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noun - (slang) Jack Daniel's, a brand of American whiskey.
proper noun
- (given name, male, , ) .
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noun (plural: jackpots)
- A large cash prize or money
- An unexpected windfall or reward.
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noun (plural: jibs, archaic jibe)
- A triangular sail attached to a stay leading from the masthead or topmast to the stemhead, bowsprit, or jib boom.
- Any of a variety of specialty triangular sails, as:
- asymetrical spinaker
- blooper
- deck sweeper
- drifter
- flying jib
- Genoa jib
- inner jib
- jib header
- jib headed
- jib topsail
- storm jib
- outer jib
- the projecting arm of a crane
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noun
- A light, brisk musical movement; a gigue.
- (context, fishing) A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.
- A device in manufacturing, woodworking, or other creative endeavors for controlling the location, path of movement, or both of either a workpiece or the tool that is operating upon it. Subsets of this general class include machining jigs, woodworking jigs, welders' jigs, jewelers' jigs, and many others.
- Cutting circles out of pinewood is best done with a compass-style jig.
verb (jig, g, ed)
- To move briskly, especially as a dance.
- (context, fishing) To fish with a jig.
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proper noun (book of the Bible, Book of Job)
- (biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
- (given name, male)
- An Old Testament character.
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noun
- An iota; a point; a tittle; the smallest particle.
verb
- (usually with "down"): To write quickly.
- Tell me your order, so I can it down.
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proper noun
- (Roman mythology) Jupiter
- 1500's curse word for God
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noun
- (uncountable) A liquid from a plant, especially fruit.
- Squeeze the orange and some will come out.
- (countable) A beverage made of juice.
- I"d like two orange juices please.
- Any liquid resembling juice.
- (slang) electricity
- (slang) petrol, gasoline, gas
- (slang) power
- (slang) steroids
- (slang) semen
verb (juices, juicing, juiced)
- (transitive) To remove the juice from something.
- (transitive) To energize or stimulate something.
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noun
- An instance of propelling oneself into the air.
- An instance of causing oneself to fall from an elevated location.
- An instance of employing a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- An instance of reacting to a sudden stimulus by jerking the body.
- A jumping move in a board game.
- (context, sports, horses) An obstacle that forms part of a showjumping course, and that the horse has to jump over cleanly.
verb
- (intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
- (intransitive) To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
- (intransitive) To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
- (intransitive) To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.
- (intransitive) To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.
- (transitive) To move to a position in (a queue/line) that is further forward.
- (transitive) To attack suddenly and violently.
- (transitive) To force to jump.
- The rider jumped the horse over the fence.
adverb
- (obsolete) exactly; precisely
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noun
- the state of being just or fair
- the ideal of fairness, esp. with regard to the punishment of wrongdoing (justice was served)
- punishment of a person who wronged one (to demand justice)
- (also attrib.) the civil power dealing with law (Ministry of Justice; the justice system)
- a judge of certain courts; also as a title (Chief Justice; puisne justice; Mr. Justice Krever)
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