Reverse Dictionary: JU – JZ

JUBILANCE – interjections
– WHACKO THE DIDDLE-O! an exclamation of jubilance …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
 
JUBILANT – adjectives
– CONJUBILANT * shouting together for joy; jubilant or rejoicing together …1851
– JUBILOSE †* jubilant, rejoicing …c1450
 
JUBILATION – interjections
– BEWDY! an expression of jubilation …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
– FAN-BLOODY-TASTIC! exclamation of jubilation …Bk1999 Aust. sl.
 
JUBILATE – verbs
– JUBILIZE to jubilate, to rejoice, to exult …1650
 
JUBILEE – verbs
– JUBILIZE  to celebrate a jubilee …1814
 
JUDGE – adjectives
– JUSTICIARY relating to the administration of justice, or to judges or justices …1581
judge – nouns
– BARRATRY in Sc. law: the acceptance of bribes by a judge …1773
judge – person
– ACCEPTOR * a judge who is influenced by the personal acceptableness of individuals, one who shows partiality on personal grounds; a person who shows undue partiality or favouritism …c1384
– ADJUDGER a person who adjudges something; an adjudicator; a judge …1821
– BARNABY RUDGE a judge …1960 rhyming sl.
– BARRATER, BARRATOR a judge who takes bribes …1864
– BEAGLE a judge or lawyer …Bk1975 criminals’ sl.
– BEAK a judge, magistrate or justice of the peace …c1600 Eng. dial. & sl.
– BEAK-GANDER a judge of the Superior or High Courts …Bk1889 sl.
– BEEKS a judge, magistrate or justice of the peace …c1600 sl.
– BENCH the judge or magistrate sitting in the seat of justice …1518
– BENCHER one who officially sits on a bench; a magistrate, judge, parliamentarian, assessor, senator, alderman, etc. …1279 
– BENCHMAN * a (male) judge or magistrate sitting in court …1658
– BENCH NIB(S) a judge …1930 criminals’ sl. 
– BIG BOY a high court judge; the judge of the Supreme Court; a term of address implying recognition …1929
– BIG WIG a magistrate or judge; from the wigs they wear …1829 sl.
– BLACK JACK † a judge or magistrate …1900 UK criminals’ sl.
– BLACKSTONE a judge …Bk1945 criminals’ sl. 
– CATCH-COIN † a greedy or covetous judge …1611
– CHOCOLATE (FUDGE) a judge, esp. one who shows leniency …1992 UK rhyming sl.
– COVE WITH A JAZEY a judge …Bk1896 sl.
– DANIEL an exemplary judge; a person of infallible judgement …1898
– DEEMER † a judge …c950
– DEEMSTER † a judge …1748 obs. or arch.
– DICTOUR †* a ruler, judge or guardian …c1440
– HACKAM, HACKHAM, HACKUM, HAKIM an official with judicial authority; a judge; a governor; also, the administrative head of a particular district …1585-90 esp. Middle East & South Asia usage
– HANGING JUDGE a very severe judge; one who will favour the prosecution and then impose a severe sentence …1847
– HARD RAPPER a severe judge …1933 US prison sl.
– HEAD BEAK a judge …1871 US criminals’ sl. 
– HEARER † one who hears causes; a judge …1535
– HIGH BEAK a judge, governor, president, or other top official …Bk1859 criminals’ sl.
– HIGH BLOKE a judge …1881 US criminals’ sl.
– HIGH JUSTICE a supreme judge; a Chief Justice; a high court judge; also, occasionally, the supreme arbiter …c1380
– HIS NIBS a judge, a chief of police, the police magistrate …1930 US sl.
– INKY SMUDGE a judge …1936 UK rhyming sl.
– JURIST † one who practices in law; a lawyer; also, a judge …1481
– JUSTICIARY a person who administers justice; a judge, a magistrate …1531
– KADEE, KADI in Mohammedan nations: a judge who passes sentence in all cases of law …1590
– LAMB-SKIN-MEN † the judges of the several courts …a1700
– MODERATOR a person who acts as an arbitrator between disputants; an arbiter, an umpire, a judge; also, a mediator …1556
– MONK a supreme court judge …1931 US criminals’ sl.
– MOOLVEE a judge or doctor of the law …Bk1890 Anglo-Indian
– NOB IN THE FUR TRADE a judge …M19 sl.
– RAPPER a judge …1920s US criminals’ sl.
– SINKER a judge …1929 criminals’ sl.
– VANILLA FUDGE a judge …1980s Aust. rhyming sl.
– WHITE WIG * a person who wears a white wig; a lawyer or judge, esp. a newly qualified one …1673
judge – verbs
– DEEM † to give or pronounce judgement; to act as judge, to sit in judgement; to give one’s decision, sentence, or opinion; to arbitrate …c825
– I-DEME † to deem, to judge …a900
 
