• J
n. 1. 19C Brit. sl. – a fool, an oaf
n. 2. 1960s drug culture sl. – a cannabis cigarette
n. 3. 20C US drug culture sl. – a marijuana cigarette
• J.A.
adj. 1990s US sl. – Japanese-American
n. 1. 1970s W. Indies sl. – a Jamaican
n. 2. 1990s US sl. – a Japanese-American
• JA
n. 20C W. Indies Rasta usage – Jamaica
• JAAFU
phr. World War II usage – Joint Anglo-American Fuck-up – a confused situation caused by American and British military personnel
• JAAMBLE
vb. 1790 Sc. – to jumble; to shake; to mix by agitation
• JAAP
n. 20C S. Afr. offensive – a simpleton or country bumpkin
• JAB
n. 1. c1820 colloq. & Eng. dial. – a poke, prod, or stab
n. 2. c1850 sl. – in boxing, an abrupt blow with the fist
n. 3. 1879 Sc. – a cutting remark
n. 4. 1914 sl., orig. US drug users’ – an injection
n. 5. 1914 sl., orig. military usage – an inoculation; any form of injection, esp. against diseases such as TB and polio
n. 6. 1951 Sc. – a sharp blow
n. 7. 1970s US & Irish sl. – an act of copulation
n. 8. 20C US sl. – an attempt, a try
vb. 1. c1830 colloq. & Eng. dial. – to poke, prod, stab
vb. 2. 1895 Eng. dial. – to ‘shut up’, to embarrass
vb. 3. L19 sl. – to strike or thrust
vb. 4. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – to crush, to squeeze
vb. 5. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – to spill
vb. 6. 1939 Services’ usage – to inoculate or vaccinate
vb. 7. 1969 Amer. dial. – to talk rapidly or foolishly
vb. 8. 1960s US college sl. – of a man: to have sexual intercourse
vb. 9. 20C drug culture sl. – to inject drugs
• JABA
n. 2000s US teen sl. – marijuana
• JA-BAAS
n. 1960s S. Afr. sl. – a servile, subservient Black person
• JABART
n. 1. 1813 Sc. – a lean, worthless horse; any animal in a feeble, weak condition
n. 2. 1949 Sc. – a term of contempt for a person
• JABB
n. 1866 Sc. – a big, lean, uncomely person; a big-boned, lean animal with its strength nearly exhausted
vb. 1790 Sc. – to weary, to tire out, to exhaust
• JABBARD
n. 1949 Sc. – a term of contempt for a person
• JABBER
n. 1. 1706 – chatter; rapid, incoherent talk; incoherent or inarticulate an unintelligible speech, as a foreign language heard by one ignorant of it
n. 2. 1900s US prison sl. – a prize-fighter
n. 3. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – the jaw
n. 4. 1910s sl. – anyone who is prone to fighting
n. 5. 1930s sl. – gossip
n. 6. 1930s US drug culture sl. – a drug addict
vb. 1. 1499 – to chatter; to speak fast and indistinctly; to talk thick and fast; to talk gibberish; to speak or say rapidly, incoherently, and without making sense
vb. 2. M16 sl. – to talk a foreign language
vb. 3. 1866 Eng. dial. – to scold
vb. 4. M19 sl. – to gossip
vb. 5. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – to bespatter or splash with mud
• JABBERBOX
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a person who talks too much
• JABBERER
n. 1678 sl. – one who talk thick and fast; a chatterer
• JABBERING
n. 1690 sl. – nonsense; indistinct and rapid speech
• JABBERKNOWL
n. 1790 Eng. dial. – a prating blockhead; a term of contempt for an ignorant person
• JABBERMENT
n. 1644 colloq. rare – senseless talk; chatter; nonsense; gibberish
• JABBERNOWL
n. 1790 Eng. dial. – a prating blockhead; a term of contempt for an ignorant person
• JABBERS!
