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JFK

JFK proper noun: john F. Kennedy Airport in New York City. Also the initialism of John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

Proper noun

JFK

  1. John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City.
    • I flew into JFK, then took a cab to my hotel in Manhattan
    • Fortunately, most of these were former French colonies, and through a combination of quiet diplomacy and well-placed French nationals in the various air-traffic-control centers, the 300-mile-long stream of American aircraft flew the width of Africa as uneventfully as a red-eye flight from LAX to...1994, Tom Clancy, Armored Cav: A Guided Tour of an Armored Cavalry Regiment, New York: Berkley Books, →ISBN, page 281
  2. John F. Kennedy Federal Building, Boston, MA.
  3. John F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge, Louisville, KY.
    • Traffic on the JFK was delayed by construction of the new bridge.
  4. USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)
  5. USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79)
  6. Any of numerous schools in the US.
    • Steubenville beat JFK, scoring in the final minute of play.

Noun

JFK (plural JFKs)

  1. A half-dollar coin in honor of president John F. Kennedy.
    Synonyms:
    Kennedy

Verb

JFK (third-person singular simple present JFKs, present participle JFKing, simple past and past participle JFKed)

  1. (slang, transitive) To put to death; to assassinate, especially for political reasons.
    • I am not saying choosing McCain would necesarrily^([sic]) lead to Kerry getting JFKed but Democratic presidential runners need to be aware of the problem.2004 April 5, JonZ, “Poll Picks McCain as Kerry's Vice President”, in alt.politics.bush (Usenet)
    • The way he is decimating the CIA will more likely get him JFKed.2009 November 14, Eddie Haskell, “Obama resists Pentagon pressure on Afghanistan quagmire - will he be JFKed?”, in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh (Usenet)
  2. (slang) To conduct research about the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
    • This may seem a little presumptious, but I feel that this group is pretty much JFKed out.1991 April 19, Steve Feinstein, “JFK Survey”, in sci.skeptic (Usenet)
    • I'm going to give 'nobody' the benifit^([sic]) of the doubt , seeing by his own admission that he's been JFKing it for just a couple of months now .2009 November 14, cdddraftsman, “More indications of the investigative”, in alt.assassination.jfk (Usenet)
  3. (derogatory, slang) To hold similar political beliefs or behave in a similar manner to John F. Kennedy.
    • (from the standard code-word remark "I'm a JFK liberal") Examples: "He's useless...he JFKed a long time ago",2003 November 10, zepp, “The Wingnut Dictionary”, in talk.politics.misc (Usenet)
    • JFKing is symbiotically related to the "Even Some Liberals Agree" gambit, since JFKers quickly establish their roles as the reliable house liberals who provide neocons with all their even-some-liberals-agree examples.2004 October 6, Alex, “OT / Right Wingnut Debate Dictionary”, in alt.true-crime (Usenet)

Also used as

JFK is also the initialism of John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

Examples of JFK in a sentence

  • If Obama tried to do the right thing he'd be JFKed.2010 June 20, Johnny Asia, “If Obama tried to do the right thing he'd be JFKed”, in alt.politics (Usenet):
  • The point is that the JFK world is a very polarized world, and it does not reflect the general population.2016 August 14, Ralph Cinque, “There are two kinds of people: JFKers and non-JFKers”, in alt.assassination.jfk (Usenet):
  • He could've JFKed all the overweight babes he wanted to and that's that.2010 May 20, Bill Bonde, “evangelical Repulican quits over sex scandal”, in alt.activism.death-penalty (Usenet):

Synonyms of JFK

Forms of JFK

Noun
pluralJFKs
Verb
third-person singular presentJFKs
present participleJFKing
past participleJFKed
pastJFKed

Questions about JFK

What does JFK mean?
JFK means john F. Kennedy Airport in New York City.
How do you use JFK in a sentence?
If Obama tried to do the right thing he'd be JFKed.
What part of speech is JFK?
JFK can be a proper noun, a noun or a verb.

Words near JFK in the dictionary

  1. JFETs
  2. JFF
  3. JFGI
  4. JFIF
  5. JFIFs
  6. JFK
  7. JFKed
  8. JFKing
  9. JFKs
  10. JFMA
  11. JFS

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