Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation Games jack
  • abbreviation joule

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  • noun The tenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
  • noun metrology The symbol for joule, the unit of work or energy in the International System of Units
  • noun jack (playing card)
  • noun The tenth letter of the English alphabet, called jay and written in the Latin script.
  • noun slang A term for a marijuana cigarette ('joint').
  • abbreviation Abbreviation of Journal.
  • abbreviation law Abbreviation of Judge or justice. (It is used after a name (plural JJ).)
  • abbreviation As a prefix, Japanese (J-pop, J-rock, J-drama, etc.).

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Examples

  • K--- will ask her while she is in the playpen, "J--- give me the plastic egg," or "J-- give me the keys," and niece #2 will know what object she is referring to and give it to her.

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  • Among the rumoured consolidations is a merger of Code F and Code J -- and possibly, a Code F, J ,and H merger.

    NASA Watch: Keith Cowing: December 1997 Archives 1997

  • Among the rumoured consolidations is a merger of Code F and Code J -- and possibly, a Code F, J ,and H merger.

    NASA Watch: Personnel News: December 1997 Archives 1997

  • But I am so old that when I was a little boy, six years old, the first time I ever crawled under a car, my stepfather owned a little Buick dealership in a little town in Arkansas where he came from, but we also owned a Henry J-- an old Henry J Kaiser -- (applause) -- and we owned a late 1940s model Jeep.

    President At Chrysler Jeep Plant Toledo Oh ITY National Archives 1996

  • Both J and E underwent modifications by a revisor, J² and E² respectively, and after being welded together by a redactor, RJE, were edited by a writer of the

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913

  • Both J$ and J; are Kenn 781, which are required by the single-procedure unknown because of the possible side effects at call site constant propagation methods.

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  • Both J$ and J; are Kenn 781, which are required by the single-procedure unknown because of the possible side effects at call site constant propagation methods.

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  • The S series fuel injectors, The J P series fuel injectors, J& P series fuel nozzle, diesel engine, N. oil Transfer Pump, diesel fuel, cylinder injection pumps,

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  • When Mrs. Wardman gives the class a spelling test that asks, "Lions live in the J--," he calls her over to his desk and asks her if it was a trick question, since lions live in the Savannah and "there's no J word for Savannah."

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  • When Mrs. Wardman gives the class a spelling test that asks, "Lions live in the J--," he calls her over to his desk and asks her if it was a trick question, since lions live in the Savannah and "there's no J word for Savannah."

    Coach House Books kira 2010

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