jones

plural joneses

1. USarchaicslangHeroin.

   You mean you got a little Jones, huh? Was it good?

   1965, Amiri Baraka, The Alternative, as cited in Peter Bruck (ed.), The Black American Short Story in the 20th Century, John Benjamins, p. 196

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   Defendant responded by saying he had some "Jones", a term used to describe heroin.

   1975, unknown author, Northwestern Reporter, page 512

   You seem like a smart kid, and dont get me wrong here, we dont want to see you all fucked up, cracked out butt naked on 4th street in the bad side of town, lookin to fuck the 1st millionaire willing to fork over some jones money.

   2000, Priest Opiast Ogden, “Re: Questions about Percocet, Ativan & Xanax”, in alt.drugs.hard (Usenet)

   Which erodes "quality of life" faster... debilitating chronic pain or a little jones?

   2001, Terminus Est, “Re: Nothing to Fear but Pain Itself”, in alt.support.depression.manic (Usenet)

2. USslangAn addiction or intense craving.

   I’ve got a basketball jones!

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   ... I've got a jones," and she dropped her head.

   1965, Claude Brown, Manchild in the Promised Land, MacMillan, page 262

   "On the Deuce," he said, "everybody got a jones. They got a crack jones or a smack jones, ..."

   1992, Lawrence Block, A Dance at the Slaughterhouse, HarperCollins, page 93

   And I went through a kind of withdrawal jones thing and drank a bunch and then took a Valium, and it comes in waves.

   1992, Anonymous as cited in Dan Waldorf, Cocaine Changes, Temple University Press, p. 126

   If you have a jones for one of these old tape-tanglers but lack the cash, space, and/or patience necessary to acquire, house and maintain one, consider M-Tron.

   2003, Ken Hughes, edited by Jim Aikin, Software Synthesizers: The Definitive Guide to Virtual Musical Instruments, Backbeat Books, page 64

present singular third person joneses · participle present jonesing · participle past jonesed · past jonesed

1. USslangtransitiveusuallyTo have an intense craving for something.

   I’m jonesing for some basketball.

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   A lot of people they be jonesing just to hear me rock the mic / They'll be staring at the radio, staying up all night

   1989, Beastie Boys, Shake Your Rump, 0:06

   ... when it's their turn to talk, they speak in coonass blue-collar accents about jonesing for crack and getting UA-ed by probation officers.

   1995, James Lee Burke, Burning Angel, Hyperion, page 126

   “I have to go now,” she’d say to the grocery clerk. “My mother-in-law is back at the house, jonesing for her lunch.”

   1997, David Sedaris, “True Detective”, in Naked

   If you jones for wheat grass, this is your destination.

   2001, Sheridan Becker, Jayne Young, Savvy in the City: New York City, page 3

   Caramel colors and aspartame Phosphoric acid, potassium Natural flavors, of course caffeine And now I'm jonesin' for MSG

   2006, J. G. Thirlwell, “Sieve”, in Damp, performed by Foetus

2. USintransitiveslangTo binge on cocaine or alcohol.

1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of jone

plural Joneses · plural Jonesses

1. countableuncountableAn English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name John.

   The bodies of 19-year-old best friends Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones were returned to Australia on Tuesday night.

   2024 November 27, Jessie Yeung and Isaac Yee, “Laos detains foreign hostel staff over backpacker methanol poisonings as families and travelers demand answers”, in CNN, archived from the original on 19 Dec 2024

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   It appears that Drs. Jones and Freeman account for the arch over the hagioscope at St. David's by saying, though without citing authorities, that there was a door there originally.

   1886, Miss M. A. R. Tucker, “St. David's”, in Walford's Antiquarian: A Magazine & Bibliographical Review

   If you had done anything drastic you would have told me so in your letter. You would have said, ‘Dear Peter, I have a case to submit to you; but before doing so I think it only right to inform you that I am engaged to Mr. Jones of Jesus.’ […] ”Good God!” said Wimsey, turning to Harriet. “Is this by any chance Mr. Jones of Jesus?” ”Who are you calling a bloody Welshman?” snarled the young man, much exasperated. “My name’s Pomfret.”

   1935, Dorothy L. Sayers, Gaudy Night

2. A placename
   1. countableuncountableA locality in Kenora District, north-west Ontario, Canada.
   2. countableuncountableA municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines.
   3. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Autauga County, Alabama.
   4. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Coles County, Illinois.
   5. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Perry County, Kentucky.
   6. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Cass County, Michigan.
   7. countableuncountableA town in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.
   8. countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia.
   9. countableuncountableTwo townships, in Elk County, Pennsylvania and Beltrami County, Minnesota, listed under Jones Township.
   10. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of Jones County.

1. pluralplural of Jone