/d͡ʒəʊnz/, /d͡ʒoʊnz/
- countable, uncountableAn English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name John.
“It appears that Drs. Jones and Freeman account for the arch over the hagioscope at St. David's by saying, though without citing authorities, that there was a door there originally.”
“If you had done anything drastic you would have told me so in your letter. You would have said, ‘Dear Peter, I have a case to submit to you; but before doing so I think it only right to inform you tha”
“The bodies of 19-year-old best friends Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones were returned to Australia on Tuesday night.”
- countable, uncountableA locality in Kenora District, north-west Ontario, Canada.
- countable, uncountableA municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines.
- countable, uncountableAn unincorporated community in Autauga County, Alabama.
- countable, uncountableAn unincorporated community in Coles County, Illinois.
- countable, uncountableAn unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky.
- countable, uncountableAn unincorporated community in Cass County, Michigan.
- countable, uncountableA town in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.
- countable, uncountableAn unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia.
- countable, uncountableTwo townships, in Elk County, Pennsylvania and Beltrami County, Minnesota, listed under Jones Township.
- abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountableEllipsis of Jones County.
- form-of, pluralplural of Jone
- US, archaic, slangHeroin.
“You mean you got a little Jones, huh? Was it good?”
“Defendant responded by saying he had some "Jones", a term used to describe heroin.”
“You seem like a smart kid, and dont get me wrong here, we dont want to see you all fucked up, cracked out butt naked on 4th street in the bad side of town, lookin to fuck the 1st millionaire willing t”
- US, slangAn addiction or intense craving.
“I’ve got a basketball jones!”
“... I've got a jones," and she dropped her head.”
“"On the Deuce," he said, "everybody got a jones. They got a crack jones or a smack jones, ..."”
- US, slangHave an intense craving.
“I’m jonesing for some basketball.”
“A lot of people they be jonesing just to hear me rock the mic / They'll be staring at the radio, staying up all night”
“... when it's their turn to talk, they speak in coonass blue-collar accents about jonesing for crack and getting UA-ed by probation officers.”
- US, slangTo binge on cocaine and/or alcohol.
- form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-personthird-person singular simple present indicative of jone
FormsJoneses(plural) · Jonesses(plural) · joneses(plural) · joneses(present, singular, third-person) · jonesing(participle, present) · jonesed(participle, past) · jonesed(past)