int. 1821 sl. – a low oath
• JABBERWOCK
n. 19C – nonsense language or verse
• JABBERWOCKY
n. 19C – nonsense verse
• JABBIE
adj. 1947 Sc. – prickly
• JABBIN’
adj. 1925 Sc. – exhausting
• JABBIT
adj. 1808 Sc. – fatigued, jaded
• JABBLE
n. 1. 1788 Sc. – a large, blunt needle or knife
n. 2. 1790 Sc. – a quantity of liquid or half-liquid food; a quantity of any kind of liquid; soup
n. 3. 1824 Sc. – a ripple on the surface of water; a choppy sea, esp. that caused by meeting of tide and wind from opposite directions
n. 4. 1894 Sc. – confusion, agitation, esp. of speech; an incoherent muddle
vb. 1. 1570 – to talk rapidly and indistinctly or unintelligibly; to speak volubly and with little sense; to chatter, to gabble, to prattle
vb. 2. 1760 Sc. & Amer. dial. – to shake or mix up together; to shake up or agitate a liquid
vb. 3. 1824 Sc. – of the sea: to become choppy, as when the wind rises or at the meeting of tides
vb. 4. 1825 Sc. – to splash, to dash in small waves or ripples
vb. 5. 1901 Sc. & Amer. dial. – to confuse, to jumble, to befuddle
vb. 6. Bk1902 Sc. – to cook badly or with a want of skill
vb. 7. Bk1902 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to spill; to bespatter, to wet, to bedew
• JABBLED
adj. 1887 Sc. – agitated, stormy
• JABBLED UP
adj. 1967 Amer. dial. – confused, mixed up
• JABBLICK
n. 1824 Sc. – a quantity of worthless liquid or half-liquid food; weak, watery spirituous liquors
• JABBLINS
n. 1958 Sc. – drips
• JABBY
adj. 1894 Eng. dial. – saucy, insolent
• JABEES!
int. 1950 Amer. dial. – an exclamation; euphemism for Jesus!
• JABELL
n. B1900 obs. – a term of contempt, more usually applied to a woman than to a man; a worthless person
• JABERS!
int. 1848 Ireland – an exclamation or quasi-oath
• JABEZ
int. 1821 sl. – a low oath
vb. 1923 sl. – to play a dirty trick
• JABFEST
n. 1. L19 sl., orig. US – a gathering for talk; a spell of talking; a prolonged conference or conversation
n. 2. L19 sl., orig. US – garrulous, unrestrained talk
• JABIB
n. 1983 Amer. dial. – an imaginary, extremely remote place
• JABIP
n. 1984 Amer. dial. – an imaginary, extremely remote place
• JAB JOB
vb. 1950s drug culture sl. – to inject a drug
• JABO
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – a hobgoblin, used to threaten children and make them behave
• JABOFF
n. 1930s US prison sl. – an injection of drugs; the sensation that follows it
• JABONEY
n. 1931 Amer. sl. – a greenhorn; a newly-arrived foreigner; an inept, stupid or inexperienced person; a gullible person; a dupe; a guy or fellow
• JABONGOES
n. 1960s US sl. – the female breasts
• JABOOBY
n. 1950s drug culture sl. – marijuana
• JABPOPP
n. 1930s US prison sl. – an injection of drugs; the sensation that follows it
• JABPOPPO
n. 1930s US prison sl. – an injection of drugs; the sensation that follows it
• JABRONEY
n. 1984 Amer. dial. – an inept, stupid or inexperienced person; a guy or fellow
• JABRONIE
n. 1982 Amer. dial. – an inept, stupid or inexperienced person; a guy or fellow
• JABS
n. 2000s Irish sl. – a woman’s breasts
• JAB SESSION
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – a gabfest; a lot of talking
• JAB TROTTERS
vb. 1900s Aust. – to travel with a pack
• JAB UP
vb. 1886 Sc. – to silence, to shut up
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