JUDGEMENT – adjectives
– GUMPTIOUS having quick perception and sound judgement …1899 Amer. dial.
judgement – nouns
– ADVICE † the way in which a matter is looked at or regarded; opinion, judgement …1297
– COCUM, COKUM, KOCUM, KOKUM * good sense; acumen; judgement …1848 sl. 
– DEEM † judgement, opinion, thought, surmise …1501
– DEEMING † judging, judgement …1303
– GUMPTION common sense; good judgement; understanding, intellect …1815 Amer. dial.
– LAUD † decision, judgement …c1465
– SCONCE, SKONCE judgement, sense …M16 sl.
– SIGHT * opinion; estimate, judgement; respect, regard, view …a1300
– VARDY † opinion, judgement, verdict …1731-8 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
judgement – verbs
– DECREET † to pronounce a decision or judgement …1563
– SCANCE AT to conjecture; to form a hasty judgement concerning a thing …Bk1904 Sc.
– TERMINE † to make a judgement about; to determine, to decide, to settle …a1325
– WALE THE GRAIN FROM THE CAFF to use judgement; to make a good bargain …1790 Sc.
judgement – phrases 
– BY THE RACK OF ONE’S EYE using sight and judgement alone, without further rule or guide …1899 Amer. dial.
 
JUDGEMENTAL – adjectives
– TABBY interfering, inquisitive, judgemental …1920s US sl.
 
JUDICIOUS – adjectives
– ADVISED † deliberate, cautious, wary, judicious …1475
– CANNY knowing, sagacious, judicious, prudent; wary, cautious …1637 Sc.
judicious – nouns 
– FAIR THING a sensible, judicious action or decision; a wise proceeding, a clear duty, justice …1910s Aust. sl.
 
JUDICIOUSLY – adverbs
– ADVISEDLY † with prudence; wisely, prudently, judiciously …c1386
 
JUDO – nouns
– KUZUSHI in judo: a method of unbalancing one’s opponent …1950
judo – person
– BLACK BELT in judo or karate: one who has earned certification of highest proficiency …1954
 
JUG – nouns
– DANDY a small jug; a small glass; a small glass of whisky …1838 Irish
– LAIR † a ewer …1491
– PARRICK a little jug; a small pitcher …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
JUGGLE – verbs
– BAFFLE † to juggle, to shuffle, to quibble …1656
 
JUGGLER – person
– BAFFLER † a juggler, a trickster; a trifler …1606
– DECEPTIONIST one who performs feats of illusion; a juggler …1883
– FAULKENER a juggler, a tumbler …L17 sl.
– HARLOT 1. † an itinerant jester, buffoon, or juggler; one who tells or does something to raise a laugh …a1340
2. † ​a female juggler, dancing-girl, ballet-dancer, or actress …1483
– HEY-PASS † a juggler …a1593
– HICCIUS DOCCIUS a cant word for a juggler; one that plays fast and loose; a trickster, a shifty fellow …1676
– HICCIUS DOCTIUS * a cant word for a juggler; one who plays fast and loose; a trickster; a shifty fellow …1676
– HICKSIUS DOXIUS † a cant word for a juggler; one that plays fast and loose; a trickster; a shifty fellow …1676
– HICTIUS DOCTIUS † a cant word for a juggler; one that plays fast and loose; a trickster, a shifty fellow …1676
– HIXIUS DOXIUS † a juggler; a trickster; a shifty fellow …c1678 sl.
– HOCUS a juggler, a magician, a charlatan …M17 sl.
– HOCUS-POCUS a juggler …L17 sl.
– MANUALIST a juggler …1861
– SALAMANDER a fire-eating juggler …1859 sl.
 
