jones

name

1. (countable, uncountable)An English and Welsh surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name John.

   “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.”

   “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.””

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

2. (countable, uncountable)A placename
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11. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable)A placename
12. (form-of, plural)plural of Jone

noun

1. (US, archaic, slang)Heroin.

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

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

   “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.”

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

2. (US, slang)An addiction or intense craving.

   “I’ve got a basketball jones!”

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

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

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

   “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.”

verb

1. (US, slang, transitive, usually)To have an intense craving for something.

   “I’m jonesing for some basketball.”

   “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”

   “... 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.”

   ““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.””

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

2. (US, intransitive, slang)To binge on cocaine or alcohol.
3. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person)third-person singular simple present indicative of jone