📖 J — The English dictionary · page 6

joining — Everyday, meaning 1: Joining is the -ing form of join: putting things together.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It means becoming part of a group, club or team.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: It can mean coming to be with someone or taking part: joining in a game.↗ Example: After joining, the team had 11 players.↗ · 3 girls are joining the choir.↗ · Joining two pieces of 5 cm gives 10 cm.↗ · How many after joining?↗ · Thanks for joining us today!↗ · She is joining a new school next term.↗ · We are learning joined-up writing.↗ · The joining fee for the club is 10 dollars.↗ · Presently he heard a voice joining in it.↗ · I saw also that the house had a raised basement round about; the foundations of the side-chambers were a full reed of six cubits to the joining.↗ (Prophets EZK.41.8, JPS 1917)↗ · And the wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.↗ (Writings 2CH.3.12, JPS 1917)↗

joint — Everyday, meaning 1: A place in the body where two bones meet so it can bend or turn, such as the knee, elbow or shoulder.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A place where two pieces of something are joined together.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A large piece of meat for roasting.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (adjective) Shared or done together by two or more people.↗ Example: Your knee is a hinge joint.↗ · The shoulder is a ball-and-socket joint.↗ · Grandpa's joints ache when it's cold.↗ · The pipe leaked at the joint.↗ · They were joint winners of the art prize.↗ · The poster was a joint effort by the whole class.↗ · We had a joint of beef for Sunday lunch.↗ · Stretching keeps your joints moving well.↗ · Yet these may ye eat of all winged swarming things that go upon all fours, which have jointed legs above their feet, wherewith to leap upon the earth; (Torah LEV.11.21, JPS 1917)↗ · Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.↗ (Writings PRO.25.19, JPS 1917)↗ · I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is become like wax; it is melted in mine inmost parts.↗ (Writings PSA.22.15, JPS 1917)↗ · Then the king's countenance was changed in him, and his thoughts affrighted him; and the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.↗ (Writings DAN.5.6, JPS 1917)↗

jointly — Everyday, meaning 1: Jointly means together, shared by two or more people: «jointly owned».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Jointly means done by working as a group.↗ Example: The two schools jointly organised the concert.↗ · The house is jointly owned by my parents.↗ · Sam and Ali jointly won first prize.↗ · They are jointly responsible for the mess.↗ · Two families jointly paid 600 dollars; how much did each pay if equal?↗ · The project was jointly run by two teachers.↗

joist — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A beam that runs across a building to support the floor or ceiling.↗ Example: And he built twenty cubits on the hinder part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor unto the joists; he even built them for himself within, for a Sanctuary, even for the most holy place.↗ (Prophets 1KI.6.16, JPS 1917)↗

joke — Everyday, meaning 1: Something you say or do to make people laugh, often a short funny story.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Something that is silly or not taken seriously.↗ e.g. "The test was a joke."↗ Everyday, meaning 3: As a verb, to say things to be funny, not seriously.↗ e.g. "I'm only joking."↗ Example: Tell me a joke!↗ · That joke was so funny.↗ · I was only joking.↗ · They played a joke on their teacher.↗ · A good joke makes everyone laugh, not just one person.↗ · He can't take a joke.↗ · Getting lost in the snow is no joke.↗ · Why did the chicken cross the road?↗ It's an old joke.↗

joker — Everyday, meaning 1: A joker is a person who likes to make jokes and do funny things.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The joker is a playing card with a picture of a jester, used in some games as a special or wild card.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A joker can be an annoying or silly person (informal, unkind).↗ Example: Ben is the joker of our class.↗ · My uncle is a real joker who always makes us laugh.↗ · In this game the joker can be any card you want.↗ · A practical joker played a trick on his friends.↗ · The king's joker danced and told funny stories.↗ · Take the jokers out of the pack before we play.↗

