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In some senses, jone is marked as slang, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
jone
/d͡ʒoʊn/
name 2verb 1
Collocations
3ADJ.
hard
VERB + JONE
know, seen
PREP.
across
Definitions
verb
1
To good-naturedly make fun of (someone); to roast.
To survive in the hood, you need to know how to jone.
note: Judy's clique "joans" him about his father's staying at home, not working, and giving his mother so many children; and about Lillie's and his other sisters' being "whores."
name
1
Obsolete form of Joan.
2
A surname.
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To survive in the hood, you need to know how to jone.
Wiktionary02
note: Judy's clique "joans" him about his father's staying at home, not working, and giving his mother so many children; and about Lillie's and his other sisters' being "whores."
Wiktionary03
Guys built respectable reps in the community if they could jone hard. They made fun of each other's tacky clothes, berated each other's ugly mamas, talked about each other's shabby houses—highlighted
Wiktionary04
We had seen Jone swimming across the river.
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