jack up
IPA: dʒˈækˈʌp
verb
- To raise, hoist, or lift a thing using a jack, or similar means.
- (informal) To raise, increase, or accelerate; often said of prices, fees, or rates.
- (colloquial) To ruin; wreck; mess up; screw up; sometimes as a bowdlerized substitution for fuck up.
- (obsolete, transitive and intransitive, dialect, West Country and Australia) To give up; to abandon (something, e.g. a job, contract)
- (New Zealand) To organise something.
- (basketball, colloquial) To shoot, especially in the context of a poor shot opportunity.
jack-up
IPA: dʒˈækʌp
noun
- An increase or rise; usually said of prices, fees, or rates.
- (often attributive) A machine that utilizes jacks or hydraulic lifts.