Definition for: jay

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English

Etymology

French geai , Old French gai , jaj , perhaps from Old High German gāhi ; compare gay .

Its currency in the early 1900s can be gauged by this portion of the popular title song of a George M. Cohan musical play of 1905, Forty-five Minutes from Broadway:

Oh, what a fine bunch of reubens 
Oh, what a jay atmosphere; 
They have whiskers like hay, 
And imagine Broadway 
Only forty-five minutes from here! 

Pronunciation

• jā, /dʒeɪ/, / dZeI /

  Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

jay ( plural jays )

1. Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to Garrulus , Cyanocitta , and allied genera, allied to the crows, but smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely colored, and usually having a crest.
2. An old-fashioned term for a dull or ignorant person. It survives today in the term jaywalking.

Translations

bird

Derived terms

• blue jay
• Canada jay
• California jay
• Florida jay
• green jay
• Jenny jay
• jay pie
• jay thrush
• jaywalker
• jaywalking

See also

• kae

Other Translations for "jay"

Braille 6 Dot
Braille 8 Dot
Sign Language Spelling
Morse Code		.--- .- -.--
Binary		1101010 1100001 1111001
Hex		6A6179
Pig Latin		ayjay

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