judo /dʒuː doʊ/ N‑UNCOUNT Judo is a sport in which two people fight and try to throw each other to the ground.
jug /dʒʌ g/ (jugs ) N‑COUNT A jug is a cylindrical container with a handle and is used for holding and pouring liquids. ● N‑COUNT A jug of liquid is the amount that the jug contains. □ [+ of ] …a jug of water.
jug|ger|naut /dʒʌ gə r nɔːt/ (juggernauts )
1 N‑COUNT A juggernaut is a very large truck. [mainly BRIT ]
2 N‑COUNT If you describe an organization or group as a juggernaut , you are critical of them because they are large and extremely powerful, and you think they are not being controlled properly. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ The group became a sales juggernaut in the commodity options business.
jug|gle /dʒʌ g ə l/ (juggles , juggling , juggled )
1 VERB If you juggle lots of different things, for example your work and your family, you try to give enough time or attention to all of them. □ [V n] The management team meets several times a week to juggle budgets and resources. □ [V n + with ] Mike juggled the demands of a family of 11 with a career as a TV reporter. [Also V + with ]
2 VERB If you juggle , you entertain people by throwing things into the air, catching each one and throwing it up again so that there are several of them in the air at the same time. □ [V n] Soon she was juggling five eggs. □ [V ] I can't juggle. ● jug|gl|ing N‑UNCOUNT □ He can perform an astonishing variety of acts, including mime and juggling.
jug|gler /dʒʌ glə r / (jugglers ) N‑COUNT A juggler is someone who juggles in order to entertain people.
ju g|gl|ing act (juggling acts ) N‑COUNT If you say that a situation is a juggling act , you mean that someone is trying to do two or more things at once, and that they are finding it difficult to do those things properly. □ Your life is a constant juggling act between work and family.
jugu|lar /dʒʌ gjʊlə r / (jugulars )
1 N‑COUNT A jugular or jugular vein is one of the three important veins in your neck that carry blood from your head back to your heart.
2 PHRASE If you say that someone went for the jugular , you mean that they strongly attacked another person's weakest points in order to harm them. [INFORMAL ] □ Mr Black went for the jugular, asking intimate sexual questions.
juice ◆◇◇ /dʒuː s/ (juices )
1 N‑VAR Juice is the liquid that can be obtained from a fruit. □ …fresh orange juice.
2 N‑PLURAL The juices of a piece of meat are the liquid that comes out of it when you cook it. □ When cooked, drain off the juices and put the meat in a processor or mincer.
juicy /dʒuː si/ (juicier , juiciest )
1 ADJ If food is juicy , it has a lot of juice in it and is very enjoyable to eat. □ …a thick, juicy steak.
2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Juicy gossip or stories contain details about people's lives, especially details which are normally kept private. [INFORMAL ] □ It provided some juicy gossip for a few days.
juke|box /dʒuː kbɒks/ (jukeboxes ) also juke-box N‑COUNT A jukebox is a machine that plays CDs in a place such as a pub or bar. You put money in and choose the song you want to hear. □ My favorite song is on the jukebox.
Jul. Jul. is a written abbreviation for July .
July /dʒʊla I / (Julys ) N‑VAR July is the seventh month of the year in the Western calendar. □ In late July 1914, he and Violet spent a few days with friends near Berwick-upon-Tweed. □ I expect you to report for work on 28 July. □ She met him for the first time last July.
jum|ble /dʒʌ mb ə l/ (jumbles , jumbling , jumbled )
1 N‑COUNT [usu sing] A jumble of things is a lot of different things that are all mixed together in a disorganized or confused way. □ [+ of ] The shoreline was made up of a jumble of huge boulders.
2 VERB If you jumble things or if things jumble , they become mixed together so that they are untidy or are not in the correct order. □ [V n with together ] He's making a new film by jumbling together bits of his other movies. □ [V ] His thoughts jumbled and raced like children fighting. [Also V n, V n prep] ● PHRASAL VERB To jumble up means the same as to jumble . □ [V n P prep/adv] They had jumbled it all up into a heap. □ [V n P ] The bank scrambles all that money together, jumbles it all up and lends it out. □ [V P ] The watch parts fell apart and jumbled up. □ [V -ed P ] There were six wires jumbled up, tied together, all painted black. [Also V P n]
3 N‑UNCOUNT Jumble is old or unwanted things that people give away to charity. [BRIT ] □ [+ for ] She expects me to drive round collecting jumble for the church. in AM, use rummage
jum|bled /dʒʌ mb ə ld/ ADJ If you describe things or ideas as jumbled , you mean that they are mixed up and not in order. □ These jumbled priorities should be no cause for surprise.
ju m|ble sale (jumble sales ) N‑COUNT A jumble sale is a sale of cheap second-hand goods, usually held to raise money for charity. [BRIT ] in AM, use rummage sale
jum|bo /dʒʌ mboʊ/ (jumbos )
1 ADJ [ADJ n] Jumbo means very large; used mainly in advertising and in the names of products. □ …a jumbo box of tissues.
2 N‑COUNT A jumbo or a jumbo jet is a very large jet aircraft that can carry several hundred passengers. □ …a British Airways jumbo. WORD HISTORY jumbo