<B>JHS</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> the first three letters of the name of Jesus in Greek. </DL>
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<B>J.H.S.,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> Junior High School. </DL>
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<B>JHVH</B> or <B>JHWH</B> (no periods),<DL COMPACT><DD> the letters used in Hebrew Scripture to represent God, the "ineffable name," replaced in reading by <I>Adonai.</I> See also <B>Jehovah,</B> <B>Yahweh.</B> </DL>
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<B>jib</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a triangular sail in front of the mast nearest to the bow. <BR><I>expr. <B>cut of one's jib.</B> </I>See under <B>cut</B> (1). </DL>
<B>jib</B> (3), verb, <B>jibbed,</B> <B>jibbing,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> to move sidewise or backwards instead of forward; refuse to go ahead; balk. <DD><I>noun </I> a horse or other animal that jibs. noun <B>jibber.</B> </DL>
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<B>jib</B> (4), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the projecting arm of a crane or derrick. </DL>
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<B>jibaro, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ros.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> in Spanish America: <DD><B> 1. </B>a peasant. <DD><B> 2. </B>a country bumpkin. </DL>
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<B>jibbah, </B>noun. =jubbah.</DL>
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<B>jib boom,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a spar extending out from a ship's bowsprit. </DL>
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<B>jib crane,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a crane with a jib or projection arm that carries a trolley to which the hoisting tackle is attached. </DL>
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<B>jibe</B> (1), verb, <B>jibed,</B> <B>jibing,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to cause (a sail or boom) to shift from one side of a ship to another when sailing before the wind. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to shift itself in this way. <DD><B> 2. </B>to change the course of a ship so that the sails shift in this way. <DD><I>noun </I> a jibing. Also, <B>jib.</B> </DL>
<B>jibe</B> (3), intransitive verb, <B>jibed,</B> <B>jibing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) to be in harmony; agree; fit. <BR> <I>Ex. Our opinions jibe; we both have the same ideas. This doesn't jibe with what you said before.</I> </DL>
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<B>Jicarilla, </B>noun, pl. <B>-la</B> or <B>-las.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a member of an Apache tribe of northern New Mexico. <DD><B> 2. </B>the language of this tribe. </DL>
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<B>jiff, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a jiffy. </DL>
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<B>jiffy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-fies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) a very short time; moment. <BR> <I>Ex. He was on his bike in a jiffy, pedaling down the drive.</I> (SYN) trice, twinkling. </DL>
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<B>Jiffy bag,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Trademark.) an envelope padded with paper stuffing to protect its contents. Also, <B>jiffy bag.</B> </DL>
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<B>jig</B> (1), noun, verb, <B>jigged,</B> <B>jigging.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a lively dance, often in triple time. <BR> <I>Ex. He danced a jig lively and quick.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>music for it or in the same rhythm. <BR> <I>Ex. The orchestra played a jig and the audience started to clap in time.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>(Slang.) a joke; trick. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to dance a jig. <BR> <I>Ex. Merry couples jigged across the floor.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to jerk up and down or back and forth; move jerkily. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to sing or play (music) as a jig or in the style of a jig. <DD><B> 2. </B>to move (anything) with a light, jerky motion. <BR> <I>Ex. [He] leaned against the main engine guardrail jigging one shoe and watching the Chief's placid stitching (Atlantic).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>the jig is up,</B> </I>it's all over; there's no more chance. <BR> <I>Ex. As soon as the jig was up, he flew off to Prague (Newsweek).</I> </DL>
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<B>jig</B> (2), noun, verb, <B>jigged,</B> <B>jigging.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a fishing lure consisting of a fishhook, or set of fishhooks, weighted with a spoon-shaped piece of bright metal; jigger. It is bobbed up and down or pulled through the water. <DD><B> 2. </B>any one of various mechanical contrivances or devices: <DD><B> a. </B>a device used to hold a piece of work and guide a drill, file, saw, or other tool toward it; template. <DD><B> b. </B>an apparatus for washing out waste matter from ore or coal. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to treat, cut, or form with a jig. <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to fish with a jig. <DD><B> 2. </B>to do work with the aid of a jig. </DL>
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<B>jig borer,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a tool resembling a carpenter's hand drill, used to bore holes in metal plate. </DL>
