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jackal
English
Etymology
From French chacal, chacale, checale, schakal, ciacale, from Turkish çakal, from Persian ????? (ša?âl).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?æk?l/
- Rhymes: -æk?l
Noun
jackal (plural jackals)
- Any of certain wild canids of the genus Canis, native to the tropical Old World and smaller than a wolf.
- 1987, Brenda E. F. Beck, Peter J. Claus, Praphulladatta Goswami, Jawaharlal Handoo (editors), Folktales of India, page 289,
- In passing, it also mentions how the jackal and the tiger acquired their reddish spots. All of the animals referred to, except the deer, have tricksterlike personalities, both in this tale and in other story contexts. But the jackal is the most renowned of all for roguishness.
- 1987, Brenda E. F. Beck, Peter J. Claus, Praphulladatta Goswami, Jawaharlal Handoo (editors), Folktales of India, page 289,
- A person who performs menial/routine tasks, a dogsbody.
- (derogatory) A person who behaves in an opportunistic way; especially a base collaborator.
- (slang, rare) A jack (the playing card).
Hypernyms
- (any of certain wild canids of genus Canis): canid, dog
Hyponyms
- (any of certain wild canids of genus Canis): golden jackal (Canis aureus); black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas, Cape jackal, East African jackal); side-striped jackal (Canis adustus)
Derived terms
- American jackal (coyote)
- Simien jackal (Ethiopian wolf)
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ????? (jakkaru)
- ? Korean: ?? (jakal)
- ? Malay: jakal
- Indonesian: jakal
- ? Thai: ??????? (j??k-kal)
Translations
See also
- (canids) canid; coyote, dog, fox, jackal, wolf (Category: en:Canids)
References
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ?ISBN
Verb
jackal (third-person singular simple present jackals, present participle jackalling, simple past and past participle jackalled)
- To perform menial or routine tasks
- 1800, Pamphlets on British Taxation[3]:
- They have jackalled for the great beast, to pick in turns the bones of each other; they have subserved those above, to oppress and defraud those below; and they are suffering, and, so far as classes can, justly suffering their purgation.
- 1800, Pamphlets on British Taxation[3]:
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jackall
English
Noun
jackall (plural jackalls)
- Archaic form of jackal.
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