jot /dʒɒ t/ (jots , jotting , jotted )
1 VERB If you jot something short such as an address somewhere, you write it down so that you will remember it. □ [V n prep/adv] Could you just jot his name on there. ● PHRASAL VERB Jot down means the same as jot . □ [V P n] Keep a pad handy to jot down queries as they occur. □ [V n P ] Listen carefully to the instructions and jot them down.
2 QUANT If you say that there is not a jot or not one jot of something, you are emphasizing that there is not even a very small amount of it. [OLD-FASHIONED , EMPHASIS ] □ [+ of ] There is not a jot of evidence to say it does them any good. □ [+ of ] It makes not one jot of difference.
jot|ting /dʒɒ t I ŋ/ (jottings ) N‑COUNT [usu pl] Jottings are brief, informal notes that you write down.
joule /dʒuː l/ (joules ) N‑COUNT In physics, a joule is a unit of energy or work. [TECHNICAL ]
jour|nal ◆◆◇ /dʒɜː r n ə l/ (journals )
1 N‑COUNT A journal is a magazine, especially one that deals with a specialized subject. □ All our results are published in scientific journals.
2 N‑COUNT A journal is a daily or weekly newspaper. The word journal is often used in the name of the paper. □ He was a newspaperman for The New York Times and some other journals.
3 N‑COUNT A journal is an account which you write of your daily activities. □ Sara confided to her journal.
jour|nal|ism /dʒɜː r nəl I zəm/
1 N‑UNCOUNT Journalism is the job of collecting news and writing about it for newspapers, magazines, television, or radio. □ He began a career in journalism, working for the North London Press Group.
2 → see also chequebook journalism
jour|nal|ist ◆◆◇ /dʒɜː r nəl I st/ (journalists ) N‑COUNT A journalist is a person whose job is to collect news and write about it for newspapers, magazines, television, or radio. SYNONYMS journalist NOUN
reporter: …a trainee sports reporter
correspondent: …our Diplomatic Correspondent, Mark Brayne.
columnist: Clarence Page is a columnist for the Chicago Tribune.
hack: …tabloid hacks, always eager to find victims in order to sell newspapers.
jour|nal|is|tic /dʒɜː r nəl I st I k/ ADJ [ADJ n] Journalistic means relating to journalism, or produced by or typical of a journalist. □ He began his journalistic career in the early eighties in Australia.
jour|ney ◆◇◇ /dʒɜː r ni/ (journeys , journeying , journeyed )
1 N‑COUNT When you make a journey , you travel from one place to another. □ [+ to ] There is an express service from Paris which completes the journey to Bordeaux in under 4 hours.
2 N‑COUNT You can refer to a person's experience of changing or developing from one state of mind to another as a journey . □ [+ of ] My films try to describe a journey of discovery, both for myself and the watcher.
3 VERB If you journey somewhere, you travel there. [FORMAL ] □ [V + to ] In February 1935, Naomi journeyed to the United States for the first time. □ [V prep/adv] She has journeyed on horseback through Africa and Turkey. SYNONYMS journey NOUN 1
trip: On the Thursday we went out on a day trip.
tour: It was week five of my tour of the major cities of Europe.
excursion: In Bermuda, Sam's father took him on an excursion to a coral barrier.
expedition: …Byrd's 1928 expedition to Antarctica.
travels: He also collects things for the house on his travels abroad.
journey|man /dʒɜː r nimən/ (journeymen ) N‑COUNT [oft N n] If you refer to someone as a journeyman , you mean that they have the basic skill which their job requires, but are not very talented or original. [JOURNALISM ] □ Douglas was a 29-year-old journeyman fighter, erratic in his previous fights.
joust /dʒaʊ st/ (jousts , jousting , jousted )
1 VERB When two or more people or organizations joust , they compete to see who is better. [LITERARY ] □ [V ] …lawyers joust in the courtroom. □ [V + with ] The oil company jousts with Esso for lead position in U.K. sales.
2 VERB In medieval times, when two knights on horseback jousted , they fought against each other using long spears called lances. □ [V ] Knights joust and frolic. [Also + V with ] ● joust|ing N‑UNCOUNT □ …medieval jousting tournaments.
jo|vial /dʒoʊ viəl/ ADJ If you describe a person as jovial , you mean that they are happy and behave in a cheerful way. [WRITTEN ] □ Father Whittaker appeared to be in a jovial mood. ● jo|vi|al|ity /dʒoʊ viæ l I ti/ N‑UNCOUNT □ …his old expansive joviality. ● jo|vi|al|ly ADV [ADV with v] □ 'No problem,' he said jovially.
jowl /dʒaʊ l/ (jowls )
1 N‑COUNT [usu pl] You can refer to someone's lower cheeks as their jowls , especially when they hang down towards their jaw. [LITERARY ]
2 PHRASE If you say that people or things are cheek by jowl with each other, you are indicating that they are very close to each other. □ [+ with ] She and her family have to live cheek by jowl with these people.