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like that. Jiggle the key up and down - maybe then you can turn<br />

it.<br />

--n. 2 jog, joggle, jig, shake, wiggle, jerk: I gave the line<br />

a few jiggles, hoping to attract a fish.<br />

jilt v. throw over, reject, dismiss, drop, discard, desert, break<br />

(up) with, forsake, abandon, Colloq ditch, dump, brush <strong>of</strong>f or<br />

give (someone) the brush-<strong>of</strong>f, Chiefly US and Canadian give<br />

(someone) his or her walking papers: <strong>An</strong>gela met Tony and<br />

promptly jilted Mike.<br />

jingle v. 1 tinkle, ring, tintinnabulate, clink, chink, chime: She<br />

wore a dozen bracelets, which jingled when she walked.<br />

--n. 2 tinkle, tinkling, ring, ringing, tintinnabulation,<br />

clink, clinking, chink, chinking, chime, chiming: I like to<br />

feel the jingle <strong>of</strong> change in my pocket. 3 tune, ditty, melody,<br />

song, rhyme, verse, doggerel: <strong>The</strong> only thing he ever wrote was<br />

a jingle for a dog-food commercial.<br />

jingoism n. chauvinism, flag-waving, superpatriotism, nationalism;<br />

hawkishness, warmongering, belligerence, bellicosity: 'Might<br />

makes right' is a basic tenet <strong>of</strong> jingoism.<br />

jinx n. 1 (evil) spell, curse, evil eye, malediction, voodoo, US and<br />

Canadian hex: I felt I had lost at roulette because she had put<br />

a jinx on me. 2 nemesis, Jonah: If we don't throw that jinx<br />

overboard we shall all die.<br />

--v. 3 curse, bewitch, damn, doom, sabotage, condemn, US and<br />

Canadian hex: My career was jinxed from the start.<br />

jitters n.pl. shakes, fidgets, nerves, uneasiness, queasiness,<br />

nervousness, skittishness, restlessness, apprehension,<br />

apprehensiveness, Slang heebie-jeebies, willies US whim-whams:<br />

He always gets an attack <strong>of</strong> the jitters before an exam.<br />

10.4 job...<br />

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job n. 1 work, employment, position, berth, livelihood; career,

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