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noun
- (context, AU, colloquial) Young or inexperienced stockman or farm hand.
verb to jackaroo
- To work as a jackaroo.
:- Bill has gone jackarooing out west.
| | | Jack Ketch |
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noun
- a public executioner
- the gallows
- death
- the devil
| | Jacky |
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proper noun - (given name, male, , ) Diminutive of the male given name Jack.
- (given name, female, , ) Diminutive of the female given name Jacqueline and its variant spellings.
| | jelly |
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noun (jell, ies, -)
- A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set
- a sweet gelatinous substance derived from fruit juices and pectin
- 1945, w:Fannie Merritt Farmer, Fannie Merritt Farmer and w:Wilma Lord Perkins revisor, The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book, Eighth edition - Perfect is of appetizing flavor; beautifully colored and translucent; tender enough to cut easily with a spoon, yet firm enough to hold its shape when turned from the glass.
- 1975, w:Irma S. Rombauer, Irma S. Rombauer and w:Marion Rombauer Becker, Marion Rombauer Becker, The Joy of Cooking 5th revision - Jelly has great clarity. Two cooking processes are involved. First, the juice alone is extracted from the fruit. Only that portion thin and clear enough to drip through a cloth is cooked with sugar until sufficiently firm to hold its shape. It is never stiff and never gummy.
- Jam that has been sieved to remove pieces of fruit before being allowed to set.
- (zoology) Short for jellyfish.
- (US slang) A large backside, especially a woman's.
- Check out that girl shaking her jelly!
- (colloquial) Short for gelignite.
| | jemmy |
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noun (jemmies)
- A crowbar, particularly one used by burglars. (US: jimmy)
- (archaic) (slang) A baked sheep"s head.
adjective
- (archaic) spruce
| | jerk |
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noun
- A quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
- When I yell "OK," give the mooring line a good !
- A sudden, uncontrolled movement, for instance, of the body.
- (physics) the change in acceleration with respect to time.
- Usage note: Jerk is measured in metres per cubic second (m/s3) in SI units , or in feet per cubic second (ft/s3) in imperial units.
- (US, slang, pejorative) A person who is unwelcome due to unlikable qualities and behavior, often mean, foolish or disagreeable.
- A rich, spicy Jamaican marinade; a dish made with such a marinade.
verb
- To make a quick, often unpleasant tug or shake.
- To make a sudden uncontrolled movement.
- To marinade in jerk seasoning.
| | Jerry |
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proper noun
- (given name, male), a short form of Jeremy, Gerald and Gerard.
| | jiggery-pokery |
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noun
- trickery or misrepresentation; hanky panky or skulduggery
- ambiguous reference to sexual intercourse
category:English nouns
| | jingle |
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noun - The sound of metal or glass clattering against itself.
- He heard the of her keys in the door and turned off the screen.
- A short tune or verse, especially one used to advertise something.
- The Stay-Put Lipstick people came up with a catchy to promote their product.
- a carriage drawn by horses
verb - To make or cause to make a noise of metal or glass clattering against itself.
- The beads jingled as she walked.
| | Joey |
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proper noun - (given name, male, , ) Diminutive of the male given name Joe.
| | jolly |
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noun (jollies)
- a pleasure trip or excursion
verb (jollies, jollying, jollied)
- To amuse or divert
adjective (jollier, jolliest)
- Full of high and merry spirits; jovial.
adverb
- very, extremely
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idiom | | Jordan |
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proper noun
- A country in the Middle East. Official name: Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
- (rivers) A river of the Middle East, mentioned in the Bible, that empties into the Dead Sea, and after which the country is named.
- (given name, male).
- (given name, female).
| | joss |
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noun
- A Chinese household divinity; a Chinese idol.
| | jumbuck |
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noun (plural jumbucks)
- (Australian) A sheep.
::"Along came a to drink at the billabong, ..." — w:Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda, w:Banjo Paterson, Banjo Paterson
| | jammy |
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noun
- (slang) a gun.
adjective (comparative jammier, superlative jammiest)
- Covered in jam.
- (colloquial) Of a person, lucky.
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