Dictionary: JEN – JEZ

• JE NE SAIS QUOI
n. 1656 – an indescribable or inexpressible something  
 
• JENFUL
adj. c1400 obs. – deceitful
 
• JENICK
adj. 1828 Eng. dial. – fair, straightforward; genuine  
 
• JENIVER
n. 1585 obs. – a juniper  
 
• JENKINS
n. 19C colloq. – a society reporter; a toady 
 
• JENNET
n. 1. 1463 – a small Spanish horse  
n. 2. 1676 obs. – a (Spanish) light horseman  
 
• JENNY
n. 1. 1690 thieves’ sl. – a small crowbar; also, the hook on the end of a stick  
n. 2. Bk1896 sl. – a hot water bottle
n. 3. Bk1896 colloq. – a she-ass
n. 4. Bk1896 billiards’ usage – in billiards: a losing hazard into the middle pocket off a ball an inch or two from the side cushion
n. 5. 19C Sc. – a generic name for a country lass 
n. 6. 19C Sc. – a womanish man
n. 7. Bk1901 – a man who concerns himself with purely feminine matters  
 
• JENNYLINDA
n. Bk1896 rhyming sl. – a window  
 
• JENNY-LONG-LEGS
n. Bk1901 Sc. – a daddy-long-legs  
 
• JENNY-MONY-FEET
n. Bk1905 Sc. – a centipede  
 
• JENNY SASS PASS
phr. World War I Amer. sl. – I do not understand; (French ‘je ne sais pas’)
 
• JENNY’S PA
phr. World War I Amer. sl. – I do not understand; (French ‘je ne sais pas’)
 
• JENNY-SPINNER
n. 1. 1817 – the crane-fly or daddy-longlegs  
n. 2. 1824 – a child’s teetotum  
 
• JENNY WREN
n. 1648 – the wren  
 
• JENTACULAR
adj. 1721 obs. – relating to breakfast  
 
• JENTATION
n. 1599 obs. rare – breakfast
 
• JENTICULATE
vb. 1623 obs. rare – to breakfast
 
• JENTICULATION
n. 1658 obs. rare – breakfast
 
• JENTRIE
n. 1422 obs. – gentry  
 
• JEOFAIL
n. 1. 1546 obs. – a mistake or error generally
n. 2. 1546 obs. – defeat, overthrow
vb. 1599 obs. – to fail of meet an obligation  
 
• JEOPARD
n. a1300 obs. rare – jeopardy 
vb. 1. c1374 – to put in jeopardy; to expose to loss, injury, or death; to hazard, to risk, to imperil 
vb. 2. 1430-40 obs. – to risk oneself, to run the risk; to venture, to adventure
vb. 3. 1456 obs. – to risk doing something
vb. 4. c1470 obs. – to stake, to bet
 
• JEOPARDER
n. 1534 – one who puts in jeopardy  
 
• JEOPARDIOUS
adj. 1502 obs. – fraught with danger or risk; hazardous, risky, perilous, dangerous  
 
• JEOPARDLESS
adj. 1549 obs. – free from risk or peril; safe, secure  
 
• JEOPARDOUS
adj. 1. 1451 obs. – fraught with risk or danger; hazardous, risky, perilous, dangerous  
adj. 2. 1494 – addicted to risks; venturesome, daring  
 
• JEOPARDOUSLY
adv. 1494 obs. – dangerously  
 
• JEOPARDOUSNESS
n. 1730 obs. – hazardousness, jeopardy  
 
• JEOPARDY
n. 1. a1300 obs. – a deed involving peril; a daring exploit 
n. 2. c1369 obs. – in chess, etc.: a problem
n. 3. c1374 obs. – an even chance; an undecided state of affairs; uncertainty; chance 
n. 4. 1375 obs. – a device, trick, stratagem
vb. 1460 rare – to put in jeopardy; to expose to loss, injury, death; to hazard, to risk, to imperil
 
• JEREMIAD
n. 1780 – a lamentation; a writing or speech in a strain of grief or stress; a doleful complaint; a complaining tirade; a lugubrious effusion  
 
