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jay (jā)

noun

  1. any of several corvids, usually strikingly colored birds, as the Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) or the blue jay
  2. Informal a foolish or talkative person

Etymology: ME < OFr gai < LL gaius, a jay, prob. echoic, but sp. infl. by the L proper name Gaius

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jay (jā)

noun

Slang joint ()
Jay definition

Jay (jā)

Jay, John 1745-1829; Am. statesman & jurist: 1st chief justice of the U.S. (1789-95)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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