated to the performance of contemporary classical music. It was founded in 2005 and is based in New York
JACK_Quartet
Four Jacks was a Danish vocal quartet, founded in 1956 by Poul Rudi and Otto Brandenburg. John Mogensen joined shortly afterwards, and gradually took over
Four_Jacks_(quartet)
English instrumental group
Portico Quartet are an instrumental band from London, United Kingdom. They are known for their use of the Hang, a modern percussion instrument. Their
Portico_Quartet
American musical television series
characters on The Jack Benny Program (Jack Benny, Mary Livingstone, Mel Blanc, and the Sportsmen Quartet). Other name references to Jack Benny Program regulars
Jack's_Big_Music_Show
American pianist and composer (born 1986)
Jazz Works Commissions from Chamber Music America in collaboration with JACK Quartet and Le Boeuf Brothers. In 2017, Le Boeuf was nominated for a Grammy Award
Pascal_Le_Boeuf
American composer (born 1953)
conductor, Cantaloupe Music CA 21101 The Wind In High Places (2015), JACK Quartet, Northwestern University Cello Ensemble, Cold Blue Music, CB0041 Ilimaq
John_Luther_Adams
American composer and musician (born 1951)
internationally. His compositions have been performed by the JACK Quartet, Kronos Quartet, Ensemble Musikfabrik, the hr-Sinfonieorchester, the Ensemble
Elliott_Sharp
English musician (born 1954)
Inc. (1995) with the Quartet Illuminated (2007) Shattering (2008) Nobody's Fault but My Own EP with Syd Arthur (2019) "Archive – Jack Hues". WangChung. 11
Jack_Hues
American composer, singer, and musician
Library of Congress, and the Kronos Quartet. His works have been performed by ensembles such as the JACK Quartet, Roomful of Teeth, and eighth blackbird
Caleb_Burhans
American jazz group led by twin brothers
(released October 14, 2016) is a collaboration with the New York-based JACK Quartet, which features Grammy Award-winning tenor saxophonist Ben Wendel, alternating
Le_Boeuf_Brothers
Musician and educator
the Kronos Quartet, Eighth Blackbird, JACK Quartet, ÆON Music Ensemble, Sō Percussion, Tesla Quartet, Aspen Music Festival Orchestra, Moscow String Quartet, Ensemble
Lawrence_Irving_Wilde
Andrea Gruber Augustin Hadelich Stefon Harris Helen Huang Michelle Hurst JACK Quartet Thomas Kail Richard Kelley Quinn Kelsey Alec Knight Claire Kretzschmar
Martin_E._Segal
American composer and pianist (b. 1969)
films. This was presented in May 2016 with live performances by the JACK Quartet, flautist Lindsey Goodman and percussionist Scott Christian, with a new
Amy_Williams_(composer)
Musical composition by John Luther Adams
– quite literally – breathtaking, aided in no small measure by the JACK Quartet's precise performance. By contrast, the first and last movements present
The_Wind_in_High_Places
American vocal group
hip hop vocal quartet, consisting of members Michael Angelo Saulsberry, Irving Washington III, Eric Kirkland and Philip Johnson. The quartet group's music
Portrait_(group)
2023 award ceremony for music
Akiho, composer (Ian Rosenbaum and Dover Quartet) Bermel: Intonations Derek Bermel, composer (Jack Quartet) Gubaidulina: The Wrath Of God Sofia Gubaidulina
65th_Annual_Grammy_Awards
Musical artist
(2011-2013) (previously of The LeFevre Quartet) Anthony Roberts (2025-present) Lead Woodrow Pittman (1946–1954) Jack Pittman (1954-1960?) (at some point
Palmetto_State_Quartet
American composer (born 1937)
Conservatory of Music, Boston, Massachusetts. Glass's String Quartet No. 8 was premiered by the JACK Quartet at Centennial Concert Hall in Winnipeg, Canada on February
Philip_Glass
American composer and musician
commissioner (if any). Chamber Four Short Pieces for String Quartet (2011) for JACK Quartet Suite for Flute & Harp (2012) for Lavinia Meijer and Herman
Ellis_Ludwig-Leone
