Reverse Dictionary: JOL – JT

JOLLIFICATION, JOLLITY – nouns
– BAUDERIE † gaiety, jollity, mirth …c1386
– BAUDERY † gaiety, jollity, mirth …c1386
– BUN-WORRY a jollification; a hilarious occasion; a fooling about …L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
– GALLAFER noisy, boisterous jollification; loud mirth …1898 Sc.
– JOLLIMENT † mirth, merriment, jollity, gaiety …1590 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– MAIN-BREW a festivity; jollification …1859 Eng. dial.
– RAG a jollification, esp. and orig., an undergraduates’ display of noisy, disorderly conduct and great high spirits, considered by the perpetrators as excellent fun and by many outsiders as ‘a bloody nuisance’ …1892 Brit. university usage
– RAZZLE-DAZZLE a frolic; a spree; riotous jollity …c1895 sl.
– SKITE a jollification, a spree, a binge …1869 Sc.
– TANTREMS pranks, games, jollification …M19 sl.
– THROUGH-GANGINGS social gatherings, jollifications …1846 Eng. dial.
jollification, jollity – interjections 
– TOL-DE-ROL! an exclamation of jollity …1782
– TOL DE ROL LOL! an exclamation of jollity …1797
 
JOLLY – adjectives
– BOON convivial, jolly, genial …M16
– BOUZY of a jolly and good-humoured appearance …Bk1911 Sc.
– BRICKISH jolly, fine …1856 sl.
– CHAFF(E)Y boisterous, happy, jolly; bantering …1859 Amer. dial.
– FEASTLY †* festive, fond of feasting, jolly …c1385
– GAUCIE GAUCY, GAUSIE, GAWCIE, GAWCY, GAWSY of persons: well-dressed and jolly-looking; of things: large and handsome …1720 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– JOLIOUS † jolly, full of jollity …1569 obs. exc. Sc.
– JOLLOCK jolly, fat, hearty, and healthy …1824 Sc.
– LUMMY first-rate; clever; jolly …1838 sl.
– LUSTICK † merry, jolly; chiefly used with reference to drinking …a1616
– RORTY boisterous; rowdy; jolly; splendid …M19 sl.
– SPANKING fine, up-to-date, jolly …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
– SPROUNCEY cheerful, jolly; slightly intoxicated …B1900 Eng. dial.
– TITTUPY jolly, lively
– WALY pleasant, jolly …1785 Sc.
jolly – person
– BABY BLIMP a jolly fat girl …Bk1944 service sl.
– BAWCOCK a fine fellow; a good fellow; a jolly fellow; a burlesque term of endearment …1599 arch.
– BON ENFANT an agreeable or jolly companion …1836
– EPHESIAN † a boon companion; a jolly fellow; a roisterer; a toper, a drunkard …1597
– HAYMAKER a jolly sort of fellow …20C UK sl.
– TEAR a lively, entertaining person; a jolly sort; a comic …1935 Sc.
– TULIP a smart, jolly character; a slang term of address …1895 Eng. dial.
– WIDOW’S MAN a jolly fellow …Bk1881 
 
JOLT – nouns
– CADGE a shake, a jolt; a nudge or hint …1790 Sc.
– DILDER a smart jerk, shake, jolt …Bk1900 Sc.
– DIP a hard blow; a jolt …1897 Amer. dial.
– JAG a sharp jerk or jolt …Bk1902 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– KECK a jolt …Bk1901 Eng. dial.
– RACKABIMUS a sudden or unexpected stroke, jolt, or fall; a thud …1808 Sc.
jolt – verbs
– DANYEL † vb. to dangle; to jolt, as a cart on a rough road …1825 Sc.
– DILDER to shake, to jolt, to jerk …1889 Sc.
– HATTER to shake or jolt …1825 Eng. dial.
– JAG to jerk roughly; to jolt; to move with a sharp, jerking motion …c1803 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– JOLLOCK to jolt, to bump …19C Eng. dial.
– JUT † to push, to thrust; to shove, to jolt; to knock against something …1565 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
 
JOLTING – adjectives
– BUMPITY-BUMP jolting or jogging to and fro or up and down …1874
– CADGIN having a jolting motion …Bk1898 Sc.
– CADGY having a jolting motion …1845 Sc.
– JAGGIE, JAGGY having a jerking motion, jolting …1842 Sc.
jolting – nouns 
– DILDERING jolting, shaking …1889 Sc.
– JIGGA-JOGGY a jolting motion …1605 sl.
– SUCCUSSATION † shaking up, violent shaking, jolting …1649
 