JUGGLERY – nouns
– HANKY-PANKY jugglery, legerdemain; trickery, double dealing, underhand dealing; dishonest or corrupt activity; deceit …1841 sl.
– LEGERDEMAIN sleight of hand; the performance of tricks which by nimble action deceive the eye; jugglery, conjuring tricks …a1400
 
JUGGLING – adjectives
– LEGERDEMAIN pert. to legerdemain or jugglery; juggling; tricky …1576
– PRESTIGIATORY † practising ‘prestigiation’; juggling, conjuring; consisting of tricks, impostures, or illusions; deceptive, delusive …1588
​juggling – nouns 
– HICCIUS DOCIUS * a formula used by a juggler when performing a trick; a feat of dexterity; a clever trick …L17
– HOCUS juggling, imposture …M17 sl.
– HOCUS-POCUS a juggler’s trick; thus any form of imposture, trickery …E18 sl.
 
JUGULAR VEIN – nouns
– ORGANAL VEIN † the jugular vein …1523
– ORGANICAL VEIN † the jugular vein …1607
– ORGANIC VEIN † the jugular vein …1597
 
JUICE – adjectives
– RACY of wine or other liquors, vegetable juices, fruits, etc.: having a characteristically excellent taste, flavour or quality …1654
– RAZY of wine or other liquors, vegetable juices, fruits, etc.: having a characteristically excellent taste, flavour or quality …1654
juice – nouns 
– BREE water in which any article of food is boiled; broth, soup, gravy, sauce, juice …Bk1911 Sc. & Amer. dial.
– BRIE gravy, juice …1939 Amer. dial.
– OJ orange juice …1942 Amer. colloq.
– OOSE † juice, gravy …1821 Eng. dial.
– PRUNO fermented prune juice; any fermented fruit juice …Bk1974 Amer. sl.
– SAP † juice or fluid of any kind; gravy …1527 obs. exc. Eng. & Amer. dial.
– SUC † juice, sap …1551
 
JUICY – adjectives
– NESH † soft in texture or consistency; yielding easily to pressure or force; delicate to the taste; in later use, tender, succulent, juicy …c888 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
– OOZY † full of moisture, juicy …c1000
– RESP of plants: fresh; full of moisture, juicy …1819 Eng. dial.
– SAPPY † of edible fruit; juicy; succulent; full of gravy; savoury …1562 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
– VOKEY damp, juicy, moist …1790 Eng. dial.
– VOKY damp, juicy, moist …1790 Eng. dial.
 
JUKEBOX – nouns
– BOX a jukebox …1971 Amer. sl.
– GOOLA BOX a jukebox or ‘nickarola’ …1930s US Black sl.
– MUSIC MACHINE a radio, jukebox, or phonograph …1960s Amer. sl.
– PIC a jukebox …1930s US Black sl.
– PICCOLO a coin-operated automatic musical instrument; a jukebox …c1937 Amer. dial.
– PICCOLO BOX a coin-operated automatic musical instrument; a jukebox …1944 Amer. dial.
– VACAYA any mechanical or electrical device that produces sound; a jukebox, a record player …2002 UK sl.
– VENDOR a jukebox …1965 US sl.
 
JULY – adjectives
– QUINTILIAN †* of the month of July …1623
July – nouns 
– QUINTILE †* July …1656
 
