jay

UK /ˈd͡ʒeɪ/ US /ˈd͡ʒeɪ/
noun 8name 8

Definitions

noun

1

Any of the numerous species of birds belonging to several genera within the family Corvidae, including Garrulus, Cyanocitta, Aphelocoma, Perisoreus, Cyanocorax, Gymnorhinus, Cyanolyca, Ptilostomus, and Calocitta, allied to the crows, but sm

2

Any of various other birds of similar appearance and behaviour.

3

Any of various other birds of similar appearance and behaviour.

They are the commonality of birddom, who furnish forth the mobs which bewilder the drunken-flighted jay when he jerks, shrieking in a series of blue hyphen-flashes through the air […]

4

Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium.

5

A dull or ignorant person. It survives today in the term jaywalking.

Burlington Bertie's the latest young jay He rents a swell flat somewhere Kensington way He spends the good oof that his pater has made Along with the Brandy and Soda Brigade.

noun

1

The name of the Latin script letter J/j.

2

A marijuana cigarette; a joint.

Although sympathetic, my main reaction was to think: “Some people can handle it, and some people can’t,” and then smugly light up a big fat jay.

name

1

An English surname transferred from the nickname from Old French jai (“jay (bird)”), a nickname for a chatty or showy person.

2

A male given name transferred from the surname

3

A placename

4

A placename

5

A placename

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