JOSTLE – verbs
– CADGE to shake up, to knock about, to jostle …1866 Sc.
– HUSTLE to push or knock about roughly or unceremoniously; to jostle in a rough or violent fashion …1751
– JUNDIE to jostle with the elbow; to struggle, to contend and push in a crowd …1785 Sc.
– THRUMBLE to make one’s way by pushing or jostling; to push, jostle …1500-20 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– YESSLE to jostle …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
JOSTLED – verbs
– BUCKET to move irregularly or haphazardly from place to place; to be moved in such a way; to be jostled along or tossed about …1879
 
JOURNAL – nouns
– DAYBOOK a book in which the occurrences or transactions of the day are entered; a diary, a journal …1580
 
JOURNALISM – nouns
– AFGHANISTANISM preoccupation, esp. on the part of journalists, with distant events, as a diversion from controversial domestic issues …1948 colloq., orig. US
– FEEDING FRENZY an episode of frantic competition or rivalry for something, esp. among journalists covering a  story, personality, etc.
– FILL-IN in journalism: an account intended to fill gaps in one’s knowledge; a briefing …1944 Amer. journalists’ usage
– PENNY-A-LINING freelancing …M19 sl.
– QUILL-DRIVING working as a journalist …L18 Aust. sl.
 
JOURNALIST – person
– ADJECTIVE-JERKER a journalist …c1890 Eng. sl.
– AMBULANCE-CHASER a hack journalist who specializes in sensational accounts of accidents …1934 Amer. sl.
– BEAGLE a journalist …1948 US sl.
– BEAT REPORTER in baseball: a journalist who writes about a particular subject on a daily basis; spec. a sportswriter who covers a major-league team on a daily basis …Bk1999 baseball usage
– BLACKSMITH a clumsy or slipshod worker; spec. an inept journalist …1882 US sl.
– GAZETTEER one who writes in a gazette; a journalist, a retailer of news …1611
– GAZETTIST †* the writer of an official gazette …1625
– GENTLEMAN OF THE PRESS a journalist …Bk1920
– HACK a journalist, a reporter, esp. a staff newspaper writer …1803 sl., chiefly humorous or derogatory
– HACKETTE a female journalist or reporter …1976 sl., humorous or derogatory usage
– HEADACHE a journalist …Gulf war usage SL-DIC War Sl. Dickson 2004
– INK-SLINGER a journalist or author …1888 sl.
– INKSPILLER a journalist or author …1892 sl.
– INK-WASTER a journalist or author …1894 sl.
– KNIGHT OF THE QUILL an author, a writer, a journalist …L17 colloq.
– LINER a freelance literary or journalistic hack …M19 sl.
– MONKEY a press photographer, a paparazzo; also, a journalist …1983 chiefly Brit. colloq., orig. journalists’ sl.
– NEWS HEN a female journalist …1940s US sl.
– NEWSIE a news broadcaster or journalist …1950s US sl.
– PENNY-A-LIAR a hack journalist …L19 sl.
– PENNY-A-LINER a freelance literary or journalistic hack …M19 sl.
– PIGEON a person who carries a journalist’s report from one country to another in order to evade censorship …L20 sl.
– SLAB-DABBER a left-wing hack journalist …L19 sl.
– SPACE-MAN * a journalist paid according to the extent of space occupied by his writing …1892
– WAR-CORRESPONDENT a journalist engaged by a newspaper to send home first-hand descriptions of the fighting …1844
– WRITERLING a petty writer or journalist; an author of the baser sort …Bk1881 
– YARN-CHOPPER a fictional journalist; a story-teller, a chatterer, a long prosy talker …1890 UK sl.
– YARN-SLINGER one who writes tales in newspapers; a story-teller, a chatterer, a long, prosy talker …1890 sl.
– YELLOW – a ‘yellow’ writer, or a writer of newspaper articles of a reckless or unscrupulous sensational character …1898
 