jokingly — Everyday, meaning 1: Jokingly means in a joking way, not seriously, to be funny.↗ Example: "You're so slow!" she said jokingly.↗ · Dad jokingly called the dog "Your Majesty".↗ · He jokingly asked if he could have all the cake.↗ · I only said it jokingly, so please don't be upset.↗ · The team jokingly called their old bus "the Rocket".↗ · Half jokingly, Mum said she would sell my brother.↗ · And so this Soldier gets alongside of the merchant's daughter, and says to her jokingly--↗

jollity — Everyday, meaning 1: Jollity is cheerful fun, laughter and merry noise at a party or feast.↗ Example: The jollity went on late into the night.↗ · Up to the dance, to the dance, to jollity and pleasure!↗ · The party was full of jollity and song.↗

jolly — Everyday, meaning 1: Happy, cheerful and friendly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (UK, informal, a bit old-fashioned) Very, as in «jolly good» or «jolly well».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb, informal) «jolly someone along» — cheer them up to keep them going.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (UK, noun, informal) A trip or outing for fun, as in «a jolly».↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A Jolly Roger is the black flag with a skull and crossbones that pirate ships flew.↗ Example: Santa is a jolly man with a big laugh.↗ · We had a jolly time at the party.↗ · That's jolly good work!↗ (UK)↗ · You'll jolly well tidy your room!↗ · The pirates sang a jolly song.↗ · The staff went on a jolly to the seaside.↗ · She jollied us along on the long walk.↗

jolt — Everyday, meaning 1: A sudden hard shake or bump: «The bus stopped with a jolt».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) To move or shake suddenly and roughly.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A sudden shock or surprise: «The news gave me a jolt».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (verb) To shock someone into action: «The alarm jolted me awake».↗ Example: The train stopped with a jolt.↗ · The cart jolted along the bumpy road.↗ · A loud bang jolted me awake.↗ · Wear your seatbelt so a jolt doesn't throw you forward.↗ · The bad news gave her a jolt.↗ · He got a small jolt from the electric fence.↗ · And every little while they went a little mile, and jolted so that they very nearly tumbled off.↗

jonah — Everyday, meaning 1: (Bible) Jonah is a prophet in the Bible who ran away from God's command, was swallowed by a great fish, and after three days was spat out on land; then he preached in the city of Nineveh.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal, old) A jonah is a person thought to bring bad luck, especially on a ship.↗ Example: Jonah tried to sail away instead of going to Nineveh.↗ · A great storm came, and the sailors threw Jonah into the sea.↗ · Jonah stayed inside the fish for three days and nights.↗ · Our class acted out Jonah and the whale with a paper fish.↗ · God forgave the people of Nineveh, and Jonah was cross about it.↗ · The old sailors grumbled that the new cook was a jonah.↗ · But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.↗ (Prophets JON.4.1, JPS 1917)↗ · So Jonah was exceeding glad because of the gourd.↗ (Prophets JON.4.6, JPS 1917)↗ · Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly.↗ (Prophets JON.2.2, JPS 1917)↗

jonathan — Everyday, meaning 1: Jonathan is a common boy's first name.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (Bible) In the Old Testament, Jonathan was the son of King Saul and the loyal best friend of David.↗ Example: Jonathan is the new boy in our class.↗ · In the Bible, Jonathan loved David like a brother.↗ · Jonathan warned David to run away from King Saul.↗ · We call him Jon for short.↗ · Jonathan scored the winning goal.↗ · The story of David and Jonathan teaches us about true friendship.↗ · Jonathan Swift wrote «Gulliver's Travels».↗ · of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; (Writings NEH.12.14, JPS 1917)↗ · Jonathan upon thy high places is slain!↗ (Prophets 2SA.1.25, JPS 1917)↗ · And the sons of Jonathan: Peleth, and Zaza.↗ (Writings 1CH.2.33, JPS 1917)↗

josh — Everyday, meaning 1: Josh is a boy's name, often short for Joshua.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To josh is an old word for teasing someone in a friendly, joking way.↗ Example: Josh has 24 cards.↗ · Josh gives half to his brother.↗ · Josh saves 2 dollars a week.↗ · Josh is the goalkeeper in our team.↗ · Don't worry, I was just joshing you.↗ · Josh and Emma built a sandcastle.↗

