JACK-IN-THE-BOX

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: jacks-in-the-box

Meaning:

Plaything consisting of a toy clown that jumps out of a box when the lid is opened

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("jack-in-the-box" is a kind of...):

plaything; toy (an artifact designed to be played with)