Definizione monolingua

jackal

jackal (third-person singular simple present jackals, present participle jackalling, simple past and past participle jackalled)

1. To perform menial or routine tasks
   • 1800, Pamphlets on British Taxation^[1]:

     They have jackalled for the great beast, to pick in turns the bones of each other; they have subserved those above, to oppress and defraud those below; and they are suffering, and, so far as classes can, justly suffering their purgation.

jackal (plural jackals)

1. Any of several wild canine species, native to the tropical Old World, smaller than a wolf.
2. A person who performs menial/routine tasks, dogsbody
3. (pejorative) A person who behaves in an opportunistic way; especially a base collaborator.
4. (slang, rare) A jack (the playing card.)

Definizione dizionario jackal

	sciacallo
	person who behaves in an opportunistic way
	wild canine
	Any of three small to medium-sized members of the family Canidae, found in Africa, Asia and Southeastern Europe.

	fante
	slang for the playing card jack

Altri significati:

A person who performs menial/routine tasks, dogsbody

jackal (carnivores, Canis aureus ssp., C. adustus, C. mesomelas)

To perform menial or routine tasks

(pejorative) A person who behaves in an opportunistic way; especially a base collaborator.

(slang, rare) A jack (the playing card.)

Any of several wild canine species, native to the tropical Old World, smaller than a wolf.