(dated, Australia) A pot (incorporating a cup) used to make tea
jackstay
jackstay
noun
(nautical) A cable between two ships or from a ship to a fixed point which can be used to support a load during transfer of personnel or materiel along the cable.
(nautical) A line (rope, webbing or cable), attached to a boat at the ends, to which a safety harness can be clipped to restrain falling in rough conditions and to prevent falling overboard.
(nautical) A stay (rope, bar or batten), running along a ship's yard, to which is attached the head of a square sail.
(underwater diving) A line fixed at both ends, which may be used to guide a load or a diver along the route of the line. Uses include guidance to and from the underwater work site, and as a means of controlling an underwater search.
jackstays
jackstays
noun
plural of jackstay
jacky
jacky
noun
(UK, dialect, archaic) English gin.
(slang, derogatory) A sailor.
jackyard
jackyard
noun
(nautical) A spar at the top of a mast that supports a topsail
jackyarder
jakey
jakey
noun
(chiefly Scotland) A homeless drunk.
jankey
jawbreakingly
jawbreakingly
adv
In a way that is very difficult to say or pronounce.
jawlensky
jayhawk
jayhawk
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To steal.
jayhawker
jayhawker
noun
(historical) An abolitionist raider in the Kansas–Missouri border skirmishes during the American Civil War.
Any robber or bandit.
jaywalk
jaywalk
verb
(chiefly Canada, US, law) To behave as a jaywalker; to violate pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing or to walk in the part of the street intended for vehicles rather than on the sidewalk.
jaywalked
jaywalked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of jaywalk
jaywalker
jaywalker
noun
A person who violates pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing or who walks on the part of the street intended for vehicles instead of the part designated for pedestrians.
jaywalkers
jaywalkers
noun
plural of jaywalker
jaywalking
jaywalking
noun
gerund of jaywalk.
verb
present participle of jaywalk
jaywalks
jaywalks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of jaywalk
johnnycake
johnnycake
noun
(US) A dense, baked or fried flatbread made of cornmeal.
johnnycakes
johnnycakes
noun
plural of johnnycake
joukerypawkery
journeycake
journeycake
noun
Alternative form of johnnycake
junkyard
junkyard
noun
A business that sells used metal or items.
A place where rubbish is placed.
junkyards
junkyards
noun
plural of junkyard
reykjavik
skipjackly
skyjack
skyjack
noun
Synonym of scissor lift
verb
To steal or commandeer (hijack) an airplane, usually by threat of violence to the passengers and/or crew members.
skyjacked
skyjacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of skyjack
skyjacker
skyjacker
noun
A person who commits skyjacking, who skyjacks.
skyjackers
skyjackers
noun
plural of skyjacker
skyjacking
skyjacking
noun
The kidnapping of the passengers of an airplane by threat of force. The hijacking of an airplane, especially in flight.
verb
present participle of skyjack
skyjackings
skyjackings
noun
plural of skyjacking
skyjacks
skyjacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of skyjack