what does jack-in-the-box mean?
JACK-IN-THE-BOX as NOUN
- Meaning
- plaything consisting of a toy clown that jumps out of a box when the lid is opened
Hypernyms(s) jack-in-the-box is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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