Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quarter jack

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.47 in modern English

Syllables: quar-ter -jack
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An automaton, on a clock, that strikes a bell every quarter hour

Example Sentences

"From the interior face of the west wall of the tower projected a little canopy with a quarter-jack and small bell beneath it, the automaton being driven by the same clock machinery that struck the large bell in the tower."

Inflected Forms

quarter jacks (plural) quarter-jack (alternative)

Questions

What does quarter jack mean?: An automaton, on a clock, that strikes a bell every quarter hour

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