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jonesing

jonesing adjective: suffering from withdrawal, or otherwise being in a desperate, addictionlike need of a substance. Also the present participle and gerund of jones.

Adjective

jonesing (not comparable)

  1. Suffering from withdrawal, or otherwise being in a desperate, addictionlike need of a substance.

Also used as

jonesing is also the present participle and gerund of jones.

Forms of jonesing

alternative formjonesin
alternative formjonesin'
alternative formjonezing
alternative formjonezin
alternative formjonezin'

Questions about jonesing

What does jonesing mean?
Jonesing means suffering from withdrawal, or otherwise being in a desperate, addictionlike need of a substance.
What part of speech is jonesing?
Jonesing is an adjective.

Words near jonesing in the dictionary

  1. Jonesers
  2. joneses
  3. Jonesian
  4. jonesin
  5. jonesin'
  6. jonesing
  7. jonesite
  8. Jonesport
  9. Jonesses
  10. Jonestown
  11. Jonestowner

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