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jack collapse: male donkey; any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas; tool for exerting pressure or lifting; one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince; small flag indicating a ship's nationality; game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks; an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug; a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling; a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack"; lift with a special device; "jack up the car so you can change the tire"

frangible collapse: capable of being broken; "the museum stored all frangible articles in locked showcases"

breakable collapse: an article that is fragile and easily broken; "pack the breakables separately"; capable of being broken or damaged; "earthenware pottery is breakable"; "breakable articles should be packed carefully"

gyroscope collapse: rotating mechanism in the form of a universally mounted spinning wheel that offers resistance to turns in any direction

spar collapse: making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer; a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging; any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable; fight verbally; "They were sparring all night"; box lightly; fight with spurs; "the gamecocks were sparring"; furnish with spars

galleon collapse: a large square-rigged sailing ship with three or more masts; used by the Spanish for commerce and war from the 15th to 18th centuries

singleton collapse: the playing card that is the only card in a suit held in a bridge hand as initially dealt; a set containing a single member; a single object (as distinguished from a pair)

dibble collapse: a wooden hand tool with a pointed end; used to make holes in the ground for planting seeds or bulbs; make a hole with a wooden hand tool; "dibble the ground"; plant with a wooden hand tool; "dibble Spring bulbs"

grasshopper collapse: terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; a cocktail made of creme de menthe and cream (sometimes with creme de cacao)

hydrophobia collapse: a morbid fear of water; a symptom of rabies in humans consisting of an aversion to swallowing liquids

flea collapse: any wingless bloodsucking parasitic insect noted for ability to leap

sweetheart collapse: any well-liked individual; "he's a sweetheart"; a person loved by another person; privileged treatment of a favored person or corporation (sometimes unethically); "another sweetheart deal based on political influence"

pneumonia collapse: respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants

crumbly collapse: apt to break into small fragments or disintegrate; "crumbly cookies"

cabbage collapse: any of various types of cabbage; any of various cultivars of the genus Brassica oleracea grown for their edible leaves or flowers

jacks collapse: a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball

pinwheel collapse: a toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind; a wheel that has numerous pins that are set at right angles to its rim; "he spun the pinwheel and it stopped with the pointer on `Go'"; perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels

strangler collapse: an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree

pedestal collapse: an architectural support or base (as for a column or statue); a position of great esteem (and supposed superiority); "they put him on a pedestal"

jester collapse: a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages

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