JD

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A form of Jiggs dinner — A traditional Sunday evening meal eaten around Newfoundland and Labrador, typically consisting of salted beef boiled with vegetables.

CommonScrabble 10

Meanings

nounJD (plural JDs)

plural JDs

  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Jiggs dinner.
  2. abbreviationinitialismlawInitialism of Juris Doctor.
  3. abbreviationinitialismlawInitialism of juvenile delinquent.
  4. 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
  5. abbreviationinitialismastronomyInitialism of Julian day.
  6. 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 Felton

    Mmmm, come here baby / I got the JD

    2023, “Outside”, performed by Br3nya
  7. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of job description.
proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismIndian politicsInitialism of Janata Dal (former Indian political party)

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APA

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“JD.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/JD. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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