| job | (verb) invest at a risk | Synonyms: speculate |
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| (verb) work occasionally | - |
| (verb) profit privately from public office and official business | - |
| (verb) arranged for contracted work to be done by others | Synonyms: farm out, subcontract |
| jockey | (verb) defeat someone through trickery or deceit | Synonyms: cheat, chicane, chouse, screw, shaft |
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| (verb) ride a racehorse as a professional jockey | - |
| (verb) compete (for an advantage or a position) | - |
| jog | (verb) stimulate to remember | - |
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| (verb) give a slight push to | - |
| (verb) run for exercise | - |
| (verb) run at a moderately swift pace | Synonyms: clip, trot |
| (verb) even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing | Synonyms: even up, square up |
| (verb) continue talking or writing in a desultory manner | Synonyms: ramble, ramble on |
| joggle | (verb) fasten or join with a joggle | - |
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| (verb) move to and fro | Synonyms: jiggle, wiggle |
| join | (verb) make contact or come together | Synonyms: conjoin |
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| (verb) cause to become joined or linked | - |
| (verb) become part of; become a member of a group or organization | Synonyms: fall in, get together |
| (verb) come into the company of | - |
| (verb) be or become joined or united or linked | Synonyms: connect, link, link up, unite |
| joint | (verb) fasten with a joint | - |
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| (verb) separate (meat) at the joint | - |
| (verb) provide with a joint | Synonyms: articulate |
| (verb) fit as if by joints | - |
| joke | (verb) act in a funny or teasing way | Synonyms: jest |
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| (verb) tell a joke; speak humorously | Synonyms: jest |
| jollify | (verb) celebrate noisily, often indulging in drinking; engage in uproarious festivities | Synonyms: make happy, make merry, make whoopee, racket, revel, wassail, whoop it up |
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| jolly | (verb) be silly or tease one another | Synonyms: banter, chaff, josh, kid |
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| jolt | (verb) disturb (someone's) composure | - |
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| (verb) move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion | Synonyms: jar |
| josh | (verb) be silly or tease one another | Synonyms: banter, chaff, jolly, kid |
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| jostle | (verb) come into rough contact with while moving | Synonyms: shove |
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| (verb) make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving | - |
| jot | (verb) write briefly or hurriedly; write a short note of | Synonyms: jot down |
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| jounce | (verb) move up and down repeatedly | Synonyms: bounce |
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| journey | (verb) undertake a journey or trip | Synonyms: travel |
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| (verb) travel upon or across | Synonyms: travel |
| joust | (verb) joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback | - |
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| joy | (verb) feel happiness or joy | Synonyms: rejoice |
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| (verb) make glad or happy | Synonyms: gladden |
| joyride | (verb) ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it | Synonyms: tool, tool around |
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