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-n. 2. jibe, fleer, raillery, chaff; poke, dig, cut, rub, barb; taunt, quip, wisecrack, thrust, skit; boo, hiss, hoot, catcall, cry, raspberry; derision, mockery, ridicule, sarcasm,

jejune, adj. 1. innutritious, meager, skimpy, thin, slight, diluted; flavorless, tasteless.
2. insipid, uninteresting, SI. blah, dull, vapid; flat, empty, arid, dry; tame, lifeless, spiritless, unanimated, wishy-washy; tiresome, boring, tedious, SI. draggy, SI. yawn-making; prosaic, commonplace, humdrum, trite, ordinary, banal, hackneyed.
3. uninformed, inexperienced, naive; ignorant, Inf. dumb, SI. dopey, wet behind the ears.
4. juvenile, childish, SI. kiddish, immature; puerile, silly, inane, senseless, pointless.

jell, v. 1. congeal, jellify, gelatinize, gelatinate, Physical Chem. gel; set, solidify, harden, stiffen; coagulate, thicken, curdle, clot.
2. crystallize, materialize, take form or shape, shape up, come together,

jelly, n. 1. jell, Fr. gelee, jam, preserves, conserves, marmalade, apple or peach butter, confiture, confection.
2. gelatin, Trademark, jello, aspic, gelatinoid; pudding, blancmange, Cookery, mousse,

jellyfish, n. Informal, namby-pamby, milquetoast, Walter Mitty, SI. wimp; sissy, Inf. pantywaist, SI. pansy; SI. pushover, SI. turkey, SI. turk; SI. schlepp, SI. nebbish, SI. creep, Inf lightweight, featherweight,

jellylike, adj. gelatinous, gelatinoid, thick, viscous, viscid, glutinous, sticky,

jeopardize, v. put in jeopardy, endanger, imperil, peril, menace, threaten, expose or lay open to danger, have [s.t.] at stake; hazard, venture, risk, stake, bet, gamble; chance, take a chance, tempt fate, sail too near the wind, fly too close to the sun.

jeopardy, n. 1. endangerment, imperilment, men ace, threat; (all of danger) exposure, openness, liability, vulnerability, vulnerableness, susceptibility, susceptibleness.
2. peril, danger, hazard, risk, venture, chance, gamble; uncertainty, instability, unstableness, insecurity, unsecureness, insecureness, precariousness,

jeremiad, n. lamentation, lament, Archaic, plaint; complaint, groan, moan, wail, keening, keen, sob, cry.

jerk, n. 1. yank, pull, tug; twist, tweak, twitch,
pluck, twang, nip, pinch.
2. start, lurch, bolt, quick or sudden movement; thrust, push, shove; jolt, bump, jog, jounce, bounce, joggle, jostle.
3. the jerks U.S. spasms, convulsions, fit, Pathol. paroxysm; palsy, Pathol, chorea, Pathol. St. Vitus dance; tremors, the shakes, shaking, trembling.
4. Slang, undesirable, SI. spas, SI. creep, SI. fruit, SI. nurd, SI. yoyo, SI. banana, SI. drip, SI. schlepp, SI. schlemiel, SI. turkey, SI. twit; fool, gull, dupe, incompetent, silly billy, Inf silly, Inf. dummy, SI. dimwit, SI. stupe.
-v. 5. yank, pull, tug; twist, tweak, twitch, pluck, twang, nip, pinch.
6. thrust, push, shove; jolt, jog, jounce, jar, joggle, jostle, bump, bounce around; start, jump, lurch,

jerky, adj. 1. spasmodic, palsylike, palsied, uncontrolled, out of control, Pathol, spastic; convulsive, fitful, shaking, tremulous, tremulant.
2. jolty, jouncing, joggling, jogging, stop-and-go; shaky, bumpy, bouncy, rough.