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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: jodo - johnny darter</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="jodo"> Jodo, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a Japanese Buddhist sect that practices Amidism. <DD> 2. Amidism; Pure Land. </DL> <A NAME="joe"> joe (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish.) jo (sweetheart). </DL> <A NAME="joe"> Joe or joe (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) <DD> 1. a fellow; guy. Ex. ... the real heroes of combat, those unsung Joes of the ground crew (New Yorker). <DD> 2. coffee. Ex. Boligee's ambassador of good will returned after a year of serving doughnuts and "Joe" to combat soldiers (Birmingham News). </DL> <A NAME="joeblow"> Joe Blow,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) an average American. </DL> <A NAME="joecollege"> Joe College,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) a typical college youth. Ex. All study and no attention to diet and exercise can make Joe College a sick boy (Science News Letter). </DL> <A NAME="joedoakes"> Joe Doakes,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) an average man; ordinary citizen. </DL> <A NAME="joel"> Joel, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a Hebrew prophet of the 300's B.C. <DD> 2. a book of the Old Testament containing his prophecies and attributed to him. </DL> <A NAME="joemagarac"> Joe Magarac.<DL COMPACT><DD> See Magarac. </DL> <A NAME="joemiller"> Joe Miller,<DL COMPACT><DD> an outworn joke. </DL> <A NAME="joepyeweed"> joe-pye weed,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a tall weed of the composite family with pink or purple flowers and whorled leaves. <DD> 2. a related plant with similar flowers and stems spotted with purple. </DL> <A NAME="joey"> joey, noun, pl. -eys.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Australian.) <DD> 1. a young kangaroo. Ex. A four-month old joey--all kangaroo babies are joeys ... (Life). <DD> 2. any young animal. <DD> 3. a young child. </DL> <A NAME="joey"> Joey, noun, pl. -eys.<DL COMPACT><DD> a circus clown, especially one who wears whiteface makeup, a white costume with a ruff, and a belled cap. </DL> <A NAME="jog"> jog (1), verb, jogged, jogging, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to shake with a push or jerk. Ex. She jogged my elbow to get my attention. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to stir up (one's own or another person's memory) with a hint or reminder. Ex. He tied a string around his finger to jog his memory. <DD> 3. to move up and down with a jerk or shaking motion. Ex. The horse trotted along, and jogged me up and down on his back. <DD> 4. to cover (a distance) by jogging. Ex. When it began to rain we jogged the last five miles of our hike. <DD>v.i. 1. to move up and down with a jerking or shaking motion. Ex. The old horse jogged along. Mr. Boffin jogged to and fro (Dickens). <DD> 2. to run at a slow, regular pace, especially for exercise; engage in jogging. Ex. Father jogs in the park every morning before going to work. <DD> 3. to go forward heavily and slowly; trudge. Ex. The tired boys jogged home. <DD> 4. to get along; carry on; go (on) in a steady or humdrum fashion. Ex. We jogged on together some time till Alfred saw plainly I was no planter (Harriet Beecher Stowe). <DD> 5. to move on or be off. Ex. The door is open, sir; there lies your way; You may be jogging (Shakespeare). <DD>noun 1. a shake, push, or nudge. Ex. A little breeze ... which ... gave them a kind of a jog ... towards the shore (Daniel Defoe). <DD> 2. (Figurative.) a hint or reminder; an urge. Ex. to give one's memory a jog. <DD> 3. a slow run; trot. Ex. Father goes for a jog every morning. <DD> 4. a short trip or excursion, especially one made by a slow walk. Ex. The supermarkets ... save the housewife endless jogs to the butcher (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="jog"> jog (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a part that sticks out or in; unevenness in a line or surface. Ex. We hid behind a jog in the wall. </DL> <A NAME="jogger"> jogger, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person or thing that jogs. Ex. "How you jog ... is never as important as that you jog" is the slogan of the joggers (New York Times). <DD> 2. a device on a printing press or other machine that hits or pushes sheets of paper so as to stack them up with the edges even or aligned. </DL> <A NAME="jogging"> jogging, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the exercise of running at a slow, regular pace, often alternately with walking. Ex. Jogging has become fashionable, and its devotees have adopted "Run for your life" as their slogan (Charles Marwick). </DL> <A NAME="joggle"> joggle (1), verb, -gled, -gling, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t., v.i. to shake slightly. Ex. The slow-moving train joggled us to sleep. <DD>noun a slight shake. Ex. The joggle of the carriage put the baby to sleep. </DL> <A NAME="joggle"> joggle (2), noun, verb, -gled, -gling.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a projection on one of two joining surfaces, or a notch on the other, to prevent slipping. <DD> 2. a joint made in this way. <DD>v.t. to join or fasten with a joggle or joggles. </DL> <A NAME="jogglepost"> joggle post, =king post.