• JEREMIAH
n. 1781 – a person who continually prophesies doom
 
• JEREMY DIDDLER
n. 1803 sl. – a cheat; a confidence trickster; a shabby swindling borrower  
 
• JERG
n. 1820 Sc. – a creaking noise  
 
• JERICHO
n. 1. 1635 – a place of retirement or concealment, or a place far distant and out of the way; a secluded place; later, a prison  
n. 2. 1853 Oxford University usage – a low quarter of Oxford
n. 3. Bk1896 sl. – a water-closet  
n. 4. 20C humorous usage – a remote out-of-the-way place, to which one is consigned
 
JERK
n. 1. 1555 obs. – a stroke with a whip or wand; a stripe, a lash  
n. 2. 1588 – a short sharp witty speech; a sally  
n. 3. 1590 obs. – a lash of sarcasm; a cutting gibe; a retort, a jest  
n. 4. 1766 obs. – of a bird: a short abrupt series of notes  
n. 5. 19C US sl. – an oaf or incompetent fool; a useless or stupid person  
n. 6. 19C US sl. – a masturbator
n. 7. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – a notice of being deficient in school work
n. 8. 1935 sl., orig. US – an unpleasant or despicable person, usually male  
n. 9. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a short time; a moment  
vb. 1. 1550 obs. – to strike with, or as with a whip, switch, or wand; to scourge, to whip, to lash, to switch
vb. 2. 1602 obs. – to lash with satire or ridicule
vb. 3. a1643 obs. – to aim satire; to sneer, to carp
vb. 4. 1766 obs. – of a bird: to utter a short sharp abrupt series of notes
vb. 5. 19C Brit. sl. – to masturbate
vb. 6. M20 US sl. – to have sexual intercourse with a woman  
 
• JERK AROUND
vb. 20C colloq. – to treat badly or unfairly 
 
• JERK BALDHEADED
vb. 1886 US sl. – to defeat thoroughly, to thrash, to beat up; hence, to stun, to amaze  
 
• JERK BUMPS
n. 20C sl. & colloq. – pimples; acne
 
• JERKER
n. 1. 1887 sl. – a prostitute  
n. 2. Bk1896 sl. – a chamber-pot  
n. 3. Bk1896 sl. – a steward
n. 4. Bk1896 sl. – a drunkard, a tippler
n. 5. 19C Brit. sl. – a male masturbator
 
• JERKEY
n. Bk1896 Amer. sl. – a roughly-made vehicle
 
• JERKING
adj. Bk1896 sl. – lashing, stinging  
 
• JERKISH
adj. 1885 rare – characterized by jerks; jerky  
 
• JERK-OFF
adj. c1957 sl. – pornographic; erotic 
n. 1. 1968 Brit. & US sl. – a worthless, contemptible person; a jerk or oaf; an incompetent do-nothing; a contemptuous term of address
n. 2. 20C US & Brit. sl. – a chronic masturbator
vb. 19C sl.  – (usually as ‘jerk off) to masturbate
 
• JERK ONE BALD-HEADED
vb. 1945 Amer. dial. – to manhandle; to treat roughly
 
• JERK ONE’S GERKIN
vb. 20C US sl. – to masturbate
 
• JERK ONE’S GHERKIN
vb. 20C US sl. – to masturbate
 
• JERK ONE’S MUTTON
vb. 19C Brit. sl. – to masturbate
 
• JERKS
n. 1. 1874 Amer. sl. – religious paroxysm
n. 2. E19 sl. – delirium tremens  
 
• JERKSOME
adj. 1880 rare – jerky, twitching  
 
• JERK SOMEONE’S CHAIN
vb. 1. 1980s Amer. sl. – to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; to anger someone  
vb. 2. 20C Amer. sl. – to deceive, to fool, to victimize
 
• JERK SOMEONE’S STRING
vb. 1. 1980s Amer. sl. – to upset someone, esp. by teasing or harassing; to anger someone
vb. 2. 20C Amer. sl. – to deceive, to fool, to victimize  
 
• JERK THE CAT
vb. E17 Brit. sl. – to vomit  
 
• JERKWATER
adj. 20C colloq. – small, insignificant, hick 
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a small town  
 
• JERKWATER TOWN
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a small town  
 
