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one-weary, dog-tired, fatigued, enervated, spent, Colloq (dead)
beat, dead, bushed, fagged, US and Canadian pooped: The
nightspot was full of jaded businessmen, who had gone there to
relax after a heavy day at the office. 2 sated, satiated,
cloyed, surfeited, glutted, gorged, fed up, sick (and tired) of,
slaked; dull, bored: You need a little champagne and caviar to
reawaken your jaded palate.
jag n. spree, carouse, orgy, bout, Colloq binge, US and Canadian
toot: She was terribly hung-over after last night's jag.
jagged adj. rough, uneven, notched, sawtooth, ragged, toothed, spiked,
indented, denticulate, serrated, chipped: I cut myself on the
jagged edge of that broken window.
jail n. 1 Brit gaol, prison, lock-up, reformatory, Brit Borstal, US
penitentiary, reform school, Nautical brig, Slang cooler, clink,
can, jug, stir, slammer, Brit nick, quod, choky or chokey, US
calaboose, big house, pen, coop, hoosegow, pokey: They were
sent to jail for life.
--v. 2 imprison, lock up, incarcerate, detain, confine, Brit
send down, US send up (the river): He was jailed for 30 days.
jailer n. Brit gaoler, turnkey, guard, Brit warder, governor, US
warden, Slang screw: The jailers let us out for exercise for an
hour each day.
jam v. 1 cram, force, push, wedge, stuff, press, ram, squeeze,
shove, pack, crowd: We were jammed in so tightly that we
couldn't move. 2 block, obstruct, congest, fill up, clog, plug,
stop up: The toilet is jammed with paper again. 3 slam,
activate, actuate: I jammed on the brakes.
--n. 4 obstruction, blockage, blocking, block, congestion,
tie-up, bottleneck, stoppage: She was stuck in a traffic jam
for an hour. 5 crush, squeeze, crowd, mob, swarm, multitude,
throng, mass, horde, pack, press: You wouldn't believe the jam
of football fans at the cup final! 6 trouble, difficulty,
predicament, quandary, dilemma, Colloq bind, fix, hole, pickle,
hot water, (tight) spot, scrape: Harry helped me out of a jam
once, and I won't forget it.