Definitions for Jones
dʒoʊnz; ˈɪn ɪˌgoʊJones

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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)

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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.

Rap Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

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. Deputy District Attorney Frank Dunnick:

   We were able to reach a disposition that I believe accurately reflects Laquisha Jones conduct, it provides a significant punishment. And it sends a message to Laquisha Jones and the community that this sort of violence is not going to be tolerated.

2. Doug Jones:

   Doug Jones will make a great U.S. senator so please make sure you get out and vote on Tuesday –and I’m hoping you’ll vote for my friend, Doug Jones.

3. Global Times:

   If Trump continues to escalate trade tensions with China, we cannot rule out the possibility that China will strike back by adopting a hard-line approach targeting Dow Jones index giants.

4. Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Crabb:

   Jones repeatedly and unequivocally told his attorneys that his parents were mistaken and that he was not at home the night of the murder.

5. Nikole Hannah-Jones:

   I don't want to force Nikole Hannah-Jones into an institution that doesn't seem to appreciate what I bring.

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