Definitions for jackal

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jackal jack·al

Spelling: [jak-uh l, -awl]

IPA: /ˈdʒæk əl, -ɔl/

Jackal is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 19 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 45 anagrams from letters in jackal (aacjkl).

Definitions for jackal

noun

1. any of several nocturnal wild dogs of the genus Canis, especially C. aureus, of Asia and Africa, that scavenge or hunt in packs.
2. a person who performs dishonest or base deeds as the follower or accomplice of another.
3. a person who performs menial or degrading tasks for another.

Origin of jackal

1595-1605; Jack, of Persian shag(h)āl; cognate with Sanskrit śṛgāla

Examples for jackal

The jackal lapped the courser's blood, and moaned with exquisite delight.

But the jackal hid in the high cane, and the farmer could not find him.

He was accused of being a 'jackal' and of drunkenly killing innocents by an Afghan warlord this week.

Do not do that,” exclaimed the jackal, “for I shall get wet and be drowned.

The jackal does not like to get even the tip of his tail wet.

I could take you to the place,” said the jackal, “but it is across the river, and I cannot swim.

The moon rose—a jackal crossed a field within a few yards of us.

That jackal has enchanted him, so that he must deem well done all that is done by him.

As far back as we can see, Hathor is a cow, and Horus a hawk, and Anubis a jackal.

You might as well expect the lion to come to rescue a deer attacked by a jackal.