What does Jones mean?
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.
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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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
We're not letting the science drive the conversation, we're letting the Dow Jones Industrial Average drive the conversation and that has been a problem and that's why we're playing catch up.
I was assaulted in another type of way by the police officers who were standing there looking at me like I did something wrong. Kennan Jones spent a night in the hospital for injuries related to the attack. Those responsible have not been caught – but authorities say they are actively looking for the culprits. It's awful. We want to catch the ones who did this.
These disputes are quite rare in this context, it's a high-stakes move by Jones Day.
Well if you look at the different situations, of course you could name many of them, I could get you a list and I'll have it sent to your office in two seconds. But there certainly were a lot of abuse of women, you look at whether it's Monica Lewinsky or Paula Jones, or any of them, and that certainly will be fair game.
My wife, Amy, the Jones children, and I are looking forward to becoming part of the campus and local community, georgetown is a terrific place to raise a family!
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