{"id":20289,"count":1,"description":"Jack (\u00a0\/\u02c8d\u0292\u00e6k\/) is a male given name, although in very rare cases it can be used as a female given name, and sometimes as a surname. In English it is traditionally used as the diminutive form of the name John, though it is also often given as a proper name in its own right.\nThe name Jack is unique in the English language for the frequency of its use as a verb and a noun for many common objects and actions; and also its use in many compound words and phrases: jackknife, jackpot, jack tar, hijack, union jack, jack straw (scarecrow), apple jack, lumberjack, jackhammer, jackdaw, jack o'lantern, jack-in-the-box, jack of clubs (playing cards), etc. The Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica article on the history of the word \"jack\" linked it directly to the common name: \"Jack, a word with a great variety of meanings and applications, all traceable to the common use of the word as a by-name of a man.\" \nThe name Jack is in origin a medieval diminutive, originally Jackin (earlier Jankin), of the name John....","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/jack\/","name":"Jack","slug":"jack","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/20289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=20289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}