📖 J — The English dictionary · page 5

jigsaw — Everyday, meaning 1: A jigsaw (jigsaw puzzle) is a picture cut into many oddly shaped pieces that you fit together.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A jigsaw is a saw with a thin blade for cutting curves in wood.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A jigsaw can mean a difficult problem with many parts that must be fitted together.↗ Example: We did a 500-piece jigsaw on the kitchen table.↗ · Start the jigsaw with the corner pieces.↗ · The last piece of the jigsaw was missing!↗ · My little brother likes jigsaws of animals.↗ · The detective put the clues together like a jigsaw.↗ · Dad cut the wooden shapes with a jigsaw.↗ · This jigsaw has a picture of a castle.↗ · Each jigsaw piece fits in only one place.↗

jimmy — Everyday, meaning 1: (a name) Jimmy is a short, friendly form of the name James.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (USA) A short metal bar with a flat end, used to force open doors or windows; in the UK it is called a «jemmy».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To jimmy a door or window means to force it open with a bar or tool.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (Scotland, informal) «Jimmy» is a friendly or cheeky way to call a man you do not know.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (USA) «Jimmies» are tiny coloured sugar sprinkles on ice cream.↗ Example: My cousin Jimmy is coming for tea.↗ · The burglar used a jimmy to force the back door.↗ · Dad jimmied open the paint tin with a screwdriver.↗ · The window had been jimmied in the night.↗ · (Scotland, informal) «Mind your step there, Jimmy!»↗ · (USA) I'd like a vanilla cone with chocolate jimmies, please.↗

jingle — Everyday, meaning 1: A jingle is a light ringing sound made by small metal things, like keys, coins or little bells, knocking together.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To jingle is to make or cause that sound.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A jingle is a short, catchy tune or song used in an advert on radio or TV.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A jingle can also be a short, bouncy rhyme that is easy to remember.↗ Example: I heard the jingle of Mum's keys at the door.↗ · The coins jingled in my pocket.↗ · We sang «Jingle Bells» at the Christmas concert.↗ · The cat's bell jingles when she moves.↗ · That advert jingle is stuck in my head!↗ · The ice-cream van's jingle played down the street.↗ · He jingled the money in his hand.↗

jinni — Everyday, meaning 1: In Arabic and Muslim tradition, a spirit made of fire, invisible to people, which can be good or bad.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (stories) A magic spirit, often living in a lamp or bottle, who can grant wishes; usually called a genie.↗ Example: The jinni came out of the bottle in a puff of smoke.↗ · The Djinn gave the Camel a hump for being lazy.↗ · In the story the jinni granted three wishes.↗ · Aladdin's genie lived in a lamp.↗ · Muslims believe that God created the jinn from fire.↗ · The fisherman was scared of the angry jinni.↗

jinx — Everyday, meaning 1: A jinx is a person or thing that people believe brings bad luck.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To jinx something is to bring bad luck to it, often (people joke) by talking about it too early.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (game) «Jinx!» is called out in a children's game when two people say the same word at the same time.↗ Example: Don't say it's going to be sunny, you'll jinx it!↗ · He thinks the number 13 is a jinx.↗ · «Jinx!» we both shouted at once.↗ · The team felt jinxed after losing five games.↗ · Some sailors believed a cat on board was a jinx.↗ · Saying the word does not really jinx anything.↗

jitter — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) The jitters are a nervous, shaky feeling, especially before something important.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To jitter is to make small, quick, shaky movements.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (computing) Jitter is small, unwanted wobbles in a signal or picture, or in the timing of data.↗ Example: I had the jitters before my piano exam.↗ · First-day jitters are normal at a new school.↗ · The picture on the screen began to jitter.↗ · Too much fizzy drink gives him the jitters.↗ · The online game lagged because of jitter.↗ · Her hands jittered as she held the trophy.↗

jitters — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) A feeling of being very nervous and shaky, especially before something important.↗ Example: I always get the jitters before a test.↗ · She had the jitters on the first day at a new school.↗ · The actors had first-night jitters.↗ · A deep breath helps calm the jitters.↗ · The goalkeeper's jitters made him drop the ball.↗ · Spooky noises gave us the jitters.↗

