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Jobbing
() Using opportunities of public service for private gain; as, a jobbing politician.
Jocantry
() The act or practice of jesting.
Jockeys
() of Jockey
Jockey
() A professional rider of horses in races.
Jockey
() A dealer in horses; a horse trader.
Jockey
() A cheat; one given to sharp practice in trade.
Jockeyed
() of Jockey
Jockeying
() of Jockey
Jockey
() \" To jostle by riding against one.\"
Jockey
() To play the jockey toward; to cheat; to trick; to impose upon in trade; as, to jockey a customer.
Jockey
() To play or act the jockey; to cheat.
Jockeying
() The act or management of one who jockeys; trickery.
Jockeyism
() The practice of jockeys.
Jockeyship
() The art, character, or position, of a jockey; the personality of a jockey.
Jocose
() Given to jokes and jesting; containing a joke, or abounding in jokes; merry; sportive; humorous.
Jocoserious
() Mingling mirth and seriousness.
Jocosity
() A jocose act or saying; jocoseness.
Jocular
() Given to jesting; jocose; as, a jocular person.
Jocular
() Sportive; merry.
Jocularity
() Jesting; merriment.
Jocularly
() In jest; for sport or mirth; jocosely.
Joculary
() Jocular; jocose; sportive.
Joculator
() A jester; a joker.
Joculatory
() Droll; sportive.
Jocund
() Merry; cheerful; gay; airy; lively; sportive.
Jocund
() Merrily; cheerfully.
Jocundity
() The state or quality of being jocund; gayety; sportiveness.
Joe
() See Johannes.
Joe Miller
() A jest book; a stale jest; a worn-out joke.
Joe-Pye weed
() A tall composite plant of the genus Eupatorium (E. purpureum), with purplish flowers, and whorled leaves.
Jogged
() of Jog
Jogging
() of Jog
Jog
() To push or shake with the elbow or hand; to jostle; esp., to push or touch, in order to give notice, to excite one's attention, or to warn.
Jog
() To suggest to; to notify; to remind; to call the attention of; as, to jog the memory.
Jog
() To cause to jog; to drive at a jog, as a horse. See Jog, v. i.
Jog
() To move by jogs or small shocks, like those of a slow trot; to move slowly, leisurely, or monotonously; -- usually with on, sometimes with over.
Jog
() A slight shake; a shake or push intended to give notice or awaken attention; a push; a jolt.
Jog
() A rub; a slight stop; an obstruction; hence, an irregularity in motion of from; a hitch; a break in the direction of a line or the surface of a plane.
Jogger
() One who jogs.
Jogging
() The act of giving a jog or jogs; traveling at a jog.
Joggled
() of Joggle
Joggling
() of Joggle
Joggle
() To shake slightly; to push suddenly but slightly, so as to cause to shake or totter; to jostle; to jog.
Joggle
() To join by means of joggles, so as to prevent sliding apart; sometimes, loosely, to dowel.
Joggle
() To shake or totter; to slip out of place.
Joggle
() A notch or tooth in the joining surface of any piece of building material to prevent slipping; sometimes, but incorrectly, applied to a separate piece fitted into two adjacent stones, or the like.
Johannean
() Of or pertaining to John, esp. to the Apostle John or his writings.
Johannes
() A Portuguese gold coin of the value of eight dollars, named from the figure of King John which it bears; -- often contracted into joe; as, a joe, or a half joe.
Johannisberger
() A fine white wine produced on the estate of Schloss (or Castle) Johannisberg, on the Rhine.
John
() A proper name of a man.