JOURNEY – adjectives
– ALL-THROUGH of a journey: performed without a change of conveyance …1912
– ITINERARIAN * pert. to a journey, travelling, or a route …1801
– ITINERARY pert. to a journey, travelling, or a route …1552
journey – nouns
– AIR DASH a quick journey by air, esp. in response to an emergency or crisis ..1922
– BAIT a halt for refreshment in the course of a journey; a stoppage for rest …1579
– BAITING 1. the act of taking wayside refreshment or of giving food to horses upon a journey …c1440
2. the place at which, or occasion when, a halt is made for refreshment on a journey …1475
– BROAD a journey, a trip; a visit …1823 Amer. dial.
– DAD of any laborious activity: a heavy task, a weary journey …1947 Sc.
– DAY † a day’s travel; a day’s journey …1362
– DAY-GANG † a day’s march or journey …1840
– FAIR WIND a safe journey; good fortune …1851 Amer. dial.
– FARAND † a state of preparation for a journey …Bk1900 Eng. dial.
– FARE 1. † a number of persons prepared for a journey; a troop, a multitude …1297
2. † equipment for a journey; rigging out of a ship; apparel, belongings …c1320
– FLIP-FLOP the return trip of a long journey …Bk2006 US citizens’ band radio sl.
– FLIP SIDE the return trip of a long journey …Bk2006 US citizens’ band radio sl.
– GANG † a journey; sometimes with definition of extent, as a day’s gang …c950
– GATE † a going, journey, course …a1300
– GUY a walk; hence, an expedition or journey …1889 rhyming sl. for ‘Guy Fawkes’, a walk
– HALLOCK a tiring affair, as a lengthy journey …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– ITINERACY the act of travelling about, esp. for a specific purpose, as preaching, or public speaking; a journey from place to place …1827
– ITINERANCY the act of travelling about, esp. for a specific purpose, as preaching, or public speaking; a journey from place to place …1825
– ITINERARIO †* a record or journey of travel; an account of a journey …1588
– ITINERARIUM a record or journey of travel; an account of a journey …1747
– ITINERATION the act of itinerating or journeying from place to place; a preaching or lecturing tour …1623
– JAG a journey; the carrying or carting of a load …1899 Eng. dial.
– JAUNCE † a fatiguing or troublesome journey …1598 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– JAUNT 1. a fatiguing or troublesome walk or journey …1592
2. an excursion, trip, or journey, esp. one taken for pleasure …1678
– MANSION † a halting-place in a journey; the distance between two halting-places …1382
– ODYSSEY a long series of wanderings to and fro; a long adventurous journey …1889
– OFF the start of a race; the beginning of something; the start of a journey …1959 UK sl.
– PASSANCE †* a journey …1580
– RACE 1. † a journey or voyage …c1400
2. a short visit or journey …20C Ulster sl.
– RAIK † the act of going about, walking about, etc.; course, way; journey …a1400 now rare or obs.
– RAKE a journey, excursion, esp. a journey to and fro to fetch anything …Bk1905 Sc.
– SITHE † a going, journey, path, way …971
– STRETCH a continuous journey or march …1699 colloq.
– TASH a dirty, fatiguing journey …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– VAGARY † a wandering or devious journey or tour; a roaming about or abroad; an excursion, ramble, stroll …1577
– VAGE a journey by land or water; a voyage; an errand; a walk; especially used of an expedition attended with toil …1834 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– VAIGE 1. a journey, trip, outing, or expedition …1825 Sc.
2. a voyage, a journey by sea …1866 Sc.
– VISTA a short journey, a visit, a trip …1888 Sc.
– VISTIE a short journey, a visit, a trip …1888 Sc.
– VOGE a voyage, a journey by sea …1866 Sc.
– WALK a journey …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
– WALKABOUT a journey on foot taken by an Aboriginal, esp. when withdrawing from White society for a period …1910 Aust.
journey – person
– ITINERARIAN * a traveller, one who journeys from place to place …1822
– ITINERARY * one who journeys or travels from place to place …1709
– OFF-GANGER one who journeys outwards …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
journey – verbs 
– FARE to journey, to travel, to make one’s way …971 now arch, or poetic
– HANG UP to break a trip, usually for the night …1854 Amer. dial.
– ITINERATE to journey or travel from place to place; to wander …1600-9
– JAUNT to make a short journey, trip, or excursion; to take a jaunt for pleasure …1647
– RAIK † to journey, to go, generally implying the expended of unnecessary effort; to walk, to stroll; to go in an aimless desultory way, to gad about, to rove …c1340 obs. exc. Sc.
– TAKE A DANGLE UP THE LINE to journey …1927 US sl., esp. hobo usage
– TAKE A JUMP UP THE LINE to journey …1927 US sl., esp. hobo usage
– WALK † to go from place to place; to journey, to wander …a1000
journey – phrases
– FAIR WIND TO YOU, A used in wishing well a parting guest …1916 Amer. dial.
 
