Definitions for jones
dʒoʊnz; ˈɪn ɪˌgoʊjones

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Jones, Mother Jones, Mary Harris Jonesnoun

   United States labor leader (born in Ireland) who helped to found the Industrial Workers of the World (1830-1930)

2. Jones, Casey Jones, John Luther Jonesnoun

   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)

3. Jones, Bobby Jones, Robert Tyre Jonesnoun

   United States golfer (1902-1971)

4. Jones, John Paul Jonesnoun

   American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792)

5. Jones, Inigo Jonesnoun

   one of the first great English architects and a theater designer (1573-1652)

6. Jones, Daniel Jonesnoun

   English phonetician (1881-1967)

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Jonesnoun

   derived from the given name John.

2. jonesnoun

   Heroin.

3. jonesnoun

   An addiction or intense craving.

   I've got a basketball jones!

4. jonesverb

   Have an intense craving.

   I'm jonesing for some basketball.

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1. jones

   "Jones" typically refers to a common surname of English or Welsh origin. It is derived from the given name "John" and means "John's son." However, in some contexts, it can also be used as a slang term indicating a strong desire, craving, or addiction. The particular meaning would depend on the context in which it is being used.

Rap DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. jonesnoun

   A craving for something. It is said to come from Jones Alley in Manhattan where junkies used to live. E.g.: "Baseball Jones": needing baseball, "love Jones": a dire craving for someone, "Jonesing for some MJ": wanting some marijuana. I got a love Jones for your body and skin tone" -- Method Man & Mary J. Blige (You're all I need).

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1. jones

   Song lyrics by jones -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by jones on the Lyrics.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. JONES

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Jones is ranked #5 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Jones surname appeared 1,425,470 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 483 would have the surname Jones.
   
   55.1% or 786,717 total occurrences were White.
   38.4% or 548,521 total occurrences were Black.
   2.6% or 37,205 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.2% or 32,643 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1% or 14,255 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.4% or 6,272 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Architect
   • Engineer
   • Golfer
   • Labor Leader
   • Naval Commander
   • Phonetician

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'jones' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2174

How to pronounce jones?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say jones in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of jones in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of jones in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of jones in a Sentence

1. Alice Walker:

   I knew they weren't gonna do much with it when Quincy Jones (who was one of the film's producers) said, 'You know that kiss? (Director Steven Spielberg) is gonna make it very tasteful,' so I thought, 'umm OK.'.

2. Jerry Jones:

   Jerry Jones was a pleasant and calming influence in Dallas Cowboys strength room and throughout The Star. Jerry Jones passion for Jerry Jones work and Jerry Jones enthusiasm for life earned Jerry Jones great respect and admiration from all of our players and the entire organization.

3. Mikko Rantanen:

   In the corner of my eye, jones had pretty good position on me and trying to stuff it through his pads wasnt going to work for me. (Wilson) was in a good spot and it was a good goal.

4. Sam Smith:

   I am so excited to be a part of this iconic British legacy and join an incredible line up of some of my biggest musical inspirations. . I hope Tom Jones all enjoy the song as much as I enjoyed making it, spectre.

5. Marcus Arbery:

   Thank God for this good morning, that Wanda Cooper-Jones and Marcus Arbery Sr. have prayed for. It is because of their conviction to get full justice, not partial justice...( that) we get to celebrate this moment.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=jones
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Jones
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html