mettre sur le cric — meaning in English
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English meaning
- jack noun A mechanical device used to lift something heavy off the ground, especially to raise a car to change a tyre.
Senses
mettre sur le cric is used for these senses in English:
- jack (transitive) To physically raise using a jack.
jack — full definition
- noun A mechanical device used to lift something heavy off the ground, especially to raise a car to change a tyre.
- noun The playing card ranking between the ten and the queen, showing a young page or knave.
- noun A socket used to plug in an electrical or audio device.
- noun Informal: money.
- verb To lift something using a mechanical jack.
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