JOURNEYING – adjectives
– ITINERAL †* journeying; travelling from place to place …1627
– ITINERARY journeying or travelling from place to place …1617
– ITINERATE † journeying or travelling from place to place; not fixed or stationary …a1628
journeying – nouns
– FARE † a going, journeying; course, passage, way; voyage …c1000
– GANGS † steps, goings, journeyings …c825
 
JOURNEYMAN – person
– UBIQUITARY † a journeyman of all trades; an odd-job man; a handyman …1615
– YORNYMAN † a journeyman …1553
 
JOVIAL – adjectives
– ‘ARRYISH vulgarly jovial …c1880 colloq.
– BACCHIC riotously drunken, roistering, jovial …1699
– BACCHICAL † riotously drunken, roistering, jovial …1663
– FESTIVOUS festive, jovial, merry, gay, mirthful …1654
– JOVY † jovial, merry, gay …1426
– KIDDYISH frolicsome, jovial …M19 sl.
– WANTON † of persons: jovial, given to broad jesting, waggish; also, free from care …c1386
jovial – person
– ‘ARRIET a boisterous or jovial young Cockney woman, typically the notional wife or girlfriend of ‘Arry …1879 UK colloq.
– ‘ARRY a boisterous or jovial young Cockney man …1874 UK colloq.
– GAY-CAT an active, jovial, lusty person who enjoys life; a ladies’ man; a dude; one who, with or without the help of narcotics, is never worried or troubled but who takes life as it comes without being concerned or bothered …Bk1975 Amer. sl. 
jovial – verbs
– RANT to frolic, to romp; to be jovial, boisterous, uproariously gay or merry; to lead a gay or dissolute life; also, to sing or talk loudly …1598
 
JOVIALITY – interjections
– OH LA-LA! expressing joviality …World War I army sl.
 
JOVIALLY – adverbs
– LUSTICK † merrily, jovially …1607
– RANTINGLY in a jovial, riotous manner …1816 Sc.
 
