jersey

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
16
Words With Friends
17
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈd͡ʒɜːzi/
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/ˈd͡ʒɜːzi/ · /ˈd͡ʒɝzi/ · /ˈd͡ʒɛrze/ · /ˈd͡ʒɛrzɪ/ · /ˈd͡ʒɛrzi/ · /ˈd͡ʒøːzi/ · /ˈd͡ʒeːzi/ · /ˈd͡ʒɛːzi/

Definition of jersey

9 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable)A garment knitted from wool, worn over the upper body.
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noun

  1. (countable)A garment knitted from wool, worn over the upper body.
  2. (US, countable)A shirt worn by a member of an athletic team, usually oversized, typically depicting the athlete's name and team number as well as the team's logotype.
    “A young boy was wearing a Manchester City Erling Haaland jersey.”
  3. (uncountable)A type of fabric knit.
  4. A cow of the Jersey breed.
    “She's our butter queen, our dandy Jersey, Mary Ann.”

name

  1. An island, a crown dependency of the United Kingdom; the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel between France and England.
    “Holonyms: Channel Islands < Earth, World”
    “They usually holiday on Jersey or the Isle of Man.”
    “The resilience of Jersey’s elite is not new (Jersey is perhaps the only place in Europe that had the same government before, during and after Nazi occupation) but it had never previously been described with such forensic force.”
  2. (US, informal)New Jersey.
    “Holonyms: United States of America < Earth, World”
    “He washes dishes in Manhattan. He commutes from Jersey, just like many others who can't afford Manhattan's ridiculous rents.”
  3. A breed of dairy cattle from Jersey.
    “The Jersey is the queen of the creamery, in his estimation.”
  4. An English earldom.
  5. A town in Georgia, United States.

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Etymology

From a typical fisherman's sweater used on the island of Jersey.

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