jacklight

Meanings

nounjacklight (plural jacklights)

CanadaUSA spotlight or lamp mounted on a car, boat or pole, etc. to aid in hunting.
It was a long, low roadster, with a jacklight.
1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, published 1985, page 19

verbjacklight (third-person singular simple present jacklights, present participle jacklighting, simple past and past participle jacklighted or jacklit)

present singular third person jacklights · participle present jacklighting · participle past jacklighted · past jacklighted · participle past jacklit · past jacklit

CanadaUShobbiesTo shine a jacklight or spotlight on an animal, usually a deer, to aid in hunting at night.
Synonyms: lamp, spotlight

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo shine a jacklight or spotlight on an animal, usually a deer, to aid in hunting at night.

Similar

lamp spotlight

More synonyms by meaning

verbhunt with a jacklight

Similar

jack

Broader

hunt run hunt down

Also see

jack lamp spotlight

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Spanishjaque“a bully”
Englishjacklight

* jack + light. Probably from jack (“a male servant of any rank”), later associated with a boy servant or any boy, and later still with a knave: a rogue, thief, or deceitful man. * Possibly also related to Spanish jaque (“a bully”).

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