A DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH SYNONYMES.
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Jabber, v. n. Prate, chatter, prattle, gabble, talk rapidly, talk idly.
Jabber, v. a. Speak rapidly.
Jabber, n. Prate, prattle, gab, chatter, idle talk.
Jabberer, n. Prattler, chatterer, babbler, chatterbox.
Jack-a-lantern, n. Jack-with-a-lantern, will-o'-the-wisp, will-with-the-wisp, ignis fatuus.
Jack at all trades, Factotum, doer of all work.
Jack of all trades, Factotum, doer of all work.
Jack-a-dandy, n. Beau, fop, coxcomb, dandy, exquisite, popinjay, macaroni, jackanapes, man of dress, man milliner, vain fellow.
Jackanapes, n. [Written also Jackanape.] 1. Monkey, ape.
2. Beau, fop, dandy, jack-a-dandy.
Jackass, n. 1. Male ass.
2. Blockhead, simpleton, dunce.
Jackdaw, n. Daw (Corvus monedula).
Jacket, n. Jerkin, short coat.
Jack-ketch, n. Hangman, public executioner.
Jack-pudding, n. Buffoon, harlequin, mountebank, jester, droll, zany, clown, punch, scaramouch, merry-Andrew.
Jack-snipe, n. Judcock.
Jacobin, n. 1. Dominican, predicant, blackfriar, preaching friar.
2. Anarchist, turbulent demagogue.
Jacobinic, a. Turbulent, revolutionary.
Jacobinical, a. Turbulent, revolutionary.
Jaculate, v. a. Dart, throw, launch, hurl, let fly.
Jaculation, n. Darting, throwing, hurling, launching.
Jade, n. 1. Hack, tired horse, worthless horse.
2. Hussy, quean, base woman, sorry wench.
3. Young woman (in irony or slight contempt).
Jade, v. a. Tire, weary, fatigue, fag, exhaust, tire out, knock up.
Jag, n. Notch, denticulation, protuberant point.
Jagged, a. Notched, serrated, indented, denticulated, cleft, divided, uneven (on the edges).
Jaggedness, n. Unevenness (on the edges).
Jaguar, n. American tiger (Felis onca).
Jail, n. [Written also, but not commonly, Gaol.] Prison, penitentiary, bridewell, workhouse, tollbooth, jug, house of correction.
Jakes, n. Privy, necessary, back-house, water-closet.
Jam, v. a. Press, crowd, squeeze tight.
Jam, n. 1. Conserve (boiled in mass), thick preserve.
2. Pressure (from a crowd), crowding.
3. Crowd, throng, mass of people (crowded together).
Jamb, n. Side-piece (of a fireplace, a door, a window, &c.).
Jamestown weed, Thorn-apple, stramonium, stramony, Apple Peru (Datura stramonium).
Jangle, v. n. Wrangle, squabble, bicker, quarrel, dispute, spar, spat, jar, tiff, have words, have an altercation.
Jangle, v. a. Sound discordantly, utter inharmoniously.
Jangle, n. 1. Discord, discordant sound.
2. Wrangling, jangling.
Jangled, a. Discordant, inharmonious, out of tune.
Jangler, n. Wrangler, quarrelsome fellow.
Jangling, n. Wrangling, bickering, quarrelling, altercation, jangle, jar.
Janitor, n. Porter, concièrge, door-keeper.
Janty, a. [Written also Jaunty.] Showy, finical, airy, fluttering, bedizened, gairish, dressy, gay, fine, pranked out.
Japan, v. a. Varnish, lacquer.
Japan earth, Catechu, terra japonica, gambier, cutch.
Japanese, a. Of Japan.
Japanese, n. 1. Native of Japan.
2. Language of Japan.
Jar, v. n. 1. Vibrate harshly.
2. Clash, interfere, wrangle, contend, quarrel, bicker, spat, spar, jangle, squabble, tiff, have words, have an altercation.
Jar, v. a. Shake, agitate, jolt.
Jar, n. 1. Shake, agitation, jolt.
2. Discord, disagreement, quarrel, altercation, jarring, wrangling, bickering.