American composer (born 1971)
Eckardt: Passage (featuring JACK Quartet, Jason Hardink), Kairos 0022028KAI. Jason Eckardt: Subject (featuring JACK Quartet, Jordan Dodson, Marilyn Nonken
Jason_Eckardt
1963 studio album by Jack Wilson
The Jack Wilson Quartet featuring Roy Ayers is an album by American jazz pianist Jack Wilson recorded for the Atlantic label and released in 1963. AllMusic
The Jack Wilson Quartet featuring Roy Ayers
The_Jack_Wilson_Quartet_featuring_Roy_Ayers
String Quartet Hollywood String Quartet Hugo Wolf Quartet Hungarian Quartet JACK Quartet Jade String Quartet Janáček Quartet Jasper String Quartet Jerusalem
List of string quartet ensembles
List_of_string_quartet_ensembles
Musical artist
Haim, Dayna Stephens, Alan Ferber, Dave Leibman, Linda Oh, Prefuse 73, Jack Quartet, Caleb Hudson, and Donny McCaslin. Le Boeuf has performed throughout
Remy_Le_Boeuf
Mexican composer
still-life effigy." In more recent years, her Creature Quartet was premiered by the JACK Quartet on the Union Concert series in Madison WI, her Arc of
Laura_Schwendinger
American musician and composer
International Contemporary Ensemble, Ensemble Dal Niente and the Jack Quartet string quartet. In 2013, she was appointed assistant professor at the University
Kirsten_Broberg
Record label
Starkland's recordings include: The Kronos Quartet, JACK Quartet, Ethel (string quartet), Turtle Island String Quartet, Either/Or, California EAR Unit, Paul
Starkland
Slovenian guitarist
musicians, such as Jack Quartet, Martin Chalifour (concertmaster, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra), Clive Greensmith (Tokyo String Quartet), and the Assad
Mak_Grgić
Musical artist
collaborated with artists such as Pablo Heras-Casado, Sabine Meyer, Jack Quartet, Quatuor Diotima, David Grimal, Franck Ollu, Joel Pommerat, Constanza
Oscar_Bianchi
2018 award ceremony for music
Chucho Valdés) "Alkaline" Pascal Le Boeuf, composer (Le Boeuf Brothers & JACK Quartet) "Choros #3" Vince Mendoza, composer (Vince Mendoza & WDR Big Band Cologne)
60th_Annual_Grammy_Awards
English composer
performances of orchestral and chamber music 2015 – 3rd Quartet was premièred by the JACK Quartet at Wigmore Hall and the Internationales Musikfestival
Simon_Holt
Musical artist
members of the chamber ensembles International Contemporary Ensemble, JACK Quartet, and Alarm Will Sound. In 2022, Bhatia and his bandmates in Son Lux composed
Rafiq_Bhatia
2022 award ceremony for music
Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax Adams, John Luther: Lines Made by Walking – JACK Quartet Akiho: Seven Pillars – Sandbox Percussion Archetypes – Sérgio Assad,
64th_Annual_Grammy_Awards
American musician (born 1985)
Vijay Iyer, Nels Cline, Craig Taborn, Mary Halvorson, Steve Lehman, and JACK Quartet, among others. In 2010, he formed the "garage-chamber" ensemble The Cellar
Joseph_Branciforte
American chamber choir, conducted by Donald Nally
Festival, the Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival, eighth blackbird, JACK Quartet, and TILT Brass. The choir frequently commissions works and has presented
The Crossing (choral ensemble)
The_Crossing_(choral_ensemble)
American composer (born 1955)
orchestra to multimedia works. Her ensemble works have been performed by the JACK Quartet, the New York New Music Ensemble, the Argento Ensemble, the Blue Elm
Kathryn_Alexander
2012 British comedy-drama film directed by Dustin Hoffman
Quartet is a 2012 British comedy-drama film based on the play Quartet by Ronald Harwood that ran in London's West End from September 1999 until January
Quartet_(2012_film)
Canadian composer and pianist
an orchestrator. Di Castri's compositions are also performed by the JACK Quartet. In 2019, Di Castri released a debut album of her compositions in performances
