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to keep in mind. 2 piece, mention, notice, note, memorandum,
memo, filler, jotting: We often publish short items to fill out
a column.
itemize v. enumerate, list, specify, particularize, detail, document,
number, record, count, tabulate: Must I itemize every single
book in the inventory?
10.0 J
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jab v. 1 stab, thrust, poke, dig, prod; plunge; nudge; tap: The
doctor jabbed a needle into my arm. 2 punch, hit, strike, belt,
smack, rap, whack, thwack, cuff, thump, wallop; elbow; Colloq
clip, sock, slug, biff: I jabbed him in the jaw with a quick
left.
--n. 3 stab, thrust, poke, dig, prod, nudge: I felt the jab of
her elbow signalling me to be quiet. 4 punch, belt, smack, rap,
whack, thwack, cuff, thump, wallop, Colloq clip, sock, slug,
biff: A hard jab in the stomach made the bully turn to pudding.
jabber v. 1 blether or US only blather, chatter, babble, gibber,
gabble, prate, prattle, patter, drivel, rattle, Brit natter,
Scots yatter, Colloq gab, gas, yap, witter: The couple behind
me jabbered throughout the entire film.
--n. 2 See jargon, 2.
jade n. 1 nag, hack, Slang Brit screw, US plug: That old jade
hasn't won a race in his last ten times out. 2 shrew, harridan,
nag, hag, drab, witch, crone, hussy, minx, vixen, virago,
termagant, beldam, slut, slattern, trull, trollop, baggage,
tart, Slang battle-axe, broad, bitch, old bag, floozie or floozy
or floosie: He was married to an expensive jade of a wife.
jaded adj. 1 exhausted, weary, tired, dead tired, bone-tired,