• JERKY
n. 1884 US – a shaky jolting vehicle  
 
• JERNIE!
int. 1678 obs. – a profane oath  
 
• JEROBOAM
n. 1. 1816 – a very large wine-bottle
n. 2. Bk1896 sl. – a chamber-pot
 
• JERRAN
adv. 1888 Aust. sl. – concerned
 
• JERRY
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – excellent; first-rate  
n. 1. 1819 thieves’ sl. – a fog, or mist
n. 2. 1841 sl. – a hat; a hard, round hat  
n. 3. 1889 thieves’ sl. – a watch  
n. 4. Bk1896 sl. – a chamber-pot  
n. 5. 1919 sl. – a German; a German soldier or aircraft; Germans or German soldiers collectively
vb. 1. 1894 sl., chiefly Aust. & NZ – to understand or realize the meaning of something  
vb. 2. Bk1896 sl. – to gibe; to chaff with malice
 
• JERRY-BUILDER
n. 1883 sl. – a rascally speculating builder  
 
• JERRY-BUILT
adj. 1883 sl. – run up in the worst materials
 
• JERRY-COME-TUMBLE
n. 19C Eng. dial. – a tumbler, a circus performer
 
• JERRYCUMMUMBLE
vb. 1785 sl. – to shake; to tumble about; to tousle
 
• JERRY-GETTING
n. 1888 sl. – stealing watches
 
• JERRY-GO-NIMBLE
n. 1. 1884 sl. – an antic; a buffoon
n. 2. Bk1896 sl. – diarrhoea  
 
• JERRY JABBER
n. World War I Amer. sl. – a bayonet
 
• JERRY LYNCH
n. Bk1896 sl. – a pickled pig’s-head  
 
• JERRY-NICKING
n. 1888 sl. – stealing watches
 
• JERRY-SHOP
n. 1851 sl. – a pub; a beer-house  
 
• JERRY-SNEAK
n. 1. 1764 – a henpecked husband
n. 2. 1824 – a mean, sneaking fellow
n. 3. Bk1896 thieves’ sl. – a watch thief
 
• JERRY-STEALING
n. 1888 sl. – stealing watches
 
• JERRY-WAG
n. 1823 sl. – a spreester, esp. one half drunk
 
• JERRY-WAG-SHOP
n. Bk1896 sl. – coffee shop  
 
• JERRY WHALE
n. World War I Amer. sl. – a German submarine
 
• JERSEY-LIGHTNING
n. 1871 Amer. sl. – cider brandy
 
• JERUSALEM!
int. Bk1896 sl. – exclamation of surprise  
 
• JERUSALEM-PONY
n. 1. 1842 sl. – a donkey; an ass
n. 2. Bk1896 clerical sl. – a needy clergyman helping for hire
 
• JERUSALEM THE GOLDEN
n. Bk1896 sl. – Brighton, England
 
• JESE!
int. 1923 orig. US – an exclamation of surprise or astonishment; a disguise of “Jesus!”  
 
• JESSAMY
n. 1684 obs. – a dandy  
 
• JESSE
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – chastisement  
 
• JESSIE
​n. 1. 1914 US criminals’ sl. – a bluff or threat
n. 2. 1923 colloq. – a cowardly or effeminate man
n. 3. 1942 US sl. – a young woman
n. 4. Bk1942 US sl. – chastisement
n. 5. 1947 African-American sl. – a red-haired girl or woman
n. 6. 1958 sl. – a homosexual man
n. 7. 2003 S. Afr. homosexual sl. – a Jewish homosexual man
 
• JESSY
n. 1. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – chastisement  
n. 2. 1958 sl. – a male homosexual  
 
• JESTER
n. 1. Bk1896 colloq. – a general term of banter for a man
n. 2. Bk1896 sl. – the joker in a pack of cards
 
• JESTICK
n. Bk1902 Sc. – a slight, temporary frost; cold weather with rain  
 
• JESTING-STOCK
n. 1535 obs. – an object of jest or ridicule; a laughingstock
 
• JEST WITH EDGE TOOLS
vb. 1579 – to amuse oneself with something that may cause one serious harm; to sport with what is dangerous  
 
