Jiddah
1: port city in western Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea; near Mecca [syn: {Jeddah}, {Jed'dah}, {Jidda}]
jiffy
1: a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash" [syn: {blink of an eye}, {flash}, {heartbeat}, {instant}, {split second}, {tr...
jig
1: music in three-four time for dancing a jig 2: any of various old rustic dances involving kicking and leaping v : dance a quick dance with leaping and kicking motions [also: {jigging}, {jigged}]
jigaboo
1: (ethnic slur) offensive name for a Black person; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga" [syn: {nigger}, {nigga}, {spade}, {coon}, {nigra}]
jigger
1: a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey [syn: {shot glass}, {pony}] 2: any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl [syn: {jiggermast}] 3: larval mite ...
jiggered
1: (British informal expletive) surprised; "Well I'm jiggered!"
jiggermast
1: any small mast on a sailing vessel; especially the mizzenmast of a yawl [syn: {jigger}]
jiggery-pokery
1: verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way [syn: {trickery}, {hocus-pocus}, {slickness}, {hanky panky}, {skulduggery}, {skullduggery}]
jiggle
1: a slight irregular shaking motion [syn: {joggle}] v : move to and fro; "Don't jiggle your finger while the nurse is putting on the bandage!" [syn: {joggle}, {wiggle}]
jigsaw
1: a portable power saw with a reciprocating blade; can be used with a variety of blades depending on the application and kind of cut; generally have a plate that rides on the surface that is being cu...
jigsaw puzzle
1: a puzzle that requires you to reassemble a picture that has been mounted on a stiff base and cut into interlocking pieces
jihad
1: a holy war waged by Muslims against infidels [syn: {jehad}, {international jihad}] 2: a holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or political goal [syn: {jehad}]
jihadi
1: of or relating to a jihad
Jihadist
1: a Muslim who is involved in a jihad
jillions
1: a very large indefinite number (usually hyperbole) [syn: {millions}, {billions}, {trillions}, {zillions}]
jilt
1: a woman who jilts a lover v : cast aside capriciously or unfeelingly; "jilt a lover or a bride"
jilted
1: rebuffed (by a lover) without warning; "jilted at the altar" [syn: {rejected}, {spurned}]
Jim Bowie
1: United States pioneer and hero of the Texas revolt against Mexico; he shared command of the garrison that resisted the Mexican attack on the Alamo where he died (1796-1836) [syn: {Bowie}, {James Bo...
Jim Corbett
1: United States heavyweight boxing champion (1866-1933) [syn: {Corbett}, {James John Corbett}, {Gentleman Jim}]
Jim Crow
1: barrier preventing blacks from participating in various activities with whites [syn: {color bar}, {colour bar}, {color line}, {colour line}] 2: a crowbar fitted with a claw for pulling nails
Jim Henson
1: United States puppeteer who created a troupe of puppet characters (1936-1990) [syn: {Henson}]
Jim Morrison
1: United States rock singer (1943-1971) [syn: {Morrison}, {James Douglas Morrison}]
Jim Thorpe
1: outstanding United States athlete (1888-1953) [syn: {Thorpe}, {James Francis Thorpe}]
jimdandy
1: someone excellent of their kind; "he's a jimdandy of a soldier" [syn: {jimhickey}, {crackerjack}] 2: something excellent of its kind; "the bike was a jimdandy" [syn: {jimhickey}, {crackerjack}]
Jimenez
1: Spanish lyric poet (1881-1958) [syn: {Juan Ramon Jimenez}]
Jimenez de Cisneros
1: prelate who was the confessor of Isabella I and who was later appointed Grand Inquisitor (1436-1517) [syn: {Francisco Jimenez de Cisneros}]
jimhickey
1: someone excellent of their kind; "he's a jimdandy of a soldier" [syn: {jimdandy}, {crackerjack}] 2: something excellent of its kind; "the bike was a jimdandy" [syn: {jimdandy}, {crackerjack}]
Jimi Hendrix
1: United States guitarist whose innovative style with electric guitars influenced the development of rock music (1942-1970) [syn: {Hendrix}, {James Marshall Hendrix}]
jimmies
1: bits of sweet chocolate used as a topping on e.g. ice cream [syn: {sprinkles}]
jimmy
1: a short crowbar; "in England they call a jimmy and jemmy" [syn: {jemmy}] v : to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock", "Raccoons managed to pr...