Zosha_Di_Castri
American opera singer
presented at Columbia University’s Miller Theater in collaboration with the JACK Quartet. Moody also worked with Nico Muhly on his song cycles at Saint Thomas
Daniel_Moody_(countertenor)
Percussion ensemble based in NYC
PRISM Sax Quartet (2017) Dan Trueman: Songs That Are Hard to Sing - with JACK Quartet (2019) A Record Of... - with Buke and Gase (2021) Caroline Shaw: Narrow
So_Percussion
Music award category
Hynes: Fields Dover Quartet – The Schumann Quartets 2022 Yo-Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax Beethoven: Cello Sonatas - Hope Amid Tears JACK Quartet – John Luther Adams:
Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Grammy_Award_for_Best_Chamber_Music/Small_Ensemble_Performance
American composer and pianist
18 February 2013 "Baryshnikov Arts Center Presents: Face the Music + JACK Quartet", Baryshnikov Arts Center, March 19, 2013 "Conrad Tao, piano, at the
Conrad_Tao
American composer
Graz". docplayer.org. Retrieved 2021-09-26. "2016-2017 Full Season". JACK Quartet. Retrieved 2021-09-26. Janairo, Michael (2011-08-01). "EMPAC announces
Erin_Gee_(composer)
American classical composer
Maya Beiser, Bang on a Can Marathon), 2012 Chant for string quartet (premiere: JACK Quartet, Metropolitan Museum of Art), 2012 Bragdon's Pavillion – multi
Michael_Harrison_(musician)
American Southern gospel quartet
The Statesmen Quartet (also known as Hovie Lister and The Statesmen Quartet) were an American southern gospel quartet founded in 1948 by Baptist Minister
The_Statesmen_Quartet
American composer (born 1964)
Wigmore Hall in London, Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, JACK quartet, Third Coast Percussion, Spektral Quartet, Chicago Philharmonic,[failed verification] Eugene
Augusta_Read_Thomas
clarinet and string quartet, by American composer Geoffrey Gordon (1968). Commissioned by The American Music Project, for the JACK Quartet and New York Philharmonic
Quintet for clarinet and strings (Gordon)
Quintet_for_clarinet_and_strings_(Gordon)
Musical ensemble of four string players
The term string quartet is a type of musical composition or a group of four people who play the quartets. Many composers from the mid-18th century onwards
String_quartet
Brazilian-American composer (born 1979)
area. The group released a CD featuring compositions performed by the JACK Quartet in 2014. "Felipe Lara". Library of Congress. 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2024
Felipe_Lara
Musical artist
Orchestra in Germany; "...pour une nuit seule", a string quartet written for the Jack Quartet, and Eins.Zwei for piano and percussion, premiered by the
Friedrich_Heinrich_Kern
Musical group
Vitamin String Quartet (VSQ) is an American musical group from Los Angeles known for its series of tribute albums to rock and pop acts. VSQ is a series
Vitamin_String_Quartet
English footballer
"Jack Hinshelwood signs new contract". Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Retrieved 9 April 2024. Pole, Matt (17 March 2023). "Brighton & Hove Albion quartet
Jack_Hinshelwood
Music genre
known for performing New Complexity works, such as the Arditti Quartet, JACK Quartet, Ensemble Exposé, Thallein Ensemble, Ensemble 21, Ensemble SurPlus
New_Complexity
Series of novels and stories by Lee Child
Jack Reacher is a series of novels, novellas and short stories by British author Jim Grant under the pen name Lee Child. As of November 2025, the series
Jack_Reacher_(novel_series)
2026 British television series
ever television adaptation of the novel. It was developed and written by Jack Thorne, directed by Marc Munden for BBC iPlayer and executive produced by
Lord_of_the_Flies_(TV_series)
