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J.

J. is the alternative form of J.

J. is the alternative form of Jay.

Meaning of J

Noun

J (plural Js or J's or JJ)

  1. (slang) (plural Js or J's) A marijuana cigarette (abbreviation of joint).
    • I stepped outside to smoke myself a J.1980 July, Paul Simon, “Late in the Evening”, in One-Trick Pony
  2. In the name of a serial publication: abbreviation of Journal.
    • "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...1969, The Law Commission, Family Law: Report on Financial Provision in Matrimonial Proceedings (Law Com. No. 25), London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, →OCLC, paragraph 29, note 57
  3. (in plural, slang) (plural Js or J's) an Air Jordan shoe
    • Don't pay no mind, Antwon, it's just an angry-ass J...2022 December 21, Ghetto Smosh, 1:57 from the start, in MY J’S CAN TALK!?!?, via YouTube, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2023

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Meaning of Jay

Proper noun

Jay (countable and uncountable, plural Jays)

  1. (countable) An English surname transferred from the nickname from Old French jai (“jay (bird)”), a nickname for a chatty or showy person.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. A hamlet in Leintwardine parish, Herefordshire, England; named in the c. 13th century for the Jay family, prominent in that area (OS grid ref SO3974).
  4. A town in Santa Rosa County, Florida; named for postmaster J. T. Nowling.
  5. A town in Franklin County, Maine; named for American statesman and Founding Father John Jay.
  6. A town in Essex County, New York; named for John Jay.

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Forms of J.

pluralJJ.

Phrases with J.

Questions about J.

What is J. the alternative form of?
J. is the alternative form of J.

Words near J. in the dictionary

  1. J-Town
  2. J-turn
  3. J-turns
  4. j-word
  5. j-words
  6. J.
  7. J. Arthur
  8. J. Arthur Rank
  9. J. Random
  10. J. Random User
  11. J.A.P.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: J. (page history and authors); J (page history and authors); Jay (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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