What does tjakkur in Icelandic mean?

What is the meaning of the word tjakkur in Icelandic? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use tjakkur in Icelandic.

The word tjakkur in Icelandic means jack. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word tjakkur

jack

noun (device for raising and supporting a heavy object)

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Wodger, af " Purple Fawn, " og Mr Jaggers er Cobbler, sem einnig seldi gamla second- hönd venjuleg reiðhjól voru teygja a band af Union- tjakkur and Royal ensigns ( sem hafði upphaflega haldin í fyrsta Victorian Jubilee ) yfir veginn.

Wodger, of the " Purple Fawn, " and Mr. Jaggers, the cobbler, who also sold old second- hand ordinary bicycles, were stretching a string of union- jacks and royal ensigns ( which had originally celebrated the first Victorian Jubilee ) across the road.

Uppruna póker og tjakkur eða betri eru alveg umdeild.

The origins of poker and jacks or better are quite controversial.

Fyrsta skráð dæmi af póker í Bandaríkjunum var 1829 leik í New Orleans, spilað með 20-kort þilfari sem samanstendur af öllum kortum með gildi 10 og hærra (fjórir tugir, fjórir tjakkur, fjórir Queens, fjórir konungar og fjórir Aces).

The first recorded instance of Poker in the United States was an 1829 game in New Orleans, played with a 20-card deck consisting of all cards with values of 10 and higher (four tens, four jacks, four queens, four kings and four aces).

Tjakkur eða betra tók við vinsældum því það var merkt með sanngjörnum leik.

Jacks or better took over with popularity because it was labeled a fair game.

Hjálp Major tjakkur til að safna öllum mynt með nýja hjólinu sínu!

Help Major jack to collect all coins with his new bike!!

Tjakkur eða betri póker er einn einfaldur tilbrigði af leiknum sem er almennt spiluð, sérstaklega í vídeó póker.

Jacks or better poker is one simple variation of the game that is commonly played, especially in video poker.

En það vekur spurninguna: Hvernig þessi drivetrain kerfi gera það án þess að tjakkur er settur undir bílinn þegar ekið er á há-grip akstur yfirborð?

But that raises the question: How do these drivetrain systems do that without jacking up the car when driving on high-traction driving surfaces?

Það hefur einnig RCA AUX-inn og heyrnartól tjakkur.

It also has an RCA AUX-in and headphone jack.

Tjakkur eða betri póker virtist vera meira lögmætur leik en þrjú Card Monte, sem var alveg vinsæll á þeim tíma.

Jacks or better poker seemed to be a more legitimate game than Three Card Monte, which was quite popular at the time.

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