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Definitions for jones
dʒoʊnz; ˈɪn ɪˌgoʊjones
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Princeton's WordNet
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)
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)
Jones, Bobby Jones, Robert Tyre Jonesnoun
United States golfer (1902-1971)
Jones, John Paul Jonesnoun
American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792)
Jones, Inigo Jonesnoun
one of the first great English architects and a theater designer (1573-1652)
Jones, Daniel Jonesnoun
English phonetician (1881-1967)
Wiktionary
Jonesnoun
derived from the given name John.
jonesnoun
Heroin.
jonesnoun
An addiction or intense craving.
I've got a basketball jones!
jonesverb
Have an intense craving.
I'm jonesing for some basketball.
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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 Dictionary
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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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
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.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'jones' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2174
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of jones in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of jones in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of jones in a Sentence
Wanda Cooper-Jones and Marcus Arbery( Arbery's mother and father) were advocates for Ahmaud, and they really pushed this one when it first happened, and I think the message is that you have to let the criminal justice system work and, in this case, yes, it did work, and to trust, which they did, they trusted us, and they trusted this team to bring justice for them and their family, but to trust the system of the constitution and due process just to let it work.
Additionally, the Beto For Texas campaign's voter ID information and voter contact data was shared with and available to Democrats up and down the ticket including Ms. Gina Ortiz Jones, that included the voter IDs collected and created as Beto's campaign knocked 4.1 million doors, made 20.8 million phone calls, and sent 37 million text messages to Texas voters. This was in addition to the more than 750 volunteer offices we opened that benefited candidates up and down the ballot.
If two people object, we are back on the basic rule … which says we have to wait four weeks. But, if we don’t get that many objections, then we can suspend the rules … and we can vote tonight, and my guess is, if we do that, the council will vote to send Rep. Justin Jones right back to the Tennessee State House.
Looking back to the late 1990s, for example, the nation certainly would have been better off if President Clinton could have focused on Osama bin Laden without being distracted by the Paula Jones sexual harassment case and its criminal investigation offshoots.
Especially at a time of growing discord, to insinuate outright racial animosity by Republican members of Congress during legitimate debate about the merits and constitutionality of admitting the District of Columbia as a state is unbecoming of a representative and violates the rules of the House, mr. Jones thankfully realized his words were inappropriateand accepted the removal of the words from the record.
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