the Ensemble Ascolta Stuttgart, the Stuttgarter Vocalsolisten, and the JACK Quartet. He has been a guest at numerous international festivals, including the
Michel_Roth_(composer)
Topics referred to by the same term
Jack Pinto may refer to: Jack Pinto, American radio personality at WFJS (AM) Jack Pinto, American singer (1967-2011) in Old School (quartet) Jack Pinto
Jack_Pinto
Dream's on Me: Chet Baker Quartet Live, Vol. 1 (2000) 1953: The Chet Baker Quartet (1953) with Russ Freeman 1953: Chet Baker Quartet featuring Russ Freeman
Chet_Baker_discography
British skiffle/rock and roll band
cellar, and offered the Les Stewart Quartet a residency if they would help convert the cellar. Harrison and fellow Quartet guitarist Ken Brown, however, missed
The_Quarrymen
American composer, pianist and conductor
Summer Festival, Tokyo International House, Merkin Hall, Nieuw Ensemble, JACK Quartet, Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, soloists Tony Arnold, Marilyn Nonken, Magnus
Richard_Carrick
Musical artist
Prize in Music Composition in 2011. Performance organizations, including JACK Quartet, Quatuor Diotima, Yarn/Wire, Nieuw Ensemble, Ensemble Intercontemporain
Yoshiaki_Onishi
American jazz pianist and composer (1920–2012)
formed the Dave Brubeck Quartet, which kept its name despite shifting personnel. The most successful and prolific lineup of the quartet was the one between
Dave_Brubeck
Close harmony a cappella singing group
A barbershop quartet is a group of four singers who sing music in the barbershop style, characterized by four-part harmony without instrumental accompaniment
Barbershop_quartet
American R&B quartet
Jodeci (/ˈdʒoʊdəsi/ JOH-də-see) is an American R&B quartet consisting of members DeVanté Swing, Mr. Dalvin, K-Ci, and JoJo. Formed in 1988 in Charlotte
Jodeci
American composer
performed internationally by ensembles including Slagwerk den Haag, JACK Quartet, The London Chorus, Asko|Schönberg, oenm, TILT Brass, Ensemble for New
William_Dougherty_(composer)
American string quartet
The Kronos Quartet is an American string quartet based in San Francisco. It has been in existence with a rotating membership of musicians for 50 years
Kronos_Quartet
American R&B band
Suns of Light Origin Carson, California, U.S. Genres R&B, new jack swing Years active 1984–1995 (as the Boys) 1999–present (as Suns of Light) Labels Motown
Suns_of_Light
British electronic music composer
2019). "Sevish, Glacier, Louis-Vincent Hamel, Zeitgeber, John Zorn, and Jack Quartet". Can This Even Be Called Music?. Retrieved 22 April 2020. "Various Artists
Sevish
1989 string quartet by Helmut Lachenmann
String Quartets, Stadler Quartett, NEOS, 2010. Complete String Quartets, JACK Quartet, Mode Records/WDR, 2015. Écrits et Entretiens – Sur mon Deuxième
Reigen_seliger_Geister
String quartet
The LaSalle Quartet was a string quartet active from 1946 to 1987. It was founded by first violinist Walter Levin. The LaSalle's name is attributed to
LaSalle_Quartet
American composer and violist
Dedalus (New World Records) Muto Infinitas (at173) String Quartets, with the JACK Quartet (Kairos) parallaxis forma (at215) featuring Explore Ensemble
Catherine_Lamb
Chinese-American composer and performer
Industry Records) A Cockroach's Tarantella (2020, Modern Sky) Du Yun, JACK Quartet Dinosaur Scar (2018, Tundra) International Contemporary Ensemble, Du
Du_Yun
Canadian-American composer and educator
American Composers Orchestra, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Roomful of Teeth, JACK Quartet, Spokane Symphony and others. In 2018–2019, he collaborated with the
Harry_Stafylakis
Series of string quartets composed by Arnold Schoenberg
published four string quartets, distributed over his lifetime: String Quartet No. 1 in D minor, Opus 7 (1905), String Quartet No. 2 in F♯ minor, Op.
