Definitions for jack-in-the-box

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Spelling: [jak-in-th uh-boks]
IPA: /ˈdʒæk ɪn ðəˌbɒks/

Jack-In-The-Box is a 15 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 874 anagrams from letters in jack-in-the-box (---abcehijknotx).

Definitions for jack-in-the-box

noun

  1. a toy consisting of a box from which an enclosed figure springs up when the lid is opened.

Origin of jack-in-the-box

First recorded in 1545-55

Examples for jack-in-the-box

Like a jack-in-the-box, Father came up out of the hay to greet her.

The jack-in-the-box has popped, just as we expected it to, but it still made us gasp.

My man on the bed popped with the agility of a jack-in-the-box for the window.

My rival, closing his window, had disappeared like a jack-in-the-box.

Released, Bixton shot up from his cot like a jack-in-the-box.

Johnnie Chorley, who was to have been “jack-in-the-box,” had so bad a cold that he was not to play.

People expressed their commiseration for a woman married to that jack-in-the-box.

The man obeyed, with the suddenness of a jack-in-the-box, and stood as if petrified.

Hasn't he brought you a pincushion or a jack-in-the-box, Lady Raikes?

The removal of the burden was almost like unsnapping the cover of a jack-in-the-box.

Word Value for jack-in-the-box
Scrable

17

Words with friends

20

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