jittery — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) Jittery means nervous and shaky, often because you are worried or have had too much caffeine.↗ Example: I felt jittery before my piano exam.↗ · Too much coffee makes Mum jittery.↗ · The horses were jittery during the storm.↗ · The new player was jittery in his first match.↗ · Everyone was jittery waiting for the results.↗ · A deep breath helps when you feel jittery.↗

job — Everyday, meaning 1: A job is the work someone does to earn money: «Her job is a nurse».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A job is a task or piece of work: «My job is to feed the cat».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «Good job!» or «well done» says someone did something well.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: «Do the job» means work well enough.↗ Example: He earns 10 dollars for each job.↗ · The job takes 3 hours.↗ · 2 people share the job.↗ · How many jobs does she do in a week?↗ · My mum's job is at the hospital.↗ · It's my job to water the plants.↗ · Good job on your spelling test!↗ · He does odd jobs for the neighbours.↗ · The job must wait till the morning.↗ · This particular phraseology is one of several hints that the SY may share a particular literary affiliation with the Sifre Emet, the poems of Psalms, Proverbs, and Job.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · This enigmatic expression appears only once in the Tanakh, in [Job 26:7], where in a harkening back to [Genesis 1:2] it serves as a parallelism of primarial tohu.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · Depth [note 15: עוֹמֶק ʽomeq ‘depth’ here is based on the metaphor of עֲמֻקָּה ʽamuqqah ‘deepness’ as a symbol of divine mystery, as found in Biblical poetry, ex.↗ [Job 11:8], [Psalms 64:7], [Ecclesiastes 7:24].↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · The words of Job are ended.↗ (Writings JOB.31.40, JPS 1917)↗ · Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said: (Writings JOB.40.1, JPS 1917)↗ · Then Job answered the LORD, and said: (Writings JOB.40.3, JPS 1917)↗

jobless — Everyday, meaning 1: Without a paid job; unemployed.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (the jobless) People who do not have jobs.↗ Example: Many people were left jobless when the factory closed.↗ · The jobless rate went down this year.↗ · Dad was jobless for three months, then found new work.↗ · The charity helps the jobless find training.↗ · The news said the number of jobless people had risen.↗ · Being jobless can be very stressful for a family.↗ · She was jobless but used the time to learn new skills.↗

jobseeker — Everyday, meaning 1: (euphemism, official, UK) an unemployed person looking for work, especially one getting state benefits.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (literal) anyone who is looking for a job, even if they have one.↗ Example: The job centre helps jobseekers write their CVs.↗ · News: The number of jobseekers fell this month.↗ · Dad is a jobseeker now and goes to interviews every week.↗ · Website: Free advice for jobseekers.↗ · Maths: If 300 of 1,000 jobseekers find work, 700 are still looking.↗ · Chat: technically I'm a «jobseeker» lol↗

jock — Everyday, meaning 1: (US, slang) A young person, especially a boy, who loves sport and is part of the sporty, popular group at school, sometimes shown as not interested in study.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (UK, slang, can be offensive) A Scottish person, especially a Scottish man; often «Jock».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal) Short for a disc jockey (DJ) or a jockey who rides racehorses.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (informal) Short for a jockstrap, a support worn by boys and men in sport.↗ Example: In the film, the jocks sat at their own table in the cafeteria.↗ · He's a jock, but he also loves poetry.↗ · The radio jock played my favourite song.↗ · Calling someone a «dumb jock» is unkind and untrue.↗ · The football jocks were training on the field.↗ · «Hey, Jock!» shouted his English cousin, and he didn't like it.↗ · A shock jock says rude things on the radio to get attention.↗ · But it was too clever for Jock and her both.↗

jockey — Everyday, meaning 1: A jockey is a person who rides a horse in a race.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old use) In fairy tales a jockey is a small rider who sits on one of the horses pulling a carriage.↗ Example: The jockey wore a bright red cap.↗ · The race was won by a jockey on a grey horse.↗ · Two little jockeys rode in front of the golden carriage.↗