JUMBLE – adjectives
– MACARONIC † of the nature of a jumble or medley …1611
jumble – nouns 
– GALLIMAUFRY a heterogeneous mixture, a confused jumble, a ridiculous medley …1551-6
– HATERY a confused jumble …Bk1902 Sc.
– HATRY a confused jumble …Bk1902 Sc.
– HATTER a jumble, a confused crowd; a knot or tangle …1835 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– HATTEREL a large quantity; a miscellaneous collection, a jumble …1823 Sc. & N. Ireland
– HATTREL a large quantity; a miscellaneous collection, a jumble …1823 Sc.
– HEDLEY-MEDLEY † a jumble, confusion …1646
– JUMMIX a jumble, mix; disorder …Bk1942 Amer. sl.
– MACARONIC † a jumble or medley …1611
– MARE’S NEST an untidy jumble; a mess; a tangle of debris in a stream …1948 Amer. dial.
jumble – verbs
– FERHOODLE to jumble; to botch …1969 Amer. dial.
– GAR to jumble, to mix or mess up by stirring, etc. …1866 Sc.
– JAAMBLE to jumble; to shake; to mix by agitation …1790 Sc.
– JABBLE to confuse, to jumble …1901 Sc.
– JARGOGLE † to confuse, to jumble …1692
– MINGLE-MANGLE to confuse; to make a medley of; to mix up; to jumble together …1549
– MUCKLE UP to disarrange, to jumble, to rumple …1970 Amer. dial.
– PALTER †* to jumble up; to patch up a composition; to compose hastily …1588
 
JUMBLED – adjectives
– ALL TOGETHER LIKE BROWN’S COWS in a disorderly gathering or a jumble …19C Irish sl.
– FARMISHT confused, jumbled, mixed up …1982 Amer. Yiddish
– JAMBLED bewildered, confused, muddled, jumbled, befuddled; awry …1745 Amer. dial.
– JAMBLED UP confused, jumbled, befuddled; awry …1967 Amer. dial.
– UMLE-JUMALD mixed or jumbled together …1861 Eng. dial.
– UP-JUMLET jumbled up …1896 Eng. dial.
 
JUMP – nouns
– BACKIE-PLASH a jump backwards from a rock, etc., into a bathing-pool …1923 Sc.
– CALEER a caper, a jump; frolic …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– RAM-RACE a short run preparatory to a jump …1695 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
– SAULT † a leap, a jump; esp. of horses …a1350
jump – person
 – VAULTER one who vaults, jumps, or leaps …1565
jump – verbs 
– BEVIS to jump about; to stagger; to walk unsteadily …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BEVISH to jump about; to stagger; to walk unsteadily …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– BIRD-WORK to leap, to hop, to progress by a series of high jumps …1923 Amer. dial.
– CALEER to caper, to jump …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– CALEEVER to skip, to jump, to frolic about; to run about heedlessly or foolishly …1875 Eng. dial.
– HALF-HAM to move with a hop, skip, and a jump …1906 Amer. dial..
– HALF-HAMMON to move with a hop, skip, and a jump …1906 Amer. dial..
– KANGAROO to make a great jump …1889
– LAUNCH † to leap, to jump, to vault …c1400
– SALTATE * to leap; to jump; to skip; to dance …1623
– SUBSALT †* to jump up …1623
– SUBSULT †* to leap, to hop, to jump about …1656
– TAKE TIMBER to jump; to clear by jumping …1899 Eng. dial.
– VAMP ABOUT. to jump about in a half playful, half menacing manner …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
JUMPING – adjectives
– BEVISING leaping, jumping …Bk1898 Eng. dial.
– SALIENT leaping, jumping …1646
– SALTANT † leaping, jumping, dancing …1601 now rare or obs.
– SKIPJACK hopping, jumping, skipping …1605
jumping – nouns 
– DIDDLE a quick jumping or bouncing movement …1840 Amer. dial.
– HALF-HAMMER a hopping or jumping motion …1967 Amer. dial.
– SALIENCY † leaping or jumping …1664
– SALTATION leaping, bounding, jumping; a leap …1646
– SALTATIVENESS the faculty of leaping or jumping …1829 nonce word
– SUBSULTATION †* a hopping or jumping up and down …1650
 
JUMP ROPE – nouns
– BACK DOOR in jump rope: turning the rope away from the jumper so they must jump over the rope when they go in instead of under the rope …1943 Amer. dial.
– BAKING BREAD in jump rope: a player runs in with a stone in his hand, and while jumping places it on the ground, straightens up, picks up the stone again, and runs out …1888 Amer. dial.
 
