"jack-up" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Attributive use of verb phrase jack up.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jack-ups",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "jack-up (plural jack-ups)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It’s hard to stay in business with the recent jack-up in fuel costs.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An increase or rise; usually said of prices, fees, or rates."
      ],
      "id": "en-jack-up-en-noun-H5KNRa4Q",
      "links": [
        [
          "increase",
          "increase"
        ],
        [
          "rise",
          "rise"
        ],
        [
          "price",
          "price"
        ],
        [
          "fee",
          "fee"
        ],
        [
          "rate",
          "rate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a jack-up rig",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 November 18, “Network News: Wavewalker starts work at Dawlish”, in Rail, page 11:",
          "text": "The second phase of resilience work at Dawlish station began on November 5, with the arrival off the coast of an eight-legged walking jack-up barge known as a Wavewalker.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A machine that uses jacks or hydraulic lifts."
      ],
      "id": "en-jack-up-en-noun-h-HwF6n7",
      "links": [
        [
          "machine",
          "machine"
        ],
        [
          "jack",
          "jack"
        ],
        [
          "hydraulic",
          "hydraulic"
        ],
        [
          "lift",
          "lift"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often attributive) A machine that uses jacks or hydraulic lifts."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "often"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "jackup"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jack-up"
}

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    "English nouns",
    "English phrasal nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Attributive use of verb phrase jack up.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jack-ups",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "jack-up (plural jack-ups)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It’s hard to stay in business with the recent jack-up in fuel costs.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An increase or rise; usually said of prices, fees, or rates."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "increase",
          "increase"
        ],
        [
          "rise",
          "rise"
        ],
        [
          "price",
          "price"
        ],
        [
          "fee",
          "fee"
        ],
        [
          "rate",
          "rate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a jack-up rig",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 November 18, “Network News: Wavewalker starts work at Dawlish”, in Rail, page 11:",
          "text": "The second phase of resilience work at Dawlish station began on November 5, with the arrival off the coast of an eight-legged walking jack-up barge known as a Wavewalker.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A machine that uses jacks or hydraulic lifts."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "machine",
          "machine"
        ],
        [
          "jack",
          "jack"
        ],
        [
          "hydraulic",
          "hydraulic"
        ],
        [
          "lift",
          "lift"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often attributive) A machine that uses jacks or hydraulic lifts."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "often"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "jackup"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jack-up"
}