</DL> <A NAME="jogtrot"> jog trot,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a slow, regular trot, such as that of a horse. Ex. Suddenly he slowed his long, effortless jog trot up to the steep road (Atlantic). <DD> 2. (Figurative.) a routine or humdrum way of doing things. Ex. the monotonous jog trot of daily life. </DL> <A NAME="jogtrot"> jogtrot, verb, -trotted, -trotting, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.i. to go or move at a jog trot. <DD>adj. routine; humdrum; monotonous. Ex. Honest, jogtrot men who go on smoothly and dully (Oliver Goldsmith). noun jogtrotter. </DL> <A NAME="johannes"> johannes, noun, pl. -nes.<DL COMPACT><DD> a former Portuguese gold coin first issued under John V, worth about $9. Also, joannes. </DL> <A NAME="johannine"> Johannine, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with John, especially the Apostle John. </DL> <A NAME="john"> john, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Slang.) <DD> 1. a bathroom or toilet. <DD> 2. Also, John. the customer of a prostitute. </DL> <A NAME="john"> John, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. one of the twelve Apostles. According to tradition, he wrote the Gospel of Saint John, the three Epistles of John, and Revelation. He was the disciple "whom Jesus loved." <DD> 2. the fourth book of the New Testament, attributed to John (full title: The Gospel According to Saint John). <DD> 3. =John the Baptist. </DL> <A NAME="johnadreams"> John-a-dreams, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a dreamy, impractical fellow. Ex. A dull and muddy-mettled rascal ... Like John-a-dreams (Shakespeare). </DL> <A NAME="johnbarleycorn"> John Barleycorn,<DL COMPACT><DD> intoxicating liquor. </DL> <A NAME="johnboat"> johnboat, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a small, light rowboat with a flat bottom and square ends; flat-bottomed skiff. Ex. We passed a landing with a half-sunken johnboat tied to a willow root (New Yorker). </DL> <A NAME="johnbull"> John Bull,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the typical Englishman. <DD> 2. the English nation; Englishmen. </DL> <A NAME="johnbullish"> John Bullish,<DL COMPACT><DD> typically English. Ex. We can be grateful to our transatlantic cousin for speaking his mind with such John Bullish bluntness (Atlantic). </DL> <A NAME="johnbullism"> John Bullism,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the typical English character. <DD> 2. a typically English act, utterance, or characteristic. </DL> <A NAME="johndoe"> John Doe,<DL COMPACT><DD> a made-up name used in legal forms or proceedings for the name of an unknown person. </DL> <A NAME="johndory"> John Dory, pl. John Dorys.<DL COMPACT><DD> either one of two edible sea fishes of warm seas with high, flat bodies, spiny fins, and a large, black, yellow-ringed spot on each side; dory. </DL> <A NAME="johnesdisease"> Johne's disease,<DL COMPACT><DD> a chronic enteritis of cattle, goats, and sheep caused by bacteria; paratuberculosis. </DL> <A NAME="johnhancock"> John Hancock,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) a person's signature. </DL> <A NAME="johnhenry"> John Henry,<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) <DD> 1. (Informal.) a person's signature. <DD> 2. a legendary Negro in American folklore. He is a subject of strength and endurance in ballads and stories. </DL> <A NAME="johnin"> johnin, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a sterile liquid prepared from the proteins or protein products of the bacillus of paratuberculosis, used in the diagnosis of this disease. </DL> <A NAME="johnmark"> John Mark,<DL COMPACT><DD> one of the four Evangelists; Mark. </DL> <A NAME="johnny"> johnny, noun, pl. -nies.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) an idle young man of fashion. Ex. a stage-door johnny. </DL> <A NAME="johnny"> Johnny, noun, pl. -nies.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD> 1. a man; boy; fellow. <DD> 2. =Johnny Reb. </DL> <A NAME="johnnycake"> johnnycake, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) corn bread in the form of a flat cake. It is made of white corn meal, water or milk, and sometimes with eggs. Johnnycakes are cooked on a board before an open fire, on a griddle, or in a pan in an oven. </DL> <A NAME="johnnycollar"> Johnny collar,<DL COMPACT><DD> a short, upright-standing collar, fitting closely around the neck, and opening at the front. It is usually worn by women as part of a dress, jacket, or cape. </DL> <A NAME="johnnycomelately"> Johnny-come-lately, noun, pl. Johnny-come-latelies or Johnnies-come-lately, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially U.S. Informal.) <DD>noun a late arrival; newcomer. Ex. Man is a mere Johnny-come-lately, with a scant million years behind him (Science News Letter). <DD>adj. lately or newly arrived; new; recent. </DL> <A NAME="johnnydarter"> Johnny darter,<DL COMPACT><DD> a small darter common in the streams of the central United States, the male of which guards eggs which are laid under stones for concealment. </DL> <A HREF="johnnyju.dic">NEXT</A>