"jack in" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-jack in.ogg Forms: jacks in [present, singular, third-person], jacking in [participle, present], jacked in [participle, past], jacked in [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} jack in (third-person singular simple present jacks in, present participle jacking in, simple past and past participle jacked in)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic, British) To stop doing a regular activity, such as a job or studying. Tags: British, idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-jack_in-en-verb-hczOsJ2h Categories (other): British English
  2. (music recording, computing, electronics) To insert an electronic coupling into a receptacle; to connect to something, whether involving a physical medium or not. Categories (topical): Computing, Electronics
    Sense id: en-jack_in-en-verb-g0IbsbiA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "in", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 54 26 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "in": 20 55 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 64 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 59 29 Topics: business, computing, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics, sciences
  3. (science fiction, transitive, intransitive) To connect a brain directly to a computer. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Science fiction
    Sense id: en-jack_in-en-verb-k406CVmX Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: jack it in UK

Inflected forms

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