jostle — Everyday, meaning 1: To push and bump against people in a crowd.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To compete hard for something: players jostling for a place in the team.↗ Example: People jostled to get onto the train.↗ · The animals jostled each other on the river bank.↗ · Please don't jostle in the lunch queue.↗ · The ducklings jostled for the bread.↗ · Fans jostled to see the singer.↗ · Three teams are jostling for the top spot.↗ · I was jostled and dropped my ice cream.↗ · The chariots rush madly in the streets, they jostle one against another in the broad places; the appearance of them is like torches, they run to and fro like the lightnings.↗ (Prophets NAM.2.5, JPS 1917)↗

jot — Everyday, meaning 1: To jot something down means to write it quickly in a few words.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A jot is a very tiny amount, used mostly in «not a jot» meaning «not at all».↗ Example: Jot down your ideas before you start the story.↗ · I jotted her phone number on my hand.↗ · Jot your working in the margin.↗ · He didn't care a jot about the rain.↗ · The Mole hadn't a jot of fear left once he saw the Rat.↗ · Please jot a quick note to say where you've gone.↗ · «Jottings» are short notes written quickly.↗ · Among these were many well-known rascals, who cared not a jot for study or for success.↗

journal — Everyday, meaning 1: A journal is a book in which you write about what happens each day, your thoughts and feelings; a kind of diary.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A journal is a serious magazine about a subject, like science or medicine, where experts publish their work.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A journal is a newspaper (used in some newspaper names, like «The Wall Street Journal»).↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (money) In bookkeeping, a journal is a record of money in and out.↗ Example: I write in my journal every night.↗ · Keep a science journal of how your bean plant grows.↗ · Anne Frank's diary is a famous journal.↗ · The discovery was published in a science journal.↗ · Dad reads a medical journal for his job.↗ · Today's journal entry is about the school trip.↗

journalist — Everyday, meaning 1: A person whose job is to find out news and write or speak about it for newspapers, magazines, TV, radio or websites.↗ Example: The journalist interviewed the head teacher.↗ · I want to be a journalist when I grow up.↗ · Journalists must check their facts.↗ · A sports journalist wrote about the match.↗ · The journalist asked the mayor a hard question.↗ · Write a report as if you were a journalist.↗

journalistic — Everyday, meaning 1: Journalistic means to do with journalism, the work of collecting and writing the news for newspapers, websites, radio or TV.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Journalistic writing is written in the style of news: clear, short and based on facts.↗ Example: We wrote a journalistic report on the school fair.↗ · Journalistic writing uses short paragraphs.↗ · Checking facts is an important journalistic rule.↗ · She won a prize for journalistic work.↗ · The article was journalistic, not a story.↗ · Good journalistic practice means asking both sides.↗

journey — Everyday, meaning 1: A journey is a trip from one place to another, often a long one.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A journey is also a long time of change or learning: «her journey to become a doctor».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To journey is to travel (in stories or formal writing).↗ Example: The journey is 240 kilometres long.↗ · They drove 90 km of the journey before lunch.↗ · The journey took 3 hours.↗ · How much of the journey is left?↗ · My journey to school takes 15 minutes on foot.↗ · Have a safe journey!↗ · The hobbits went on a long journey.↗ · We played games on the train journey.↗ · Learning to read is a journey that takes time.↗ · The journey began--the journey to Paris.↗ · And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the South.↗ (Torah GEN.12.9, JPS 1917)↗ · And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond Migdal-eder.↗ (Torah GEN.35.21, JPS 1917)↗ · And they journeyed from Dophkah, and pitched in Alush.↗ (Torah NUM.33.13, JPS 1917)↗ · Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city, of three days' journey.↗ (Prophets JON.3.3, JPS 1917)↗ · For my husband is not at home, he is gone a long journey; (Writings PRO.7.19, JPS 1917)↗ · And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day.↗ (Prophets JOS.9.17, JPS 1917)↗