unjack

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ jack.

Verb

unjack (third-person singular simple present unjacks, present participle unjacking, simple past and past participle unjacked)

1. (transitive) To dislodge or remove a jack from something.
   • 1912, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, volume 185, page 1113:

     jack to hold the same for treatment, and means acting automatically to unjack the shoe as the support or jack is moved outward on said table

   • 1972, E. D'Appolonia, Underwater Soil Sampling, Testing, and Construction Control, American Society for Testing and Materials, →ISBN, page 43:

     Jackup platforms of small dimensions are usually severely limited by weather conditions, since they are unstable and dangerous to unjack when wave heights are greater than a few feet.

   • 2016, Karen Ginther Graham, Finding Rose Rocks, Wild Rose Press, →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     She gave it a go, with no luck. "I'm freezing. I've got to get back inside."
     "Then we're screwed. You can't."
     "Un-jack this fucking thing, I'm going in."