This page gathers the 6,610 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “US” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry. Page 32 of 66: from “ish” to “Johnny-jump-up”.
- ish intj ick, yuck
- Islamic noun An Islamist.
- Islamofascist noun A Muslim fundamentalist.
- isohyetose noun An isohyet.
- Israel-firster noun A person who places the interests and welfare of the State of Israel above those of the nation in which they reside, particularly the…
- issue noun A psychological or emotional difficulty, (now informal, figurative and usually euphemistic) any problem or concern considered as a vague…
- it figures phrase Used to indicate that a preceding event or statement by another is an unsurprising accompaniment of known facts and circumstances.
- it takes a heap of living to make a house a home proverb A house is simply a physical structure and does not count as a home until significant events in the inhabitants' lives have occurred there…
- it's been real phrase An informal farewell indicating the speaker's enjoyment of the time spent together. Often used ironically.
- Italian sandwich noun A type of submarine sandwich consisting of Italian bread or French bread sliced lengthwise, filled with salami or ham with cheese and onion.
- ITBS noun The test set or test scores from the Iowa Test of Basic Skills.
- itemizer noun One who makes itemized deductions on a tax return.
- itinerant worker noun One who maintains no permanent residence, one who is homeless
- J-1 noun A short-term visa granted to scholars, professors, and visitors who participate in cultural exchange programs.
- J-cat noun A mentally unstable inmate.
- jab noun A mild verbal insult.
- jack noun A man, a fellow; a typical man; men in general.
- jack off verb To masturbate.
- jack rafter noun Any secondary roof timber, such as the common rafters resting on purlins in a trussed roof; also, one of the pieces simulating extended…
- jackass noun A foolish or stupid person.
- jackleg adj Amateur, untrained; incompetent.
- jackleg fence noun A fence constructed with wooden posts attached to form Xs and a top rail resting where they cross, or rails nailed on either side.
- jacklight noun A spotlight or lamp mounted on a car, boat or pole, etc. to aid in hunting.
- jackoff noun A jerkoff (mean, nasty, or obnoxious person), a jerk, an asshole.
- jackpot noun A difficult situation.
- jackrabbit verb To make a sudden, rapid movement
- Jackson noun A U.S. 20-dollar banknote USD (from the portrait of President Andrew Jackson on the bill).
- Jacksonian noun An adherent of Andrew Jackson's politics and policies, or one who admires Jackson as a historical figure.
- jake noun A juvenile male turkey.
- jake leg noun Paralysis of the feet and ankles caused by the consumption of TOCP (tri-ortho-cresyl phosphate) or methyl alcohol, found in adulterated…
- jam up adj Splendid; wonderful; upstanding.
- Jamaica ginger noun A patent medicine formerly abused as a source of alcohol, notorious for causing nerve damage.
- jammy noun A penis.
- janitor noun Someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building.
- January term noun A period in January where students and faculty can take part in learning and other activities outside of the formal academic terms.
- jap noun A Japanese person.
- jasm noun Zest for accomplishment; drive.
- jasper noun A person, a guy, especially seen as naïve or simple.
- java noun Coffee in general.
- jawn noun Something; a thing; any object, place, or person.
- jawsmith noun An orator, especially a demagogue.
- jaybird noun One who talks incessantly.
- Jaycee noun A member of the United States Junior Chamber.
- jayrun verb To rapidly jaywalk (“violate pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing; to walk in the part of…
- jaywalk verb To behave as a jaywalker; to violate pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing or to walk in the…
- 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…
- jazz verb To have sex for money, to prostitute oneself.
- jeet intj Did you eat?
- jeezly adj A general intensifier.
- jefe noun An officer with political influence; a head or chief in government, such as a sheriff, particularly where that person is Hispanic or of…
- Jefferson-Jackson dinner noun An annual dinner arranged for fundraising purposes by Democratic Party organizations in the United States, usually in February or March.
- jello noun A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavoring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set.
- jello salad noun A salad made with flavored gelatin (often of the Jello brand), fruit or vegetables, and other ingredients such as cottage cheese, cream…
- jello shooter noun An alcoholic snack served at parties, nightclubs or bars, made from Jell-O but substituting vodka or rum for all or part of the water.…
- jelly noun A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin.
- jelly glass noun An item of glassware, usually having a conical bowl and square stem, once used for serving dessert and in modern times as a drinking-glass.
- jelly roll noun A cylindrical cake containing jelly (jam).
- jenny wren noun Synonym of herb Robert.
- Jepson claim noun A patent claim where one or more limitations are specifically identified as a point of novelty, distinguishable over at least the contents…
- jerk noun A person with unlikable or obnoxious qualities and behavior, typically mean, immoral, self-centered, or disagreeable.
- jerk off verb To masturbate by manually stimulating one's own penis.
- jerk water verb To fill a steam locomotive water tank manually from natural water supplies (a hypothetical process whose use has been discredited).
- jerkoff noun Someone who behaves obnoxiously, rudely, inappropriately, or is ignorant of certain social norms, usually a male.
- jerkwater noun A train on a branch line.
- jerky adj Having the behavior of a jerk (unpleasant person).
- jerry noun A German, particularly a male German.
- jersey noun A shirt worn by a member of an athletic team, usually oversized, typically depicting the athlete's name and team number as well as the…
- jewelry noun US standard spelling of jewellery.
- Jewish champagne noun Seltzer.
- Jewish flag noun A dollar bill.
- Jewniversity noun A university with disproportionally many Jewish students or staff members.
- jibe verb To accord or agree.
- jig noun A black person.
- jigger noun A double-ended vessel, generally of stainless steel or other metal, one end of which typically measures 1½ fluid ounces (approx. 44 ml)…
- Jim Crow law noun Any law that racially segregated public facilities and which was enacted in Southern and border states in the United States between 1876…
- jim-dandy adj Excellent, outstanding.
- jimmy noun Sprinkles used as a topping for ice cream, cookies, or cupcakes.
- jimsonweed noun A poisonous plant of the species Datura stramonium, part of the nightshade (Solanaceae) family, occasionally ingested as a hallucinogen.
- jit noun An inexperienced, foolhardy young man.
- jitney noun Synonym of nickel, a 5-cent coin or amount.
- jive verb To deceive; to be deceptive.
- jive turkey noun A fool, a chump, a target for jiving.
- jive-ass adj Of or related to jiving, characterized by dishonest foolishness or low-class hustling.
- jo-jeezly adj Stubborn, ornery, cantankerous.
- joanie noun A young woman who dresses in an out-of-date and unfashionable manner.
- job action noun A workplace protest by employees designed to inconvenience or disrupt the business of the employer, especially one which is limited in…
- jobber noun A type of intermediary in the apparel industry, as well as others, who buys excess merchandise from brand owners and manufacturers, and…
- jock noun A young male athlete, typically tall and aged 16–23.
- jockette noun The female equivalent of a jock.
- jockey box noun A glove compartment.
- jody noun The man who seduces a soldier or inmate's wife or girlfriend during his absence.
- Jody call noun A cadence or cadence call, a traditional call-and-response work song sung by military personnel while running or marching.
- joe noun Coffee.
- joe job noun An act of e-mail spamming where the sender's identity and address are those of an innocent third party, intended either to tarnish that…
- john noun A prostitute's client.
- John Hancock noun A person's signature.
- john school noun A police-run program in which men arrested for soliciting prostitutes agree to attend lectures from former prostitutes as an alternative to…
- johnless adj Without a device or place for urination and defecation.
- johnny noun Synonym of john: a toilet, lavatory, outhouse, or chamber pot.
- Johnny-jump-up noun Any of several violets or pansies.