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JOINT 5 slang a cigarette containing the drug CANNABIS -> see also put some-one's nose out of joint (NOSE¹)
joint² adj [A] shared by two or more people: We did it together; it was a joint effort. | our joint bank account | to take joint action | joint owners →ly adv
joint³ v [T] to cut (meat) into JOINTS
Joint 'Chiefs of 'Staff, the [P] the leaders of the four main parts of the US military forces, the Army, the Navy, the Airforce, and the MARINES. Their job is to advise the US President on important military matters.
joint 'custody n [U] the act or right of caring for someone, shared by two people; especially when given in a court of law: After the divorce, the parents were awarded joint cus-tody of their children.
joint-ed /'dʒɔɪntɪd/ adj having joints, especially movable ones: a jointed doll
joint 'honours n BrE [U] a university degree course in which more than one main subject is studied and included in the name of the degree ➔ compare SINGLE HONOURS
joint reso'lution n [C] a decision or law approved by both houses of the US Congress and signed by the President
joint-'stock ,company also stock company AmE —n a business company owned by all the people who have bought shares in it
joint 'venture n [C] a business activity begun by two or more companies acting together, sharing the costs, risks, and profits
joist /dʒɔɪst/ n any of the beams onto which a floor is fixed
joke¹ /dʒəʊk/ n [C] 1 something said or done to amuse people and cause laughter, especially a funny story or amusing trick: She told/made/cracked some very funny jokes. | He played a joke on me by pretending he'd lost the tickets. | I was having a joke with her. | Can't you take a joke? (=be amused by a joke against yourself) | I don't see the joke. (=understand what is funny) | a dirty joke. (=a joke about sex) ➔ compare TRICK¹ 2 something foolish; a person, thing, or event that is not taken seriously: The exam was so easy it was a joke. | Your behaviour is/has gone beyond a joke. (=is too serious to laugh at) | It was no joke carrying those heavy bags. (=it was very difficult, annoying etc) 3 the joke's on him/her he/she looks foolish, instead of the person he/she tried to play a joke on ➔ see also PRACTICAL JOKE
joke² v [I(about, with)] to speak unseriously, or not seriously enough: You mustn't joke with him about religion. | We often joke about the crazy things we used to do. | 'Have you finished that job yet?' 'You must be joking! I've hardly even started it.' | Yes, that's very funny. But, joking apart/aside (=we should now speak seriously), what did he really say?
-jokingly adv: I'm sure his remarks were meant jokingly.
jok-er /'dʒəʊkə/ n 1 a person who likes to make jokes 2 infml a person who is not serious or who should not be taken seriously 3 an additional CARD with no fixed value, used in certain games 4 joker in the pack something or someone whose possible effect on future events cannot be known or guessed
Jo-lie, An-gel-i-na /'dʒəʊli, ˌændʒə'li:nə/ (1975-) a US actress whose films include Girl, Interrupted, for which she won an Oscar in 1999, and Tomb Raider. She is known for being sexually attractive.
Jol-li-et, Lou-is /'ʒɔliei|ʒɔul'jei, 'lu:i:/ (1645-1700) a French-Canadian EXPLORER who, with Jacques MARQUETTE, discov-ered the upper Mississippi River in 1673
jol·li·fi·ca·tion /ˌdʒɒlɪfɪ'keʃən||ˌdʒɑː-/ also jollifications pl. — n [C;U] infml harmless fun and enjoyment
jol-ly¹ /'dʒɒli||'dʒɑːli/ adj cheerful; happy; pleasant: a jolly person/laugh →jollily adv →jollity, jolliness n [U]
jolly² adv BrE infml 1 very: We all had a jolly good time. | The questions were jolly difficult. 2 jolly well (used for giving force to an expression) certainly; really. This use of jolly is often thought to be typical of upper-class people: I jolly well told him what I thought of him.
jolly³ v [T +obj+into, out of] infml, especially BrE to persuade; urge gently: They jollied her into going with them.
jolly sbdy. along phr v [T] to encourage in a joking or friendly way: He wasn't very keen to finish the job, but I jollied him along.
jolly sthg. ⇔ up phr v [T] infml to make (especially a place) bright and cheerful: to jolly up the room with some red cushions
Jolly 'Roger n a black flag with a picture of a white SKULL AND CROSSBONES on it, used by PIRATES (=sailors who attack other ships and rob them) in former times: Suddenly they hoisted the Jolly Roger and we realized it was a pirate ship.
Jol-son, Al /'dʒəʊlsən, æl/ (1886-1950) a white US singer who wore black MAKE-UP to look like a black person, and sang songs associated with African Americans. He is known for his emotional performances, and for appearing in the first film with sound, The Jazz Singer, in 1927, in which he said the famous phrase 'You ain't heard nothin' yet!' His songs include Mammy and Swanee.
jolt /dʒəʊlt/ v [I;T] to (cause to) shake forcefully: The cart jolted (along) over the rough road | (fig.) Her angry words jolted (=shocked) him (out of his dream).
jolt² n a sudden forceful shake: We felt a series of jolts as the plane touched down.
jo-nah /'dʒəʊnə/ n a person who seems to bring bad luck
Jonah in the Old Testament of the Bible, a man who diso-beyed God and tried to escape from him by getting on a ship. God caused a storm, and when the other sailors on the ship discovered that they were in danger because of Jonah, they threw him into the sea. He was then swallowed by a WHALE and spent three days in its stomach before escaping onto land. His story is told in the Book of Jonah. A person who is thought to bring bad luck to others is sometimes called a Jonah.
Jones, Bobby /'dʒəʊnz/ (1902-71) a US GOLFER who is the only player to win the British Amateur, the BRITISH OPEN, the US Amateur, and the US OPEN in the same year (1930). He never became a PROFESSIONAL (=someone who earns money by playing sport), and in 1934 he started the US MASTERS TOURNAMENT.
Jones, Brid-get /'brɪdʒɪt/ the main character in the popu-lar novel Bridget Jones' Diary (1996) by British writer Helen Fielding, about an unmarried woman in her 30s and the problems she has in her busy life, such as trying to avoid smoking and eating too much. She is thought to be typical of many women in the late 1990s.
Jones, Ca-sey /'keɪsi/ (1863-1900) an American train driver and FOLK HERO who saved the lives of passengers in a train crash, but was killed himself
Jones, Indiana a character played by Harrison FORD in a series of films by Steven SPIELBERG, including Raiders of the Lost Ark. Indiana Jones is an ARCHAEOLOGIST who tries to find valuable ancient objects and has many exciting adventures.
Jones, In-i-go /'ɪnɪɡəʊ/ (1573-1652) a British ARCHITECT who designed many important buildings, especially in London. He was the first person to introduce the Italian PALLADIAN style of building into the UK. He also designed SCENERY for the theatre.
Jones, Jim /dʒɪm/ ➔ see JONESTOWN
Jones, Steve /sti:v/ (1944-) a British BIOLOGIST (=a scientist who studies living things) and GENETICIST (=a scientist who studies the way living things are affected by the GENES that pass on qualities from their parents). He has written several books and made popular television and radio programmes explaining his ideas about GENETICS.
Jones, Tom (1940-) a British POP SINGER from Wales, who first became successful in the UK in the 1960s, when he was famous for wearing tight trousers and singing in a sexually exciting way. He later spent many years as a popular performer in the US, especially in Las Vegas. His songs include It's Not Unusual and Delilah.