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joe
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: j?
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d???/
- (General American) IPA(key): /d?o?/
- Homophones: Jo, Joe
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From the proper name Joe.
Noun
joe (plural joes)
- (informal) A male; a guy; a fellow.
- I'm just an ordinary joe.
- (historical) Synonym of johannes (“An old Portuguese gold coin bearing a figure of John V of Portugal.”)
Alternative forms
- Joe
Derived terms
- half joe
- joe job
Translations
Etymology 2
Of uncertain origin. See cup of joe for more.
Noun
joe (countable and uncountable, plural joes)
- (chiefly US, informal) Coffee.
- 2010, Melody Carlson, A Mile in My Flip-Flops (page 221)
- Some people say I make the best joe in town. But you know there's a kiosk over on Eighteenth Avenue, not that far from here.
- 2010, Melody Carlson, A Mile in My Flip-Flops (page 221)
Related terms
- cup of joe
Etymology 3
Noun
joe (plural joes)
- (Scotland) Alternative form of jo (“a darling or sweetheart”)
- 1836 Joanna Baillie The Phantom, Act 2. Provost, to a maidservant.
- I fear, my joe, the good that I can do him,
Or ev'n the minister, if he were here,
Would be but little.
- I fear, my joe, the good that I can do him,
- 1836 Joanna Baillie The Phantom, Act 2. Provost, to a maidservant.
Dalmatian
Pronoun
joe f (plural jai)
- (third-person feminine singular pronoun, oblique case) her
Related terms
- jala
- joi (masculine)
- jai
Dutch
Interjection
joe
- (colloquial) bye
- Joe! - Bye!
Old French
Noun
joe f (oblique plural joes, nominative singular joe, nominative plural joes)
- cheek
Descendants
- French: joue
Sranan Tongo
Pronoun
joe
- Superseded spelling of yu.
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jow
English
Noun
jow (plural jows)
- (historical) A pre-metric unit of length in India, equal to approximately a quarter of an inch
Middle English
Noun
jow
- Alternative form of Jew
Scots
Verb
jow (third-person singular present jows, present participle jowin, past jowt, past participle jowt)
- (transitive, intransitive) To ring or toll (a bell).
Noun
jow (plural jows)
- A stroke of a bell.
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