String_Quartets_(Schoenberg)
2014. Aperture II and Elliptic. Live recordings of two works with the JACK Quartet and the Six Tones. Neuma Records CD NSR-1000423, 2016. Impulsive Illumiunations
Richard_Karpen
Australian classical pianist (born 1942)
with L' orchestre national de Lille, the cellist Rohan de Saram and JACK Quartet, at Les flâneries musicales de Reims. In the same year he was awarded
Roger_Woodward
American physicist (born 1957)
eclectic composition, entitled Hexacorda Mollia, was performed by the JACK Quartet on June 22, 2016. Bowick, MJ and LCR Wijewardhana, Superstrings at High
Mark_Bowick
Former British string quartet
RaVen Quartet was a London-based string quartet that performed arrangements of both classical and rock music. The quartet performed with Madness during
RaVen_Quartet
Musical artist
John Luther Adams, Sila: The Breath of the World, The Crossing with JACK Quartet (Cantaloupe Music, 2022) Born, The Crossing (Navona Records, 2022) Words
Donald_Nally
Australian-born American jazz vibraphonist
American jazz vibraphonist, known for his work with the Australian Jazz Quartet and Motown Records. Brokensha was born in Nailsworth, South Australia.
Jack_Brokensha
Grammy award
O'Farrill and Chucho Valdés Pascal Le Boeuf "Alkaline" Le Boeuf Brothers and JACK Quartet Vince Mendoza "Chorus #3" Vince Mendoza and WDR Big Band Cologne Chuck
Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition
Grammy_Award_for_Best_Instrumental_Composition
Avant-garde string ensemble
The quartet has roots in collaborations with composers such as Michael Nyman and Gavin Bryars, through projects with Lounge Lizard John Lurie, Jack de
Balanescu_Quartet
Danish composer and artist
(Denmark), Messiaen Quartet Copenhagen (Denmark), Nordic String Quartet (Denmark), Trio Ismena (Denmark), JACK Quartet (USA), NeoQuartet (Poland), the American
Carsten_Bo_Eriksen
American jazz saxophonist and composer (1924–1977)
composer and proponent of cool jazz. He was a member of the Dave Brubeck Quartet and composed the group's biggest hit, "Take Five". The song remains the
Paul_Desmond
Musical artist
The New York New Music Ensemble, Fireworks Ensemble, JACK Quartet, Del Sol Quartet, PubliQuartet, MAYA, Da Capo Chamber Players, California EAR Unit,
Robert_Paterson_(composer)
American jazz drummer, pianist and composer (1942–2025)
old. At school he sang lead tenor in a doo-wop quartet and played acoustic bass in a dance band. When Jack was 13 he switched to drums, although he still
Jack_DeJohnette
Serbian composer
Orchestra, Ensemble Musikfabrik, ensemble modern, Ensemble Recherche, JACK Quartet, Neue Vocalsolisten, Peter Rundel, Marco Blaauw, Ilan Volkov, Luca Pfaff
Milica_Djordjevic
Grammy award category since 1959
Chamber Music; University Of Michigan Percussion Ensemble; The Crossing; JACK Quartet (ensembles) - Adams, John Luther: Sila - The Breath of the World Gustavo
Grammy Award for Best Orchestral Performance
Grammy_Award_for_Best_Orchestral_Performance
Musical artist
Francisco Symphony, Prism Quartet, Symphony Number One, Empyrian Ensemble, Wild Rumpus, Woodstock Chamber Orchestra, and the JACK Quartet. The Imani Winds has
Jonathan_Russell_(composer)
American composer (born 1968)
[citation needed] Fonseca-Wollheim, Corinna Da (2015-11-22). "Review: JACK Quartet and Anthony McGill Perform a Menu of American Delicacies". The New York
Geoffrey_Gordon_(composer)
Music venue in Brooklyn NY
including award-winning composers whose work would be performed by the JACK Quartet and National Sawdust Ensemble. Co-founder and Artistic Director Paola
National_Sawdust
1961 British film by Jay Lewis
Invasion Quartet is a 1961 British World War II comedy-drama film directed by Jay Lewis and starring Bill Travers and Spike Milligan. The screenplay was
