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  • Definitions starting with J
    jam (1)
    Answer: [US Black, to make exciting music, to have a good time socially (Major); OEDS 11, to play in a jam (session), to ...
  • Definitions starting with J
    jam (2)
    Answer: [cf. Krio dzham to be stalemated, from nauti­cal jam (Hancock 1969:25); cf. OED, to wedge so as to prevent movement; cf. also ...
  • Definitions starting with J
    jam up
    Answer: [cf. Cam. jæm-am to collide (of vehicles) CCD; cf. JAM2] v. 1. (of vehicles) to collide. (Eleu.) 2. (of people) to ...
  • Definitions starting with D
    dread
    Answer: /dred/ adj. [cf. Jam. Rastafarian talk "dread: true Rasta man; one who believes in Rasta religion; bad" (Pollard 1980:18); the ...
  • Definitions starting with B
    back-back
    Answer: [Car.; from back (up) v. + back adv.; both separable and inseparable: cf. Gul. backin' de gig back (Parsons 1923:78), ...
  • Definitions starting with B
    ball-head
    Answer: /bóhl ed/ [Atlantic; from bald (with simplification of final consonant cluster, possibly with converging influence from ball sphere) + head] ...
  • Definitions starting with B
    bamsookie
    Answer: /bamsúki/ [etym?; cf. Jam. bam sukey sound suggesting a sudden action DJE] n. a word or action which effectively ends ...
  • Definitions starting with B
    banja(h), banjer
    Answer: /bánja/ [in US /bánjow/ but cf. South, Black /bánja/ (Stanley 1941:10); from "kiMbundu mbanza stringed musical instrument (whence also Jam, ...
  • Definitions starting with B
    basket hoop
    Answer: [cf. Jam, basket hook a vine DJE and Bah. HOOK hoop] n. a plant, Croton lucidus: 1889 (Gardner 405). ...
  • Definitions starting with B
    bassly
    Answer: /básli/ (Andros); barsly /bahsli/ (Mayag., Inagua); brassly /brásli (Andros), brázli (Mayag.)/ [cf. Jam. báazli (Ocimum micranthum); from basil influenced by ...