JUMPY – adjectives
– AFRAID OF ONE’S SHADOW adj. scared of small or imaginary things; very easily frightened; jumpy; nervous …Bk1994 
– BOBBLY jumpy, irregular of movement …1909 colloq.
– GOOSEY nervous, jumpy, touchy, ticklish …1906 Amer. dial.
– GOOSY nervous, jumpy, touchy, ticklish …1906 Amer. dial.
– HINKEY wary or extremely cautious; feeling suspicion; hence, nervous or jumpy …1956 Amer. sl.
– HINKY wary or extremely cautious; feeling suspicion; hence, nervous or jumpy …1956 Amer. sl.
– OFF ONE’S EGGS nervous or jumpy …1922 Sc.
 
JUNE – nouns
– BARNABY BRIGHT St. Barnabas’ Day, the 11th of June, in Old Style reckoned the ‘longest day’ …1670
– BARNABY DAY St. Barnabas’ Day, the 11th of June, in Old Style reckoned the ‘longest day’ …1650
– BARNABY THE BRIGHT St. Barnabas’ Day, the 11th of June, in Old Style reckoned the ‘longest day’ …1595
– LONG BARNABY St. Barnabas’ Day, the 11th of June, in Old Style reckoned the ‘longest day’ …1645
 
JUNE BUG – nouns
– ZOON BUG the June-bug …1909 Amer. dial.
– ZOONY-BUG the June-bug …1909 Amer. dial.
 
​JUNIPER – nouns
– EATEN juniper …1768 Sc.
– JENIVER † a juniper …1585
– SHIVES the needles of the juniper tree …Bk1913 Amer. dial.
 
JUNK – nouns
– BONEYARD a junkyard …Bk2006 US sl.
– CRAP junk; shoddy merchandise …Bk2006 US sl.
– CRUD junk; stuff; personal possessions …Bk2006 US sl.
– MESS trash, junk; hence, stuff, nonsense; abuse …1937 Amer. dial.
– PLUNDER disused or discarded articles that are kept around; junk …1843 Amer. dial.
– SCULCH refuse, junk, rubbish, trash, worthless stuff …1900 Amer. dial.
– SKULCH refuse, rubbish, junk, trash, worthless stuff …1900 Amer. dial.
– TACK something tacky or cheap and seedy or vulgar; rubbish, junk …L20 colloq.
– TRUCK worthless stuff of any sort; junk, trash …1844 Amer. dial.
 
JUNKY – adjectives
– CRAPPY bad; inferior; junky …Bk2006 US sl.
 
JURISDICTION – nouns
– BAIL † charge, custody, jurisdiction, power …a1400
– BANDON † jurisdiction, authority, dominion, control; power of disposal, full discretion, or authority to deal with …c1230
 
​JUROR – person
– ANCHOR a juror who has been bribed in order to influence fellow members to vote for an acquittal …Brit. sl.
– PACKER * a person who shuffles or arranges cards in a fraudulent way; a person who packs juries, etc. …1586
– QUESTRYMEN †* jurymen …c1690
– VENIRE MAN one summoned to serve on a jury under a writ of Venire facias, (a former judicial writ directed to a sheriff requiring him to summon a jury to try a cause or causes at issue between parties); a juryman …1780 U.S.
 
​JURY – adjectives
– JURATORIAL belonging to a jury …1865
jury – nouns
– DAMNING † a ‘company’ of jurors …1486
– PANELLATION the empanelling of a jury …a1695
– SIZE † a jury …c1470 Sc.
jury – person
– JURIER †* one who has taken an oath; a juror or juryman …1486
jury – verbs 
– GAMMON THE TWELVE to gain an acquittal in court; the implication is that the defendant has managed to fool the jurymen, to deceive the jury …L18 UK criminals’ sl.
– GAMMON THE TWELVE IN PRIME TWIG to gain an acquittal in court; the implication is that the defendant has managed to fool the jurymen; to deceive the jury …1812 UK criminals’ sl.
– NOBBLE to induce to behave corruptly; to induce a jury to return a corrupt verdict …1856 Brit. sl.
– WATER to ‘pack’ a jury with members who are likely to deliver a biased verdict …L18 US sl.
 
