Definitions for jays

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Spelling: [jey]

IPA: /dʒeɪ/

Jays is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 16 anagrams from letters in jays (ajsy).

Definitions for jays

noun

1. any of several noisy, vivacious birds of the crow family, subfamily Garrulinae, as the crested Garrulus glandarius, of the Old World, having brownish plumage with blue, black, and white barring on the wings. Compare blue jay, gray jay.
2. Informal. a simpleminded or gullible person.
3. a marijuana cigarette.
4. John, 1745–1829, U.S. statesman and jurist: first chief justice of the U.S. 1789–95.
5. a male given name.

Origin of jays

1275-35; Middle English jai Middle French Late Latin gāius, gāia, perhaps after Latin Gāius man's name

Examples for jays

"You have not told me," said jay Gardiner, gallantly, as he bent forward.

That explanation is believable…but increasingly less so when you hear jay talk about the nature of his relationship with Adnan.

She did not wonder now that jay Gardiner had given his heart to her.

More common in my region than the jay or the cardinal is the red-eyed vireo.

Adnan is far more likeable than jay because we hear directly from him.

jay is hard to empathize with and his silence suggests that, yeah, something is up.

Some of the things that jay lied about to the cops actually make a ton of sense.

We admire the brilliant plumage of the jay, cardinal and goldfinch.

jay Gardiner was surprised for an instant; but it was only for an instant.

In all fairness to jay, he told The Intercept that he never expected to be a major figure in Serial.