jocular — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Jocular means joking, funny and playful in a friendly way.↗ Example: Grandpa was in a jocular mood at dinner.↗ · The headteacher made a jocular comment about the rain.↗ · His jocular manner made everyone relax.↗ · It was a jocular letter full of puns.↗ · She answered in a jocular tone.↗ · The jocular coach always told jokes at practice.↗

jog — Everyday, meaning 1: To jog is to run slowly and steadily, often for exercise.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A jog is a slow run: go for a jog.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To jog something is to push or knock it a little.↗ e.g. He jogged my arm.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To jog your memory is to help you remember something.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To jog can also mean to walk or travel along at an easy, steady pace, not running.↗ Example: She jogs 3 km every day.↗ · How far does she jog in a week?↗ · He jogged for 40 minutes.↗ · They jog at 8 km an hour.↗ · Dad goes jogging in the park before work.↗ · Let's warm up with a slow jog around the field.↗ · Don't jog my arm while I'm drawing!↗ · This photo might jog your memory.↗ · The dog jogged happily beside her.↗ · So on he jogged, and all seemed now to go right with him: he had met with some misfortunes, to be sure; but he was now well repaid for all.↗

jogger — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who runs slowly and steadily for exercise.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Joggers (plural): soft, loose trousers with elastic at the ankles, worn for sport or comfort.↗ Example: A jogger ran past us on the path.↗ · The park is full of joggers before school.↗ · Joggers should wear bright clothes at night.↗ · I wore my grey joggers to PE.↗ · My dad became a jogger to get fit.↗ · If a jogger runs 2 kilometres every day, she runs 14 kilometres in a week.↗

jogging — Everyday, meaning 1: Running slowly and steadily for exercise.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) To push or knock something gently, as in «Don't jog my arm».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «jog someone's memory» — help them remember.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Jogging can also mean walking or travelling along at an easy, steady pace.↗ Example: Mum goes jogging every morning.↗ · Jogging is good for your heart.↗ · We jogged two laps of the field.↗ · Don't jog the table — I'm drawing.↗ · This photo might jog your memory.↗ · He jogs at 8 kilometres an hour.↗ · We wore our jogging bottoms for PE.↗ · This he did, jogging along, till he came to two labourers who had fallen into a ditch.↗

john — Everyday, meaning 1: John is a boy's or man's name, one of the most common in English.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In American slang, the john means the toilet.↗ Example: John has 10 apples.↗ · John buys 4 more.↗ · John is 3 years older than Mary.↗ · John and his sister walk to school together.↗ · King John lived in England long ago.↗ · John's football shirt has the number 9.↗ · Proofed, formatted and Unicode transliteration by John Bruno Hare.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · Some are of the opinion that John Reuchlin, while others maintain that Paul Riccius was the author of it.↗ (See Wolfii Biblioth.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

join — Everyday, meaning 1: To join things is to put or fix them together: join two ropes.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To join a group, club or team is to become a member of it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To join someone is to come and be with them.↗ e.g. Can I join you?↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To join in is to take part in something others are doing.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A join is the place where two pieces meet.↗ Example: 5 more children join the game.↗ · He joins 3 ropes of 2 m each.↗ · 4 birds joined the 7 on the fence.↗ · How many are in the club after 6 join?↗ · Can I join in?↗ · She joined the swimming club last year.↗ · Join the dots to draw a star.↗ · Join the two points with a ruler.↗ · Everyone joined hands in a circle.↗ · You can hardly see the join in the wood.↗ · He joined a caravan and set out.↗ · Each board had two tenons, joined one to another.↗ (Torah EXO.36.22, JPS 1917)↗ · They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together; at the two ends was it joined together.↗ (Torah EXO.39.4, JPS 1917)↗ · It shall have two shoulder-pieces joined to the two ends thereof, that it may be joined together.↗ (Torah EXO.28.7, JPS 1917)↗ · Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.↗ (Prophets HOS.4.17, JPS 1917)↗ · And of the Levites, certain courses in Judah were joined to Benjamin.↗ (Writings NEH.11.36, JPS 1917)↗ · They are joined one to another; they stick together, that they cannot be sundered.↗ (Writings JOB.41.9, JPS 1917)↗