Invasion_Quartet
American composer
Chamber Players, 2011 Buttonwood, for string quartet, commissioned for performance by the JACK Quartet in 2010 Seven Days, written for pianist Pedja
Gregory_Spears
1980 studio album by Jack DeJohnette
by American jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette, recorded in March 1979 and released on ECM Records the following year. The quartet features reed players David
Special Edition (Jack DeJohnette album)
Special_Edition_(Jack_DeJohnette_album)
American yearly contemporary music conference/festival
Music Ensemble "Support" 2018 Boston Conservatory at Berklee Helga Davis JACK Quartet, Pamela Z, Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble "Accessibility" 2020 Portland
New_Music_Gathering
Novel by James Ellroy
The L.A. Quartet is a sequence of four crime fiction novels by James Ellroy set in the late 1940s through the late 1950s in Los Angeles. They are: (1987)
L.A._Quartet
American composer (born 1976)
ELISION Ensemble, Ensemble SurPlus, the Ictus Ensemble, the JACK Quartet, the Kairos Quartet, Quatuor Diotima, ensemble recherche, Mieko Kanno, Garth Knox
Aaron_Cassidy
Barbershop quartet
Old School is the barbershop quartet that won the International Quartet Championship for 2011 at the Barbershop Harmony Society's annual international
Old_School_(quartet)
Musical artist
Mollia (String Quartet), 2016. Commission for the Smart & Active Matter Conference at Syracuse University. Debuted by the JACK Quartet, June 22, 2016
Andrew_Waggoner
American composer
the Calder Quartet, JACK Quartet, Eighth Blackbird, Minnesota Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble ACJW, NOW Ensemble, Dither Quartet, Living Earth
Jacob_Cooper_(composer)
American composer of concert music (born 1981)
commissioned and performed by the JACK Quartet, the Da Capo Chamber Players, the Arditti Quartet, the Jupiter Quartet, loadbang, and Hub New Music, among
Gabriel_Jenks
JACK QUARTET
JACK QUARTET
Male
English
Originally a short form of surnames, mostly Scottish, beginning with Mac-, MACK means "son of," it is now sometimes given as a forename.Â
Surname or Lastname
Scottish and English
Scottish and English : from a Middle English personal name, Jakke, from Old French Jacques, the usual French form of Latin Jacobus, which is the source of both Jacob and James. As a family name in Britain, this is almost exclusively Scottish.English and Welsh : from the same personal name as 1, taken as a pet form of John.German (also Jäck) : from a short form of the personal name Jacob.Americanized form of one or more like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornwall and Wales)
English (Cornwall and Wales) : variant of Jack.Czech (JaÄka), Polish, and German (of Slavic origin) : from a pet form (Czech JaÄ, Polish Jacz) of any of the various Slavic personal names beginning with Ja-, for example Jakub, Jan, Jacenty (see Jacek).
Male
English
Short form of English Zackary, ZACK means "whom Jehovah remembered."Â
Male
Finnish
Short form of Finnish Jaako, JAAK means "supplanter."
Female
English
Pet form of English Jackalyn, JACKI means "supplanter."
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English, French, German, Hebrew, Scottish, Swedish, Swiss
Son of Jack; He who Supplants; God has been Gracious; Has Shown Favor; Based on John or Jacques; God is Gracious
Male
English
Probably originally an Anglicized form of French Jacques, JACK means "supplanter," it is now considered a pet form of English John, meaning "God is gracious."
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Godly
Surname or Lastname
English and North German
English and North German : patronymic from Jack.