JUST – adjectives
– DINKUM honest, aboveboard; true; also, fair, just …1905 Aust. & NZ
– EEKFOW † equal, just …1808 Sc.
– FAIR-HANDED free of bias or preference; just, impartial, even-handed …1603
– HARMLESS fair to both parties, just …1876 Eng. dial.
– JANNOCK sociable; fair; just; straightforward; genuine  …1828 Eng. dial.
– JONNOCK sociable; fair; just; straightforward, genuine …1828 Eng. dial.
– LEAL † just, fair …c1350
– LEEFUL † permissible, right, lawful; just …c1205
– RATIONABLE † reasonable, just, right …1436 chiefly Sc.
– SKILFUL † reasonable, just, proper …1340
– SKILLWISE † just, equitable, fair …a1300
just – adverbs 
– FAIR straight, exactly, evenly, just …1865 Sc. & Eng. dial.
 
JUSTICE – adjectives
– JUSTICIARY relating to the administration of justice, or to judges or justices …1581
– JUSTIFICAL †* relating to justice; executing justice …1647
– JUSTLESS * devoid of justice …1578
justice – adverbs
– JUSTICELY * with justice; fairly; rightly; justifiably …1865
justice – nouns
– FAIR DOES a fair deal, justice …1865 colloq.
– FAIR DOOS a fair deal, justice …1865 colloq.
– FAIR DO’S a fair deal, justice, decent treatment …1859 colloq.
– FAIR DO’S ALL ROUND a fair deal, justice …c1930 colloq.
– FAIR DUES a fair deal, justice, decent treatment …1859 colloq.
– FAIR THING a sensible, judicious action or decision; a wise proceeding, a clear duty, justice …1910s Aust. sl.
– JUSTICEMENT * administration or enforcement of justice …1685
– JUSTICEMENTS †* judicial matters; all things belonging to justice …1670
justice – person
– JUSTICIAR a person who administers justice; a judge of a superior court …c1575
– JUSTICIARY 1. a person who administers justice; a judge, a magistrate …1531
2. a person who maintains or executes justice …1548
justice – verbs 
– DO ONE REASON to do justice …1663 sl.
– DO ONE RIGHT to do justice …1598 sl.
– TAKE † to inflict punishment or justice …c1200
 
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE – person
– ALGUACIL, ALGUAZIL a constable or justice of the peace …1888 Amer. Southwest., now hist.
– BEAK a magistrate or justice of the peace …1791 Eng. dial. & sl.
– BEEKS a judge, magistrate or justice of the peace …c1600 sl.
– JEEP a justice of the peace …1936 Amer. sl.
– QUEER CUFFEN, QUEER CUFFIN, QUIRE CUFFIN a Justice of the Peace …M16 UK criminals’ sl.
– WARDEN OF THE PEACE ‘Guardian of the Peace’; a justice of the peace; a district magistrate …1543
 
JUSTIFIABLY – adverbs
– JUSTICELY * with justice; fairly; rightly; justifiably …1865
 
JUSTIFICATION – adjectives
– JUSTIFICAL †* providing justification …1646
– JUSTIFICATIVE that provides justification; also, providing supporting evidence …1611
– JUSTIFICATORY that provides justification …1563
 
JUSTIFY – verbs 
– BETELL † to speak for, to answer for, to justify …1048
– CALL SOMEONE’S BLUFF to force someone to justify or validate a pretense; to require the truth …1870s Amer. sl.
justify – phrases
– WHAT ARE YOU WORKING OUT OF? an invitation to explain oneself, to justify one’s actions or opinions …1990s US Black sl.
 
JUSTLY – adverbs
– HANDILY rightly, justly …1913 Amer. dial.
– HANDY justly, rightly …1939 Amer. dial.
 
JUTTING – adjectives
– NEB-BUCKING jutting out awkwardly …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
 
JUVENILE – adjectives
– JUVENAL † juvenile …1638
 
JUVENILE DELINQUENT – nouns
– JUVEY, JUVIE a detention centre for juvenile delinquents …1967 sl.
juvenile delinquent – person 
– BEBOPPER a juvenile delinquent …1966 US sl.
– DELINK a juvenile delinquent …1959 US sl.
– JUVEY, JUVIE a juvenile delinquent …1941 US sl.
– YOOT a teenage hoodlum; a member of a teenage street gang; a juvenile delinquent …1957 Amer. sl.