unjack en · VERB
Etymology
From un- + jack.
Meanings
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(transitive) To dislodge or remove a jack from something.
Jackup platforms of small dimensions are usually severely limited by weather conditions, since they are unstable and dangerous to unjack when wave heights are greater than a few feet.
1972, E. D'Appolonia, Underwater Soil Sampling, Testing, and Construction Control, American Society for Testing and Materials, →ISBN, page 43:She gave it a go, with no luck. "I'm freezing. I've got to get back inside." "Then we're screwed. You can't." "Un-jack this fucking thing, I'm going in."
2016, Karen Ginther Graham, Finding Rose Rocks, Wild Rose Press, →ISBN, unnumbered page:jack to hold the same for treatment, and means acting automatically to unjack the shoe as the support or jack is moved outward on said table
1912, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, volume 185, page 1113:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unjacking | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unjacks | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| unjacked | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| unjacked | Tense=Past | lexicographic |