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Jer abbreviation Jeremiah; Jeremias

jer·e·mi·ad noun : a prolonged lamentation or complaint; also : a cautionary or angry harangue

Jer·e·mi·ah noun : a book of Jewish and Christian Scripture

Jer·e·mi·as noun : JEREMIAH

1jerk noun 1 : a short quick pull or twist : TWITCH

2 : an annoyingly stupid or foolish person

— jerk·i·ly adverb

Synonyms

[1] draw, haul, pluck, pull, tug, twitch, wrench—more at PULL

[2] beast, boor, churl, clown, creep, cretin, cur, heel, joker, louse, lout, skunk, slob, snake; also brute, Neanderthal, savage; rascal, rogue, scamp, villain; fool, jackass, nitwit, nincompoop; blockhead, dolt, goon, idiot

2jerk verb 1 : to give a sharp quick push, pull, or twist

2 : to move in short abrupt motions

Synonyms

[1] buck, hitch, jolt, twitch; also jounce, lurch, stagger; shake, jiggle; lug, pull, tug; pluck, tweak; grab, snap, snatch, wrench, wrest, wring

[2] fiddle, fidget, squirm, toss, twitch, wiggle—more at FIDGET

jer·kin noun : a close-fitting usu. sleeveless jacket

jerk·wa·ter adjective [ORIGIN: fr. jerkwater rural train]

: of minor importance : INSIGNIFICANT <~ towns>

jerky adjective 1 : moving along with or marked by fits and starts

2 : lacking in sense, judgment, or discretion

jer·ry–built adjective : built cheaply and flimsily

jer·ry–rigged adjective : organized or constructed in a crude or improvised manner

jer·sey noun, plural jerseys [ORIGIN: Jersey, one of the Channel islands]

1 : a plain weft-knitted fabric

2 : a close-fitting knitted shirt

3 often cap : any of a breed of small usu. fawn-colored dairy cattle

Jersey barrier noun : a concrete slab that is used with others to block or reroute traffic or to divide a highway

Je·ru·sa·lem artichoke noun : a No. American sunflower widely grown for its edible tubers that are used as a vegetable; also : its tubers

jess noun : a leg strap by which a captive bird of prey may be controlled

jessamine variant of JASMINE

1jest noun 1 : an act intended to provoke laughter

2 : a witty remark

3 : a frivolous mood

Synonyms

[1, 2] crack, gag, joke, laugh, pleasantry, quip, sally, waggery, wisecrack, witticism—more at JOKE

[3] fun, game, play, sport—more at FUN

2jest verb : to speak or act without seriousness or in a frivolous manner; also : to make a witty remark

Synonyms

banter, fool, fun, jive, joke, josh, kid, quip, wisecrack—more at JOKE

jest·er noun : a retainer formerly kept to provide casual entertainment; broadly : one given to jests

Synonyms

card, comedian, comic, humorist, joker, wag, wit—more at HUMORIST

1jet noun : a velvet-black coal that takes a good polish and is often used for jewelry

2jet verb jet·ted; jet·ting : to spout or emit in a stream

Synonyms

gush, pour, rush, spew, spout, spurt, squirt—more at GUSH

3jet noun 1 : a forceful rush (as of liquid or gas) through a narrow opening; also : a nozzle for a jet of fluid

2 : a jet-propelled airplane

4jet verb jet·ted; jet·ting : to travel by jet

jet lag noun : a condition that is marked esp. by fatigue and irritability and occurs following a long flight through several time zones

— jet–lagged adjective

jet·lin·er noun : a jet-propelled airliner

jet·port noun : an airport designed to handle jets

jet–pro·pelled adjective : driven by an engine (jet engine) that produces propulsion (jet propulsion) by the rearward discharge of a jet of fluid (as heated air and exhaust gases)

jet·sam noun : jettisoned goods; especially : such goods washed ashore

jet set noun : an international group of wealthy people who frequent fashionable resorts

jet stream noun : a long narrow high-altitude current of high-speed winds blowing generally from the west

1jettison verb 1 : to throw (goods) overboard to lighten a ship or aircraft in distress

2 : to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : DISCARD

Synonyms

cast, discard, ditch, dump, fling, junk, lose, reject, scrap, shed, shuck, slough, throw away, throw out,