Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: jay
IPA transcription: [dʒ'eɪ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: jay
    Meaning: crested largely blue bird
  • Synonyms: Jay, John_Jay
    Meaning: United States diplomat and jurist who negotiated peace treaties with Britain and served as the first chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1745-1829)
Usage examples
  • JAY
  • Jay firmly insisted that the word "conditional" must be erased.
  • "Why?" demanded a blue jay, angrily, while the others stopped their songs.
  • "Pooh!" exclaimed the blue jay, "we cannot be shot now, for we are stuffed.
  • "I can't see him," he said. No more could I. "It wasn't a blue jay, was it?" he asked.
  • The sudden clanging note of the jay near by caused them to stop, heart in mouth for the moment.
  • Only that morning he had swelled with pride as he heard Mrs. Jay tell her quarrelsome husband that she wished she could exchange him for the Cardinal.