Meanings
alternative Davey Jones · alternative Davie Jones
- The spirit of the sea.
- The sea bed, bottom of the ocean.
The pirates made him walk the plank, sent him down to Davy Jones.
1 more example
He got so frightened about his plaguy soul, that he shrinked and sheered away from whales, for fear of after-claps, in case he got stove and went to Davy Jones.
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 18, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe bottom of a sea or ocean
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Uncertain. See more at Davy Jones' Locker on Wikipedia.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 戴維·瓊斯 /戴维·琼斯, 戴維·鐘斯 /戴维·钟斯
- 戴維·瓊斯 /戴维·琼斯 (Dàiwéi Qióngsī)the spirit of the sea
- 戴維·鐘斯 /戴维·钟斯 (Dàiwéi Zhōngsī)the spirit of the sea
Japanese 海の悪霊, デイビー・ジョーンズ
- 海の悪霊 (umi no akuryō)the spirit of the sea
- デイビー・ジョーンズ (Deibī-Jōnzu)the spirit of the sea
Korean 데비 존스
- 데비 존스 (Debi Jonseu)the spirit of the sea
Russian морско́й дья́вол, Дэ́ви Джонс
- морско́й дья́вол (morskój dʹjávol)the spirit of the sea
- Дэ́ви Джонс (Dɛ́vi Džons)the spirit of the sea
- Дэ́йви Джонс (Dɛ́jvi Džons)the spirit of the sea
Welsh Dafydd Jôs
- Dafydd Jôsthe spirit of the sea
Cite this entry
Davy Jones. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Davy%20Jones
“Davy Jones.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Davy%20Jones. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Davy Jones,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Davy%20Jones.
Source: Davy Jones on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.