Surname or Lastname
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for a maker of sacks or bags, from Old English sacc, Middle High German sack, German Sack ‘sack’. Bahlow also suggests someone who carried sacks.German : topographic from Middle High German sack ‘sack’, ‘end of a valley or area of cultivation’.Dutch : from a reduced form of the personal name Zacharias.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : from an acronym of the Hebrew phrase Zera Keshodim ‘Seed of the Holy’ (referring to martyred ancestors), or from a short form of the personal name Isaac.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English bakke ‘back’ (Old English bæc), hence a nickname for someone with a hunched back or some other noticeable peculiarity of the back or spine, or a topographic name for someone who lived on a hill or ridge, or at the rear of a settlement.English : from the Old English personal name Bacca, which was still in use in the 12th century. It is of uncertain origin, but may have been a byname in the same sense as 1.English : nickname from Middle English bakke ‘bat’ (apparently of Scandinavian origin), from some fancied resemblance to the animal.Altered spelling of Bach 1, 2, or 6.North German : from Middle Low German back ‘kneading trough’, hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who made or used such vessels.Americanized spelling of Norwegian Bakk(e) (see Bakke).
Surname or Lastname
English (Kentish)
English (Kentish) : from a medieval personal name, Pack, possibly a survival of the Old English personal name Pacca, although this is found only as a place name element and appears to have died out fairly early on in the Old English period. The Middle English personal name is more likely to be a derivative of the Latin Christian name Paschalis (see Pascal).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for a wholesale trader, from German Pack ‘package’ (see Packer).Anglicized form of Dutch Pak.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, Celebrity, Chinese, Christian, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Indian, Jamaican, Latin, Polish, Swedish, Swiss, Tamil
God is Gracious; Son of Jack; He who Supplants; Diminutive of Jack; Supplanter
Boy/Male
Shakespearean American Hebrew Polish English
Henry VI, Part 2' Jack Cade, a rebel.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from an Old English personal name, Dæcca.Dutch : metonymic occupational name for a roofer, from dack, a variant of deck ‘roof’. Compare De decker.
Male
Polish
Modern form of Polish Jacenty, JACEK means "hyacinth flower."
Female
Native American
Native American Tupi name JACI means "moon."
Girl/Female
Australian, Netherlands, Portuguese
Variant of Jack
Male
English
Scottish form of English Jack, JOCK means "God is gracious."
JACK QUARTET
JACK QUARTET
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Jain, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Lightning
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Patience
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Lock 2.Dutch : variant of van Locke (see Locke 2).
Male
Hebrew
(× Ö°×ªÖ·× Ö°×ֵל) Hebrew name NETHANEL means "given of God" or "whom God gave." In the Old Testament bible, this is the name of many characters, including the fourth son of Jesse.
Girl/Female
Indian
Evil spirit.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Persian
Man with Dark Eyes; Origin Persian
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Christian, English, French
Reference to the French Town Dax; Water; A Town in South-western France Dating from Before the Roman Occupation; Badger
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
A Light
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Name of God
Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
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JACK QUARTET
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JACK QUARTET
n.
A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack.
n.
A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught.
n.
A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke jack, or kitchen jack.
n.
A flag, containing only the union, without the fly, usually hoisted on a jack staff at the bowsprit cap; -- called also union jack. The American jack is a small blue flag, with a star for each State.
n.
See Jack-with-a-lantern, under 2d Jack.
a.
Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements.
v. t.
To put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn.
v. i.
To write upon the back of; as, to back a letter; to indorse; as, to back a note or legal document.
n.
A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree.
n.
To make a pack of; to arrange closely and securely in a pack; hence, to place and arrange compactly as in a pack; to press into close order or narrow compass; as to pack goods in a box; to pack fish.
adv.
In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back.
n.
A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack.
n.
An envelope, or wrapping, of sheets used in hydropathic practice, called dry pack, wet pack, cold pack, etc., according to the method of treatment.
v. i.
To hunt game at night by means of a jack. See 2d Jack, n., 4, n.
v. t.
To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks. See 2d Jack, n., 5.
v. i.
To make a back for; to furnish with a back; as, to back books.
v. t.
To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
n.
A mechanical contrivance, an auxiliary machine, or a subordinate part of a machine, rendering convenient service, and often supplying the place of a boy or attendant who was commonly called Jack
n.
A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also Jack tar, and Jack afloat.
n.
see Ils Jack.