Pronunciations (4)
-
/d͡ʒeɪ/
Pronunciation notes
- letter
- name
-
/d͡ʒeː/
Pronunciation notes
- South-Asia
- letter
- name
-
/d͡ʒaɪ/
Pronunciation notes
- Scotland
- letter
- name
-
dʒeɪ
Character
The tenth letter of the English alphabet, called jay and written in the Latin script.
Usage- letter
- uppercase
Noun
(plural Js or J's) A marijuana cigarette (abbreviation of joint).
Usage- Slang
- Examples
-
I stepped outside to smoke myself a J.
Mind if I do a J?
More examples (1)
I ran out of blow a long time ago / I can't smoke a J or my guts fly away
In the name of a serial publication: abbreviation of Journal.
- Examples
-
More examples (1)
"Custody or upbringing" is regarded as including access; yet in B. v. B. & F. above no regard was paid to the welfare of the infants which was irrelevant to the particular issue with which the court was concerned—namely whether children were "children of the family". But the effect was to deprive the husband of access and it seems clear that whether or not he was the father, access could have been awarded to him in an application other than under s. 34 of the 1965 Act if the welfare of the children so demanded: [1969] Cam. L.J. [Cambridge Law Journal] 37 […]
(plural Js or J's) an Air Jordan shoe
Usage- in-plural
- Slang
- Examples
-
Don't pay no mind, Antwon, it's just an angry-ass J...
Tatami mat, used as a unit of floorspace area (Kyoto tatami are 0.955 by 1.91 m, Nagoya 0.91 by 1.82 m, Tokyo 0.88 by 1.76 m). (From 畳 (-jō).)
Noun
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
- Synonyms
- Broader terms
the 10th letter of the Roman alphabet
- Synonyms
- Broader terms