Jimmy Cagney
1: United States film actor known for his portrayals of tough characters (1899-1986) [syn: {Cagney}, {James Cagney}]
Jimmy Carter
1: 39th President of the United States (1924-) [syn: {Carter}, {James Earl Carter}, {James Earl Carter Jr.}, {President Carter}]
Jimmy Conors
1: outstanding United States tennis player (born in 1952) [syn: {Connors}, {James Scott Connors}]
Jimmy Doolittle
1: United States Air Force officer who electrified the world in 1942 by leading a squadron of 16 bombers on a daylight raid over Tokyo (1896-1993) [syn: {Doolittle}, {James Harold Doolittle}]
Jimmy Durante
1: United States comedian remembered for his large nose and hoarse voice (1893-1980) [syn: {Durante}]
Jimmy Hoffa
1: United States labor leader who was president of the Teamsters Union; he was jailed for trying to bribe a judge and later disappeared and is assumed to have been murdered (1913-1975) [syn: {Hoffa}, ...
Jimmy Stewart
1: United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but modest heros (1908-1997) [syn: {Stewart}, {James Maitland Stewart}]
jimson weed
1: intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits [syn: {jimsonweed}, {Jamestown weed}, {common thor...
jimsonweed
1: intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits [syn: {jimson weed}, {Jamestown weed}, {common tho...
Jinghis Khan
1: Mongolian Emperor whose empire stretched from the Black Sea to the Pacific Ocean (1162-1227) [syn: {Genghis Khan}, {Jenghiz Khan}]
Jinghpaw
1: a Kachinic language [syn: {Jinghpo}, {Chingpo}]
Jinghpo
1: a Kachinic language [syn: {Jinghpaw}, {Chingpo}]
jingle
1: a metallic sound; "the jingle of coins"; "the jangle of spurs" [syn: {jangle}] 2: a comic verse of irregular measure; "he had heard some silly doggerel that kept running through his mind" [syn: {do...
jingle-jangle
1: make a sound typical of metallic objects; "The keys were jingling in his pocket" [syn: {jingle}, {jangle}]
jingling
1: having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many small bells; "jingling sleigh bells" [syn: {jingly}]
jingly
1: having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many small bells; "jingling sleigh bells" [syn: {jingling}]
jingo
1: an extreme bellicose nationalist [syn: {chauvinist}, {jingoist}, {flag-waver}, {hundred-percenter}, {patrioteer}] [also: {jingoes} (pl)]
jingoism
1: an appeal intended to arouse patriotic emotions [syn: {flag waving}] 2: fanatical patriotism [syn: {chauvinism}, {superpatriotism}, {ultranationalism}]
jingoist
1: an extreme bellicose nationalist [syn: {chauvinist}, {jingo}, {flag-waver}, {hundred-percenter}, {patrioteer}]
jingoistic
1: fanatically patriotic [syn: {chauvinistic}, {flag-waving(a)}, {nationalistic}, {ultranationalistic}, {superpatriotic}]
Jinja
1: a city in Uganda on the north shore of Lake Victoria
jinks
1: noisy and mischievous merrymaking [syn: {high jinks}, {hijinks}, {high jinx}]
Jinnah
1: Indian statesman who was the founder of Pakistan as a Muslim state (1876-1948) [syn: {Muhammad Ali Jinnah}]
jinnee
1: (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals [syn: {genie}, {jinni}, {djinni},...
jinni
1: (Islam) an invisible spirit mentioned in the Koran and believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals [syn: {genie}, {jinnee}, {djinni}...
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jinrikisha
1: a small two-wheeled cart for one passenger; pulled by one person [syn: {ricksha}, {rickshaw}]
jinx
1: a person believed to bring bad luck to those around him [syn: {jonah}] 2: an evil spell; "a witch put a curse on his whole family"; "he put the whammy on me" [syn: {hex}, {curse}, {whammy}] v 1: ca...