JOY, JOYFUL, JOYOUS – adjectives
– ALACRIOUS † brisk, lively, active, cheerful, gay, joyful …1602
– BAUDE †* joyous, gay …c1400
– CONJUBILANT * shouting together for joy; jubilant or rejoicing together …1851
– FELICIOUS † happy, joyous …c1485
– FRABJOUS fair and joyous …1917 nonsense word
– GAMEFUL † joyful, playful, sportive, jesting …c1205
– GAUDFUL * joyful …1855
– GAUDIBUND †* full of joy, very joyful …1727
– GAUDILOQUENT †* speaking with joy …1656
– GAUDILOQUOUS †* speaking with joy, speaking of gladsome things …1727
– GAUDIOUS † festive, joyful …1570
– GAY of persons, their attributes, and actions: full of joy and mirth; light-hearted, exuberantly cheerful, sportive, merry …a1310
– GLEESOME merry, gay, joyous, gleeful, lively …1603 archaic or Eng. dial.
– HEARTSOME full of mirth, merry, cheerful, lively, light-hearted, joyous; pleasant, genial …1724 chiefly Sc.
– JOYANT* feeling or showing joy, joyous …1834
– LETABUND †* full of joy, joyful …1535 Sc.
– LETATING †* making glad or joyful …1694
– LUSTY † of persons and their attributes: joyful, merry, jocund; cheerful, lively …a1225
– SUNSHINE cheerful, cheering; prosperous, happy, joyous …1593
– TRIPUDIANT dancing for joy, exultant, triumphant …a1626
joy, joyful, joyous – nouns
– CAT FIT a burst of joy, or, more often, anger; a conniption fit …1895 Amer. dial.
– CHICKEN FIT a burst of joy or anger; a nervous outburst …1845 Amer. dial.
– DAINTY † a liking or fondness to do or see anything; delight, pleasure, joy …c1325
– FAIN † gladness, joy …c1340
– FAINHEAD † gladness, joy …a1300
– FAINNESS † gladness, joy … c1300 chiefly Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– GAUDY † rejoicing, joy; a festival, merry-making …1535
– LAETIFICATION † rejoicing; also, a making joyful …c1485
– MAN-DREAM † human joy, loud mirth …c1205
– SUN-TIME a time of brightness or joy …1844
– VENERY † an instance or source of joy, delight, or great enjoyment …1602
joy, joyful, joyous – verbs
– CATCH A GLAD to experience an outburst of spontaneous joy …20C W. Indies sl.
– CROW to utter a loud inarticulate sound of joy or exultation; especially said of the joyful cry of an infant …1579
– DANCE A HAKA to exhibit joy; to express one’s pleasure …c1890 NZ colloq.
– DANCE ONE’S LANE to dance with joy or from violent rage …1733 Sc.
– GOOI A SPASM to react with joy or enthusiasm …1980s S. Afr. sl.
– KECKLE to show eagerness; to show signs of joy or of temper; to regain one’s spirits after sickness, etc. …1890 Sc.
– LAETIFICATE †* to make glad or joyful, to cheer, to rejoice …1623
– LETIFICATE †* to make glad or joyful, to cheer, to rejoice …1547
– RAP to affect with rapture; to transport with joy, etc. …1599
– REJOY 1. † to rejoice, to be joyful …c1315
2. † to make joyful or happy; to cause to rejoice …c1374
– TRIPUDIATE to dance, skip, or leap for joy or with excitement; to exult …1623
joy, joyful, joyous – interjections
– BY ZIGGITY! an exclamation of joy or surprise …a1930 Amer. dial.
– DALLY-BUTTONS! a joyful exclamation …1895 Eng. dial.
– GEEWILIKINS ZIGGETY! an exclamation of joy or surprise …1888 Amer. dial.
– GREAT HEAVENLY DAYS! an expression of joy, surprise, or annoyance …1965  Amer. dial.
– HA! an exclamation expressing surprise, wonder, joy, indignation, etc …a1300
– HEAVENLY DAY! an expression of joy, surprise, or annoyance …1924 Amer. dial.
– HEAVENLY DAYS! an expression of joy, surprise, or annoyance …1924 Amer. dial.
– HEAVENS TO BETSY! an expression of joy, surprise, or annoyance …1891 Amer. dial.
– HELL’S FIRE! an exclamation of joy …1965 Amer. dial.
– HEY-DAY! expressing joy, surprise, etc. …E16 arch.
– HI-DE-HO! expressing joy or enthusiasm, esp. in a jazz or dance band …M20
– HOOEE! used to attract attention or to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. …1874 Amer. dial.
– HOO-EE-AH! used to attract attention or to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. …1874 Amer. dial.
– HOO-HEE! used to attract attention or to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. …1965 Amer. dial.
– HOO-WEE! used to attract attention or to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. …1882 Amer. dial.
– HOTZICKITY! an exclamation of joy or surprise …1909 Amer. dial.
– HOT ZIG! an exclamation of joy or surprise …1949 Amer. dial.
– HOT ZIGGETY-DAMN! an exclamation of joy or surprise …1924 Amer. dial.
– HOT ZIGGETY DOD! an exclamation of joy or surprise …1965 Amer. dial.
– HOT ZIGGETY DOG! an exclamation of joy or surprise …1924 Amer. dial.
– HOT ZIGGITY! an exclamation of joy or surprise …1924 Amer. dial.
– I THANKS THE LORD! an exclamation of joy …1908 Amer. dial., esp. Black usage
– JUMPING JERUSALEM! an exclamation of joy …1950 Amer. dial.
– OH BOYS! an exclamation of joy …1967 Amer. dial.
– OHWEE! used to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. …1961 Amer. dial.
– OOEY! used to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. …1961 Amer. dial.
– OO-WEE! used to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. …1961 Amer. dial.
– SCORE! used to express joy …1999 US sl.
– WHOO! used to attract attention or to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. …1932 Amer. dial.
– WHOOEE! used to attract attention or to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. …1888 Amer. dial.
– WHOO-HEE! used to attract attention or to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. …1965 Amer. dial.
– WHOOIE! used to attract attention or to express surprise, joy, pain, etc. …1924 Amer. dial.
– YAHOO! an exclamation of excitement, joy or delight …1976
– ZICKETY-BOOM! an exclamation of joy or surprise …1924 Amer. dial.
– ZICKITY-BAM! an exclamation of joy or surprise …1924 Amer. dial.
– ZIGGETY! an exclamation of joy or surprise …1888 Amer. dial.
– ZIGGETY-DAMN! an exclamation of joy or surprise …1965 Amer. dial.
 
JOYFULLY, JOYOUSLY – adverbs
– GAMELY † blithely, joyfully, playfully, excellently …a1300
– GAY † in a gay mood, joyously …1500-20
– HEARTSOMELY cheerily, merrily, joyously, blithely …1732 Sc.
 
JOYLESS – adjectives
– LUSTLESS † joyless; without pleasure or delight …1507
 
JOYRIDER – person
– APACHE a joyrider …2000s Irish sl.