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jone

UK/d͡ʒəʊn/US/d͡ʒoʊn/

jone verb: to good-naturedly make fun of (someone); to roast.

Verb

jone (third-person singular simple present jones, present participle joning, simple past and past participle joned)

  1. (intransitive, often, slang, transitive, African-American Vernacular) To good-naturedly make fun of (someone); to roast.
    • To survive in the hood, you need to know how to jone.
    • note: Judy's clique "joans" him about his father's staying at home, not working, and giving his mother so many children; and about Lillie's and his other sisters' being "whores."1940, Allison Davis, John Dollard, Children of Bondage: The Personality Development of Negro Youth in the Urban South, Washington, D.C.: American Council on Education, page 226

Proper noun capitalized: Jone

Jone (plural Jones)

  1. (obsolete) Obsolete form of Joan.
  2. A surname.

Forms of jone

Verb
third-person singular presentjones
present participlejoning
past participlejoned
pastjoned
alternative formjoan
Proper noun
pluralJones

Origin of jone

Unknown.

Words that rhyme with jone

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about jone

What does jone mean?
Jone means to good-naturedly make fun of (someone); to roast.
What part of speech is jone?
Jone can be a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce jone?
Jone is pronounced /d͡ʒoʊn/ (US).
What is the past tense of jone?
The past tense of jone is joned.

Words near jone in the dictionary

  1. Jonava
  2. jonbar hinge
  3. jonbar hinges
  4. JonBenét
  5. Joncanoe
  6. jone
  7. joned
  8. Jonelle
  9. Jonerys
  10. jones
  11. Jones Bridge

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