Usually means: Bird known for vibrant plumage.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. Jay, jay: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. Jay, jay: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. jay, jay: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. jay: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Jay, jay: Vocabulary.com
  6. Jay, j'ay, jay: Wordnik
  7. jay: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Jay, jay: Wiktionary
  9. jay: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. jay: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. jay: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Jay, jay: Dictionary.com
  13. jay: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Jay (Ikon), Jay (South Korean singer), Jay (album), Jay (disambiguation), Jay (given name), Jay (surname), Jay: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Jay: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. jay: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. jay: Rhymezone
  18. Jay, Jay: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  19. jay: Free Dictionary
  20. jay: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. Jay: Dictionary/thesaurus
  22. jay: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  23. Jay: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Jay (bird), jay: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Jay (bird), jay: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. JAY: Three Letter Words with definitions
  2. baby names list (No longer online)

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. jay, jay, jay, jay, jay, jay: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Jay: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade
  3. Jay, The Jay: Urban Dictionary

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noun:  Any of the numerous species of birds belonging to several genera within the family Corvidae, including Garrulus, Cyanocitta, Aphelocoma, Perisoreus, Cyanocorax, Gymnorhinus, Cyanolyca, Ptilostomus, and Calocitta, allied to the crows, but smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely coloured, usually having a crest, and often noisy.
noun:  Any of various other birds of similar appearance and behaviour.
noun:  The Indian roller, Coracias benghalensis.
noun:  Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genus Graphium.
noun:  (archaic) A dull or ignorant person. It survives today in the term jaywalking.
noun:  (obsolete) Promiscuous woman; prostitute.
noun:  The name of the Latin-script letter J/j.
noun:  (slang) A marijuana cigarette; a joint.
noun:  (countable) An English surname transferred from the nickname from Old French jai (“jay (bird)”), a nickname for a chatty or showy person.
noun:  A placename
noun:  A hamlet in Leintwardine parish, Herefordshire, England; named in the c. 13th century for the Jay family, prominent in that area (OS grid ref SO3974).
noun:  A locale in the United States.
noun:  A town in Santa Rosa County, Florida; named for postmaster J. T. Nowling.
noun:  A town in Franklin County, Maine; named for American statesman and Founding Father John Jay.
noun:  A town in Essex County, New York; named for John Jay.
noun:  A city, the county seat of Delaware County, Oklahoma; named for Jay Washburn, nephew of Cherokee leader Stand Watie.
noun:  A town on the Canadian border in Orleans County, Vermont; named for John Jay.
noun:  A township in Martin County, Minnesota.
noun:  A township in Elk County, Pennsylvania.
noun:  A former settlement in California.
noun:  A diminutive of the male given names James, Jacob, Jack, John, or Jason, or for any other name beginning with ⟨J⟩; also used as a formal given name.
noun:  A female given name
noun:  (India) A male given name from Hindi.
noun:  Alternative letter-case form of jay [Any of the numerous species of birds belonging to several genera within the family Corvidae, including Garrulus, Cyanocitta, Aphelocoma, Perisoreus, Cyanocorax, Gymnorhinus, Cyanolyca, Ptilostomus, and Calocitta, allied to the crows, but smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely coloured, usually having a crest, and often noisy.]

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