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Jabber, v. n. Prate, chatter, prattle, gabble, talk rapidly, talk idly.
Jabber, v. a. Speak rapidly.
Jabber, n. Prate, prattle, gab, chatter, idle talk.
Jabberer, n. Prattler, chatterer, babbler, chatter-box.
Jack-a-dandy, n. Beau, fop, coxcomb, dandy, dandiprat, exquisite, popinjay, macaroni, jackanapes, man of dress, man milliner, vain fellow.
Jack-a-lantern, n. Jack-with-a-lantern, Will-o’-the-wisp, Will-with-the-wisp, ignis fatuus.
Jackanapes, n. [Written also Jackanape.]
- 1. Monkey. See Ape.
- 2. Beau, fop, dandy. See Jack-a-Dandy.
Jackass, n.
- 1. Male ass.
- 2. Blockhead, simpleton. See Dunce.
Jack-at-all-trades, Jack-of-all-trades, n. Factotum, doer of all work.
Jackdaw, n. Daw (Corvus monedula).
Jacket, n. Jerkin, short coat.
Jack-ketch, n. Hangman, (public) executioner.
Jack-pudding, n. Buffoon, harlequin, jester, droll, zany, clown, punch, scaramouch, merry-andrew.
Jack-snipe, n. Judcock (Scolopax gallinula).
Jacobin, n.
- 1. Dominican, predicant, blackfriar, preaching friar, frère prêcheur.
- 2. Member of the Jacobin Club (radical body in the French Revolution of 1789).
- 3. Anarchist, red republican, turbulent demagogue.
Jacobinic, Jacobinical, a. Turbulent, revolutionary.