Meanings
plural JDs
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Jiggs dinner.
- abbreviationinitialismlawInitialism of Juris Doctor.
- abbreviationinitialismlawInitialism of juvenile delinquent.
- abbreviationinitialismastronomyInitialism of Julian date.
The Julian proleptic calendar is formed by applying the rules of the Julian calendar to times before Caesar's reform, and the Julian date (JD) specifies the particular instant of a day by ending the Julian day number with the fraction of the day elapsed since the preceding Greenwich noon.
1999, Kenneth R. Lang, Astrophysical Formulae: Space, Time, Matter and Cosmology, volume II, Springer, →ISBN, page 70 - abbreviationinitialismastronomyInitialism of Julian day.
- abbreviationcolloquialinitialismInitialism of Jack Daniel's, an American brand of whiskey.
Could you get me a JD and Coke?
2 more examples
The only brolly that's in sight / Is the mini one that's in my drink / JD, coke and lime / This is how I want to spend my time
2010, “Hawaii”, performed by Tom FeltonMmmm, come here baby / I got the JD
2023, “Outside”, performed by Br3nya - abbreviationinitialismInitialism of job description.
- abbreviationinitialismIndian politicsInitialism of Janata Dal (former Indian political party)
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JD. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/JD
“JD.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/JD. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “JD,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/JD.
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