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<B>jigger</B> (1), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a small set of ropes and pulleys used on a ship. <DD><B> 2. </B>a small sail. <DD><B> 3. </B><B>=jigger mast.</B> <DD><B> 4. </B>a small fishing boat with a jigger (sail). <DD><B> 5. </B>a machine that operates with a jerky motion. <DD><B> 6. </B>(Informal.) some device, article, or part that one cannot name more precisely; gadget; contraption. <DD><B> 7. </B>a jig used in fishing. <DD><B> 8. </B>(U.S.) <DD><B> a. </B>a small glass that usually holds 1 1/2 ounces, used to measure liquor. <DD><B> b. </B>the liquor contained in such a glass. <DD><B> 9. </B>(Golf.) an iron with a narrow blade and a loft between a midiron's and a mashie's, used for low approach shots. <DD><B> 10. </B>a bridge used in billiards and pool. <DD><B> 11. </B>a person who jigs or dances a jig. <DD><I>v.t. </I> (Slang.) <B>1. </B>to interfere with; withhold. <DD><B> 2. </B>to pilfer; filch. <DD><B> 3. </B>to mix up; confuse. <BR> <I>Ex. He juggled firm accounts until he had jiggered them completely.</I> </DL>
<B>jiggered, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a word used as a substitute for a profane word. <BR> <I>Ex. I'm jiggered if I don't see you home! (Dickens).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>intoxicated; drunk. </DL>
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<B>jigger mast,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a mast in the stern of a ship. <DD><B> 2. </B>the mast nearest the stern of a four-masted ship, or the fourth mast from the bow of a ship having five or more masts. </DL>
<B>jiggle, </B>verb, <B>-gled,</B> <B>-gling,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to shake or jerk slightly. <BR> <I>Ex. Don't jiggle the desk when I'm trying to write. The veils and feathers on the women's hats jiggled slightly (Atlantic).</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a slight shake; light jerk. <BR> <I>Ex. a hearty laugh and many jiggles in the jowls.</I> </DL>
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<B>jiggly, </B>adjective, <B>-glier,</B> <B>-gliest.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>jiggling; jerky. <BR> <I>Ex. a jiggly line, a jiggly war dance.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(U.S. Slang.) sexually suggestive or titillating. <BR> <I>Ex. ABC's mix of jiggly and blue-collar ingredients retained its successful clout (John J. O'Connor).</I> </DL>
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<B>jigsaw, </B>noun, verb, <B>-sawed,</B> <B>-sawed</B> or <B>-sawn,</B> <B>-sawing,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a saw with a narrow blade mounted in a frame and worked with an up-and-down motion, used to cut curves or irregular lines. <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=jigsaw puzzle.</B> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to cut with a jigsaw. <DD><I>adj. </I> cut or shaped by or as if by a jigsaw. <BR> <I>Ex. a jigsaw pattern.</I> </DL>
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<B>jigsaw puzzle,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a picture cut into irregular pieces that can be fitted together again. </DL>
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<B>jig time,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the quick, lively rhythm of jig. <BR><I>expr. <B>in jig time,</B> </I>(Informal.) very quickly; in a jiffy; <BR> <I>Ex. They came by and fixed the burner in jig time (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
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<B>jihad, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a religious war of Moslems against unbelievers. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) any war against some belief or principle; crusade. Also, <B>jehad.</B> </DL>
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<B>jill</B> (1) or <B>Jill,</B> noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a woman; girl. <DD><B> 2. </B>a sweetheart; wife. <BR> <I>Ex. Our wooing doth not end like an old play; Jack hath not Jill (Shakespeare).</I> </DL>
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<B>jill</B> (2), noun. <B>=gill</B> (4).</DL>
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<B>jillaroo, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (in Australia) a female jackeroo. </DL>
<B>jilt, </B>verb, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> to cast off (a lover or sweetheart) after giving encouragement. <BR> <I>Ex. He had the mortification of being jilted by a little boardingschool girl (Washington Irving).</I> (SYN) reject <DD><I>noun </I> a woman who casts off a lover after encouraging him. noun <B>jilter.</B> </DL>
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<B>jimcrack, </B>noun, adjective. =gimcrack.</DL>
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<B>Jim Crow,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) <DD><B> 1. </B>discrimination against Negroes. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Slang.) a Negro (used in an unfriendly way). </DL>
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<B>Jim-Crow</B> or <B>jim-crow, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>discriminating against Negroes. <BR> <I>Ex. a Jim-Crow town.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>segregated for use by Negroes only. <BR> <I>Ex. a Jim-Crow bus.</I> </DL>
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<B>Jim-Crow car,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. formerly:) <DD><B> 1. </B>a separate railroad car for the use of Negroes in some Southern states. <DD><B> 2. </B>any railroad car in which whites and Negroes were separated. </DL>
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<B>Jim Crowism,</B> or <B>jimcrowism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) the practice of discriminating against Negroes. </DL>
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<B>jim-dandy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-dies,</B> adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) <DD><I>noun </I> an excellent person. <BR> <I>Ex. He is, in fact, a real little jim-dandy of a fellow (Harper's).</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> excellent; first-rate. <BR> <I>Ex. It's going to be a jim-dandy track (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
