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jay 1

 (jā)
n.
The letter j.

jay 2

 (jā)
n.
1. Any of various birds of several genera in the family Corvidae, usually brightly colored and often having a loud, harsh call. Also called jaybird.
2. An overly talkative person; a chatterbox.
[Middle English jai, from Old French, from Late Latin gāius, gāia, perhaps from Latin Gāius, personal name.]
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jay

(dʒeɪ)
n
1. (Animals) any of various passerine birds of the family Corvidae (crows), esp the Eurasian Garrulus glandarius, with a pinkish-brown body, blue-and-black wings, and a black-and-white crest. See also bluejay
2. a foolish or gullible person
[C13: from Old French jai, from Late Latin gāius, perhaps from proper name Gāius]

Jay

(dʒeɪ)
n
(Biography) John 1745–1829, American statesman, jurist, and diplomat; first chief justice of the Supreme Court (1789–95). He negotiated the Jay's Treaty
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jay

(dʒeɪ)

n.
1. any of various typically noisy, gregarious songbirds of the family Corvidae, mostly of the Northern Hemisphere, often having blue or gray plumage.
2. Slang.
a. a talkative person; chatterer.
b. a fop; dandy.
[1275–35; Middle English jai < Middle French < Late Latin gāius, gāia]

Jay

(dʒeɪ)

n.
John, 1745–1829, first Chief Justice of the U.S. 1789–95.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.jay - 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)Jay - 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)
John Jay
2.jay - crested largely blue bird
corvine bird - birds of the crow family
Garrulinae, subfamily Garrulinae - subfamily of the crow family: jays
Old World jay - a European jay
New World jay - a North American jay
camp robber, Canada jay, gray jay, grey jay, Perisoreus canadensis, whisker jack - a jay of northern North America with black-capped head and no crest; noted for boldness in thievery
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Translations
сойка
sojka
Eichelhäher
κίσσα
närhi
mésangeai
šojka
szajkó
skrækskaði
ghiandaia
kėkštas
Vlaamse gaai
sójka
gaiogralhajota
сойка
šoja
alakarga
сойка

jay

[dʒeɪ] N → arrendajo m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

jay

[ˈdʒeɪ] n (= bird) → geai m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

jay

n → Eichelhäher m

jay

:
jaywalk
vi → sich als Fußgänger unachtsam verhalten
jaywalking
n → Unachtsamkeit f → (eines Fußgängers) im Straßenverkehr
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jay

[dʒeɪ] n → ghiandaia
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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Now I've never heard a jay use bad grammar but very seldom; and when they do, they are as ashamed as a human; they shut right down and leave.
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I invoke your consideration of the scene--the marble-topped tables, the range of leather-upholstered wall seats, the gay company, the ladies dressed in demi-state toilets, speaking in an exquisite visible chorus of taste, economy, opulence or art; the sedulous and largess-loving garcons , the music wisely catering to all with its raids upon the composers; the melange of talk and laughter--and, if you will, the Wurzburger in the tall glass cones that bend to your lips as a ripe cherry sways on its branch to the beak of a robber jay. I was told by a sculptor from Mauch Chunk that the scene was truly Parisian.
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He hasn't any more principle than a blue jay; and as for morals, he's empty.
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It was very exciting at that season to roam the then boundless chestnut woods of Lincoln -- they now sleep their long sleep under the railroad -- with a bag on my shoulder, and a stick to open burs with in my hand, for I did not always wait for the frost, amid the rustling of leaves and the loud reproofs of the red squirrels and the jays, whose half-consumed nuts I sometimes stole, for the burs which they had selected were sure to contain sound ones.
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As on his first visit, the larks were uttering their rich notes and fluttering up before the horses until the woods and the flower-scattered glades were reached, when the larks gave way to blue jays and woodpeckers.
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