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more info jordan almond, n.
variety of large almond from Malaga, Spain; used in confectionery
<noun.plant>

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more info jorum, n.
(jorums)
a large drinking bowl
<noun.artifact>

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bowl
more info josh, v.
(joshed, joshes, joshing)
be silly or tease one another
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

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sample sentences

"After we relaxed, we just kidded around"

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banter
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jolly
more info joss, n.
(josses)
freq. cnt. 1
a Chinese god worshipped in the form of an idol
<noun.artifact>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

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hypernym
idol, graven image, god
more info joss house, n.
a Chinese temple or shrine for idol worship
<noun.artifact>

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hypernym
temple
more info joss stick, n.
a slender stick of incense burned before a joss by the Chinese
<noun.substance>

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incense
more info jostle, n.
(jostles)
the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing)
<noun.act>

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jostle jostle
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jostle jostle
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shove
hyponym
elbowing
more info jostle, v.
(jostled, jostles, jostling)
freq. cnt. 1
make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving
<verb.motion>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

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sample sentences

"We had to jostle our way to the front of the platform"

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Somebody ----s PP
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jostling jostle
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hypernym
work, make
come into rough contact with while moving
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sample sentences

"The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train"

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shove shover
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jostling jostle
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hypernym
push, force
hyponym
elbow shoulder in
more info jostling, n.
(jostlings)
the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing)
<noun.act>

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jostle jostle
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jostle jostle
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shove
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elbowing
more info jot, n.
(jots)
freq. cnt. 1
a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note
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jot
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jot
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hypernym
note
a slight but appreciable amount
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sample sentences

"this dish could use a touch of garlic"
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small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
hyponym
snuff
more info jot, v.
(jots, jotted, jotting)
write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

jot more info
jot down more info

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jotter jot jotting
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write
more info jot down, v.
freq. cnt. 1
write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of
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jot down more info

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jotter jot jotting
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write
more info jotter, n.
(jotters)
a small notebook for rough notes
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jot
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hypernym
notebook
more info jotting, n.
(jottings)
a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note
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jot
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jot
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note
more info joule, n.
(joules)
a unit of electrical energy equal to the work done when a current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second
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work unit, heat unit, energy unit
part meronym
erg
more info jounce, n.
(jounces)
a sudden jarring impact
<noun.event>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

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sample sentences

"the door closed with a jolt"
"all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers"
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jolt
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jar
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blow, bump
more info jounce, v.
(jounced, jounces, jouncing)
move up and down repeatedly
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The balls %s
These balls %s easily

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The balls %s
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bounce
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hypernym
go, move, travel, locomote
more info journal, n.
(journals)
freq. cnt. 3
a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations
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diarist
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writing, written material, piece of writing
hyponym
web log, blog
a periodical dedicated to a particular subject
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sample sentences

"he reads the medical journals"
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periodical
hyponym
annals
the part of the axle contained by a bearing
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axle
a record book as a physical object
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book, volume
hyponym
ledger, daybook diary
a ledger in which transactions have been recorded as they occurred
<noun.possession>

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more info journal bearing, n.
the bearing of a journal
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bearing
hyponym
hotbox
more info journal box, n.
metal housing for a journal bearing
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housing
more info journalese, n.
freq. cnt. 2
the style in which newspapers are written
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style, expressive style
hyponym
sensationalism, luridness
more info journalism, n.
(journalisms)
freq. cnt. 4
newspapers and magazines collectively
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journalism more info
news media more info
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journalistic journalist
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print media
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Fleet Street photojournalism yellow journalism, tabloid, tab
substance meronym
copy
the profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the media
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journalistic journalist
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profession
hyponym
newspapering
more info journalist, n.
(journalists)
freq. cnt. 4
a writer for newspapers and magazines
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journalism journalism
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broadcast journalist columnist, editorialist correspondent, newspaperman, newspaperwoman, newswriter, pressman gazetteer photojournalist scribe, scribbler, penman sob sister sports writer, sportswriter
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author, writer
instance hyponym
Cooke, Alistair Cooke, Alfred Alistair Cooke Gilmer, Elizabeth Merriwether Gilmer, Dorothy Dix Greeley, Horace Greeley Guest, Edgar Guest, Edgar Albert Guest Lippmann, Walter Lippmann Mencken, H. L. Mencken, Henry Louis Mencken Reed, John Reed Seaman, Elizabeth Seaman, Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, Nellie Bly Shirer, William Lawrence Shirer Stanley, Henry M. Stanley, Sir Henry Morton Stanley, John Rowlands Steffens, Lincoln Steffens, Joseph Lincoln Steffens Stone, I. F. Stone, Isidor Feinstein Stone White, T. H. White, Theodore Harold White Woollcott, Alexander Woollcott
someone who keeps a diary or journal
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diary diary
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writer
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Pepys, Samuel Pepys
more info journalist's privilege, n.
the right of a journalist to refuse to divulge sources of confidential information
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privilege
more info journalistic, adj.
of or relating to or having the characteristics of journalism
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sample sentences

"journalistic writing"
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journalism journalism
derived from/pertains to
journalism
more info journalistically, adv.
by journalists
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sample sentences

"he is being journalistically crucified in his own country"
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derived from/pertains to
journalistic
more info journey, n.
(journeys)
freq. cnt. 17
the act of traveling from one place to another
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journey journey
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journey
more info journey, v.
(journeyed, journeying, journeys)
freq. cnt. 1
undertake a journey or trip
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They %s

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travelling traveling travel traveller traveler
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journeying journey journeyer
travel upon or across
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sample sentences

"travel the oceans"

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travel traveller
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journey journeyer
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go, move, travel, locomote
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travel, journey
hyponym
sail ship ride fly cruise
more info journey cake, n.
cornbread usually cooked pancake-style on a griddle (chiefly New England)
<noun.food>

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cornbread
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hoecake Shawnee cake
domain of synset (region)
New England
more info journeyer, n.
(journeyers)
a traveler going on a trip
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journey journey
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traveler, traveller
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pilgrim