English

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

From ice +‎ jack.

Verb

edit

ice-jack (third-person singular simple present ice-jacks, present participle ice-jacking, simple past and past participle ice-jacked)

  1. (of water) To freeze underneath an element or between two elements and jacking up the overlaying element, thereby separating it from its underlayment
    The support pylon for the ski gondola collapsed because of ice-jacking.