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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Attributive use of verb phrase jack up.
Noun
[edit]- An increase or rise; usually said of prices, fees, or rates.
- It’s hard to stay in business with the recent jack-up in fuel costs.
- (often attributive) A machine that uses jacks or hydraulic lifts.
- 2020 November 18, “Network News: Wavewalker starts work at Dawlish”, in Rail, page 11:
- 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.