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Jolts
- noun - a sudden jarring impact; "the door closed with a jolt"; "all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers"
- an abrupt spasmodic movement
- disturb (someone's) composure; "The audience was jolted by the play"
- move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
Jones
- noun - American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792)
- English phonetician (1881-1967)
- one of the first great English architects and a theater designer (1573-1652)
- United States golfer (1902-1971)
- United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)
- United States railroad engineer who died trying to stop his train from crashing into another train; a friend wrote a famous ballad describing the incident (1864-1900)
Jooks
- noun - a Chinese rice gruel eaten for breakfast
- a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox
Jougs
- - An iron collar fastened to a wall or post, formerly used in Scotland as a kind of pillory. [Written also juggs.] See Juke.
Jowls
- noun - a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging)
- the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth
Judas
- noun - (New Testament) supposed brother of St. James; one of the Apostles who is invoked in prayer when a situation seems hopeless
- (New Testament) the Apostle who betrayed Jesus to his enemies for 30 pieces of silver
- a one-way peephole in a door
- someone who betrays under the guise of friendship
Judos
- noun - a sport adapted from jujitsu (using principles of not resisting) and similar to wrestling; developed in Japan
Jujus
- noun - a charm superstitiously believed to embody magical powers
- the power associated with a juju
Jukes
- noun - (football) a deceptive move made by a football player
- a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox