Definitions for Jones
dʒoʊnz; ˈɪn ɪˌgoʊJones

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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. Ali Nouri:

   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.

2. Mark Ball:

   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.

3. Jonathan Lipson:

   These disputes are quite rare in this context, it's a high-stakes move by Jones Day.

4. Donald Trump:

   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.

5. William Jones:

   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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