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from Glasgow, to speak to another man whatever his name may be: I'm talking to you, Jimmy.
jin·gle¹ /'dʒɪŋɡəl/ v [I;T] to (cause to) sound with a jingle: The coins in his pocket jingled as he walked.
jingle² n 1 a repeated sound like small bells ringing or light metal objects striking against each other 2 a very short simple song, usually of poor quality, especially as part of a radio or TV advertisement: I can't stop humming that awful soap powder jingle.
'Jingle Bells the title and first words of a popular Christmas song:
Jingle bells, jingle bells,
jingle all the way.
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one-horse open sleigh.
jin·go·is·tic /ˌdʒɪɡəʊ'ɪstɪk/ adj having or expressing an unreasonable belief that your country if better than others
—jing·oism /'dʒɪŋɡəʊɪzəm/ n [U]
jinks /'dʒɪŋks/ n → see HIGH JINKS
jinn /dʒɪn/ also jin·ni /'dʒɪni/ n a GENIE
Jin·nah, Mo·ham·med Al·i /'dʒɪnə, məʊ'hæməd 'æli||-ɑː'li:/ (1876-1948) the first governor-general of Pakistan, from 1947 until his death. Jinnah was for many years the leader of the Muslim League in India, an organization that wanted a separate country for India's Muslims. He was mainly responsible for establishing the state of Pakistan in 1947.
jinx /dʒɪŋks/ n [C] [on] something that brings bad luck: There seems to be a jinx on our team when we play there, because we always lose.
jinxed /dʒɪkst/ adj often having bad luck, or making people have bad luck
jit·ter·bug /'dʒɪtəbʌɡ||-ər-/ n a fast active popular dance of the 1940s
jit·ters /'dʒɪtəz||-ərz/ n [the+P] infml anxiety, especially before an important or difficult event: I've got the jitters about my driving test. | That mad look in his eyes gives me the jitters.
—ter·y /'dʒɪtəri/ adj
jiu·jit·su /ˌdʒuː'dʒɪtsuː/ n [U] JUJITSU
jive¹ /dʒaɪv/ n [U] 1 (a style of very fast dancing performed to) a kind of popular music with a strong regular beat; SWING or ROCK 'N' ROLL 2 AmE slang deceiving or foolish talk 3 AmE slang also jive·talk, jive·talk·ing the variety of English spoken by especially African-American people who live in cities
jive² v [I] to dance to jive music
J-Lo /'dʒeɪ ləʊ/ an informal name for Jennifer Lopez
Jnr BrE written abbrev. for Junior; used after a boy's or man's name to show that he is the son of another man with the same name: James Taylor, Jnr → compare SNR
Joad family, the /'dʒəʊd 'fæmɪli/ the main characters in the book The GRAPES OF WRATH (1939) by John STEINBECK
Joan of Arc /ˌdʒəʊn əv
'ɑːrk||-'ɑːrk/ also
St Joan
(1412-31) the PATRON SAINT of
France. As a young girl, she
believed that she heard holy
voices telling her to fight
the English and force their
army to leave France.
Dressed as a man, she led a
French army which defeated
the English at Orléans, and
became known as the 'Maid
of Orléans'. Later she was
made a prisoner, and a court
found her guilty of being a
WITCH (=a woman with evil
magic powers), and she was
punished by being burned to
death.
job /dʒɒb||dʒɑːb/ n 1 [C] regular paid employment: 'What does she do' 'She has a good job in a bank.' | The factory closed down and she lost (=was dismissed from) her job. | He's got a safe job in the Civil Service. (=he is unlikely to lose his job) | a part-time job | He's been out of a job (=unemployed) for months. | I'm looking for a new job, one where I get a bit more job satisfaction. | I love being a soldier; I could never do an ordinary nine-to-five job. (=with regular hours of work every day) | No, I can't let you look at the confidential files – it'd be more than my job's worth. (=I would lose my job) | to fill in a job application | a government job-creation scheme → see also JOBSWORTH 2 [C] a piece of work: I've got a job for you: wash these dishes, please. | The plumber's done a good job/a good job of work. | I think Peter's just the man for the job. (=exactly the right person to do this piece of work) → see also ODD-JOB MAN 3 [S] something hard to do: It was a (real) job (=it was difficult) to talk with all that noise. | I had a job finishing that piece of work on time. 4 [S] one's affair; duty: It's not my job to interfere. 5 infml [C usually sing.] an example of a certain type: That new car of yours is a beautiful job. (=a beautiful car) 6 [C] infml a PLASTIC SURGERY operation: She's had a nose job. 7 [C] slang a crime, especially a robbery: He's in prison for pulling a job (=doing a crime) up north. | a bank job → see also INSIDE JOB 8 give something up as a bad job to decide that something is impossible, and stop trying to do it 9 gi'z a job (=give me a job) a phrase used in the British television SERIES Boys from the Blackstuff. The phrase was used by a young man looking for a job in Liverpool at a time when there was high unemployment. 10 jobs for the boys usually derog good employment for one's friends or supporters 11 just the job exactly the thing wanted or needed: That spanner you lent me was just the job. 12 make the best of a bad job BrE to do as well as possible in unfavourable conditions: They wouldn't let us use the house, so making the best of a bad job we held our party in the garden. 13 on the job a) while working; at work: We're not allowed to smoke on the job. | on-the-job training b) (BrE infml, humor