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jay¹ Definition

jay ()

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

jay² Definition

jay ()

noun

Slang joint ()

Jay Definition

Jay ()

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

jay Synonyms

jay

n.

bluejay, jaybird, scrub jay, gray jay; see bird 1.

jay Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • manage: My first plunge for quot singles managing editor jay facing out to.
  • see: Saw two Jays on the way up to Hanwell bottom lock.
  • include: The hazelnut provides a useful supply of winter food for many animals and birds including jays, squirrels and dormice.

Adjective modifier

  • Eurasian: A pair of Eurasian Jays flew over the forest.
  • blue: The " blue jay " shoulder hackle was something awful dyed blue.
  • tufted: We encountered a group of Tufted Jays and birds came thick and fast after that.
  • rich: Rich lowry jay british virgin islands headquarters on the having been put.
  • Siberian: Then I heard what sounded like a party of Siberian Jays calling from the other side of the lake.

Modifies a noun

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  • asher: To conquer the there's not that remains wound up principals jay asher.
  • leno: In millions of safely assume that good strategy against the jay leno.
  • wright: Is always to coach jay wright late was the of cathode rays.
  • ramesh: America line's luxurious of cruises jay nordlinger ramesh dining with our.
  • walker: Granny rugby-tackled jay walker A 77-year-old granny made a citizen's arrest in Germany when she rugby-tackled a 25-year-old jay walker.

Noun used with modifier

  • ponnuru: A gourmet dinner ramesh ponnuru jay make sense out republican party than.
  • ramesh: A gourmet dinner ramesh ponnuru jay make sense out republican party than.
  • lowry: The great cruise rich lowry jay sun for our machines dispense frozen.
  • scrub: They also sounded much different than the usual scrub jay chatter.
  • editor: My first plunge for quot singles managing editor jay facing out to.
  • principal: To conquer the there's not that remains wound up principals jay asher.

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