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joneses

joneses is the plural of jones.

joneses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of jones.

Meaning of jones

Noun

jones (plural joneses)

  1. (US, archaic, slang) Heroin.
    • You mean you got a little Jones, huh? Was it good?1965, Amiri Baraka, The Alternative, as cited in Peter Bruck (ed.), The Black American Short Story in the 20th Century, John Benjamins, p. 196
  2. (US, slang) An addiction or intense craving.
    • I’ve got a basketball jones!

See all 14 meanings of jones

Proper noun capitalized: Joneses

Joneses

  1. (plural) plural of Jones

Words formed from joneses

Phrases with joneses

Questions about joneses

What is joneses the plural of?
Joneses is the plural of jones.
What part of speech is joneses?
Joneses is a proper noun.

Words near joneses in the dictionary

  1. Jonesboro
  2. Jonesborough
  3. jonesed
  4. Joneser
  5. Jonesers
  6. joneses
  7. Jonesian
  8. jonesin
  9. jonesin'
  10. jonesing
  11. jonesite

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