jinxed
1: (usually used colloquially) causing or accompanied by misfortune [syn: {hexed}]
jiqui
1: cuban timber tree with hard wood very resistant to moisture [syn: {Malpighia obovata}]
jird
1: gerbil of northern Africa
Jirga
1: a Pashto term for a decision making assembly of male elders; "most criminal cases are handled by a tribal Jirga rather than by laws or police"
Jirrbal
1: a language of Australian aborigines [syn: {Dyirbal}]
jitney
1: a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport; "he always rode the bus to work" [syn: {bus}, {autobus}, {coach}, {charabanc}, {double-decker}, {motorbus}, {motorcoach}, {omnibus}]
jitter
1: small rapid variations in a waveform resulting from fluctuations in the voltage supply or mechanical vibrations or other sources
jitterbug
1: a jerky American dance that was popular in the 1940s v : do the jitterbug [also: {jitterbugging}, {jitterbugged}]
jitteriness
1: the anxious feeling you have when you have the jitters [syn: {jumpiness}, {nervousness}, {restiveness}]
jittering
1: undergoing small rapid variations
jitters
1: extreme nervousness [syn: {heebie-jeebies}, {screaming meemies}]
jittery
1: being in a tense state [syn: {edgy}, {high-strung}, {highly strung}, {in suspense(p)}, {jumpy}, {nervy}, {overstrung}, {restive}, {uptight}]
jiujitsu
1: a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength [syn: {jujutsu}, {jujitsu}]
jive
1: a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz [syn: {swing}, {swing music}] v : dance to jive music; dance the jive
jnd
1: (psychophysics) the difference between two stimuli that (under properly controlled experimental conditions) is detected as often as it is undetected [syn: {just-noticeable difference}]
Jnr
1: a son who has the same first name as his father [syn: {Junior}, {Jr}]
Joachim
1: Hungarian violinist and composer (1831-1907) [syn: {Joseph Joachim}]
Joan Crawford
1: United States film actress (1908-1977) [syn: {Crawford}]
Joan Didion
1: United States writer (born in 1834) [syn: {Didion}]
Joan Miro
1: Spanish surrealist painter (1893-1983) [syn: {Miro}]
Joan of Arc
1: French heroine and military leader inspired by religious visions to organize French resistance to the English and to have Charles VII crowned king; she was later tried for heresy and burned at the ...
Joan Sutherland
1: Australian operatic soprano (born in 1926) [syn: {Sutherland}, {Dame Joan Sutherland}]
Joao Pessoa
1: a city in northeastern Brazil near the Atlantic Ocean north of Recife
job
1: the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business" [syn: {occupation}, {business}, {line of work}, {line}] 2: a specific piece of work required to be d...
job action
1: a temporary action by workers to protest management decision or to make demands
job control
1: a program that is called to prepare each job to be run
job description
1: description of the responsibilities associated with a given job
job interview
1: an interview to determine whether an applicant is suitable for a position of employment [syn: {employment interview}]
job lot
1: a miscellaneous collection of things sold together
Job's tears
1: hard pearly seeds of an Asiatic grass; often used as beads
job-control language
1: a problem-oriented language used to describe job requirements to an operating system
jobber
1: someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers [syn: {middleman}, {wholesaler}]
jobbery
1: corruptness among public officials
jobcentre
1: a government office in a town where information about available jobs is displayed and where unemployment benefits are administered
jobholder
1: an employee who has a regular job
jobless
1: not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many people in the area were out of work" [syn: {idle}, {out of work}]
Jocasta
1: (Greek mythology) queen of Thebes who unknowingly married her own son Oedipus
jock
1: a person trained to compete in sports [syn: {athlete}] 2: a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise [syn: {athletic supporter}, {supporter}, {suspensor}, {jockstrap}]
jock itch
1: fungal infection of the groin (most common in men) [syn: {tinea cruris}, {eczema marginatum}]
jockey
1: someone employed to ride horses in horse races 2: an operator of some vehicle or machine or apparatus; "he's a truck jockey"; "a computer jockey"; "a disc jockey" v 1: defeat someone in an expectat...
jockey cap
1: a cap with a bill [syn: {baseball cap}, {golf cap}]
jockey club
1: a club to promote and regulate horse racing
Jockey shorts
1: short tight-fitting underpants (trade name Jockey) [syn: {briefs}]
jockstrap
1: a support for the genitals worn by men engaging in strenuous exercise [syn: {athletic supporter}, {supporter}, {suspensor}, {jock}]
jocose
1: characterized by jokes and good humor [syn: {jesting}, {jocular}, {joking}]
jocosely
1: with humor; "they tried to deal with this painful subject jocularly" [syn: {jocular}]
jocoseness
1: the trait of merry joking [syn: {jocosity}, {merriness}, {humorousness}]
jocosity
1: fun characterized by humor [syn: {jocularity}] 2: the trait of merry joking [syn: {jocoseness}, {merriness}, {humorousness}]
jocote
1: common tropical American shrub or small tree with purplish fruit [syn: {mombin}, {mombin tree}, {Spondias purpurea}]
jocular
1: characterized by jokes and good humor [syn: {jesting}, {jocose}, {joking}] adv : with humor; "they tried to deal with this painful subject jocularly" [syn: {jocosely}]
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