(UK, slang, law enforcement) The police as a profession, act of policing, or an individual police officer.
(colloquial) A thing (often used in a vague way to refer to something whose name one cannot recall).
(computing) A task, or series of tasks, carried out in batch mode (especially on a mainframe computer).
(in noun compounds) A sex act.
(in noun compounds) Plastic surgery.
A public transaction done for private profit; something performed ostensibly as a part of official duty, but really for private gain; a corrupt official business.
A sudden thrust or stab; a jab.
A task.
An economic role for which a person is paid.
Any affair or event which affects one, whether fortunately or unfortunately.
verb
(intransitive) To do odd jobs or occasional work for hire.
(intransitive) To seek private gain under pretence of public service; to turn public matters to private advantage.
(intransitive) To work as a jobber.
(intransitive, professional wrestling slang) To take the loss.
(transitive, often with out) To subcontract a project or delivery in small portions to a number of contractors.
(transitive, trading) To buy and sell for profit, as securities; to speculate in.
To hire or let in periods of service.
To strike or stab with a pointed instrument.
To thrust in, as a pointed instrument.
joe
joe
noun
(Scotland) Alternative form of jo (“a darling or sweetheart”)
(UK, slang) A spy, especially a double agent.
(chiefly US, informal) Coffee.
(historical) Synonym of johannes (“An old Portuguese gold coin bearing a figure of John V of Portugal.”)
jog
jog
noun
(theater) A flat placed perpendicularly to break up a flat surface.
A sudden push or nudge.
An energetic trot, slower than a run, often used as a form of exercise.
In card tricks, one or more cards that are secretly made to protrude slightly from the deck as an aid to the performer.
verb
(exercise) To move at a pace between walking and running, to run at a leisurely pace.
To cause to move at an energetic trot.
To push slightly; to move or shake with a push or jerk, as to gain the attention of; to jolt.
To shake, stir or rouse.
To straighten stacks of paper by lightly tapping against a flat surface.
To walk or ride forward with a jolting pace; to move at a heavy pace, trudge; to move on or along.
joh
jon
joo
jos
jos
noun
plural of jo
jot
jot
noun
(obsolete) A moment, an instant.
A brief and hurriedly written note.
A small amount, bit; the smallest amount.
Iota; the smallest letter or stroke of any writing.
verb
(usually with "down") To write quickly.
jow
jow
noun
(historical) A pre-metric unit of length in India, equal to approximately a quarter of an inch
Alternative form of jhow (“kind of tamarisk”)
joy
joy
noun
(obsolete) The sign or exhibition of joy; gaiety; merriment; festivity.
A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good.
Anything that causes such a feeling.
Luck or success; a positive outcome.
verb
(intransitive) To feel joy, to rejoice.
(transitive, archaic) To enjoy.
(transitive, obsolete) To give joy to; to congratulate.
(transitive, obsolete) To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.