• JESUIT
n. 1. 1771 Cambridge University – a graduate or undergraduate of Jesus College, Cambridge
n. 2. Bk1896 sl. – a sodomite
 
• JESUIT’S FRATERNITY
n. 1647-80 sl. – the world of sodomy  
 
• JESUS!
int. 1922 – an exclamation of annoyance, surprise or astonishment  
 
• JESUS CHRIST!
int. 1922 – an exclamation of annoyance, surprise or astonishment
 
• JESUS H. CHRIST!
int. 1922 – an exclamation of annoyance, surprise or astonishment
 
• JESUS WEPT!
int. 1922 – an exclamation of annoyance, amazement, horror
 
• JESWAX!
int. 1895 Amer. dial. – a mild oath  
 
• JET
n. 1. ? 16C obs. – a strutting movement  
n. 2. 1725 sl. – a lawyer
vb. 1587 sl. obs. – to strut; to walk pompously
 
• JET ONE’S JUICE
vb. Bk1896 sl. – to come; to experience the sexual spasm
 
• JETTER
n. 1510 sl. – a pompous man  
 
• JEW
n. 1. 1606 offensive – a mean person
n. 2. 1659 colloq. – a cheat; a hard bargainer; a sharking usurer
n. 3. 1916 nautical sl. – a ship’s tailor  
vb. 1. c1871 sl. – to cheat
vb. 2. 1883 sl. – to drive a hard bargain; to beat down
 
• JEW BAGEL
n. 1950s US sl. – a Jew  
 
• JEW BAIL
n. 1785 sl. – insufficient bail  
 
• JEW BOY
n. 1796 sl., derogatory or offensive – a Jewish male
 
• JEW-BUTTER
n. Bk1896 Amer. sl. – goose grease
 
• JEW CHUM
n. 1. 20C rhyming sl. for ‘bum’ , usually derogatory – a tramp
n. 2. 20C Aust. rhyming sl. – ‘new chum’; a newcomer to Australia; a Jewish newcomer  
 
• JEW DOWN
vb. 1848 sl., derogatory & offensive – to beat someone down in price; to haggle
 
• JEWEL
n. 1. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a loved one; a sweetheart  
n. 2. 20C sl. – the hymen; virginity; the female genitals  
 
• JEWEL CASE
n. E20 Brit. sl. – a chamber pot  
 
• JEWEL FOR THE LADIES
n. Urquhart usage – the penis
 
• JEWELRY
n. 1. 1910s sl. – the male genitals  
n. 2. 20C US sl. – the female genitals
 
• JEWELS
n. E20 US sl. –  the testicles  
 
• JEWESS
n. 14C usually derogatory – a Jewish woman or girl
 
• JEWEY
n. 19C colloq., derogatory – a Jewish man; a highly derogatory term of direct address
 
• JEW-FENCER
n. Bk1896 sl. – a Jew street buyer or salesman, generally of stolen goods
 
• JEW FLAG
n. 20C US sl., usually derogatory – the dollar bill or US currency of other denominations
 
• JEW FOOD
n. 20C sl., usually derogatory – ham, bacon, or pork of any kind
 
• JEWHILLIKENS!
int. a1872 sl. – a general exclamation of surprise 
 
• JEWIE
n. 19C colloq., derogatory – a Jewish man; a highly derogatory term of direct address
 
• JEWING-BLOKE
n. 1945 nautical sl. – a ship’s tailor  
 
• JEWISH ARTICHOKE
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a sunflower  
 
• JEWISH FLAG
n. 20C US sl., usually derogatory – the dollar bill or US currency of other denominations
 
• JEWISH NIGHTCAP
n. 20C sl. – the foreskin of the penis  
 
• JEWLARK
vb. 1851 Amer. sl. – to flirt, to court  
 
• JEW NERSEY
n. 20C US sl., usually derogatory – New Jersey, with reference to the Jewish population
 
• JEWY
n. 19C colloq., derogatory – a Jewish man; a highly derogatory term of direct address
 
• JEZ!
int. 1923 orig. US – an exclamation of surprise or astonishment  
 
• JEZEBEL
n. 1. 1553 colloq. – an objectionable woman; a termagant or shrew
n. 2. Bk1896 sl. – the penis