| jab |
dʒab |
prick sharply |
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| jabb |
|
tire out, exhaust |
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| jabbit |
|
exhausted |
in context |
| jabble |
|
splash, choppy sea |
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| jakey | jakie | jaikie |
|
slang word for a down-and-out |
in context |
| jag |
|
prick, injection |
in context |
| jaggie |
|
prickly, stinging |
in context |
| jaicket | jaikit |
dʒekət |
jacket |
in context |
| jalouse |
dʒeˈluz |
suspect, guess, imagine |
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| jamph |
dʒamf |
trick, be exhausted |
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| jandies |
|
jaundice |
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| jannie |
dʒanɪ |
janitor, caretaker |
in context |
| jank |
|
give the slip |
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| japple |
ˈdʒapl |
stamp with the feet in water |
in context |
| jarg |
|
creak |
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| jaskit |
|
jaded, worn out |
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| jauchle through |
ˈdʒɑxlˈθru |
do (it) with difficulty |
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| jaud | jad |
|
name for a worn out horse, a jade, old nag |
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| jaudie |
dʒɑdɪ |
stomach of a pig or sheep used to make oatmeal pudding |
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| jauk |
|
idle, daudle, slack or loose fitting footwear |
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| jauner | jaunner |
|
gabber |
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| jauntie |
|
a small journey, a short jaunt |
in context |
| jauntie |
|
chirpie, in good spirits, jaunty |
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| jaup |
dʒɑp |
splash, tire oneself, the surf |
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| ding tae jaup |
|
wreck |
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| jaur |
|
jar |
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| jeely-jaur |
dʒilɪˈdʒɑr |
jam jar |
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| jaurie |
|
earthenware marble |
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| jaw |
|
talk, gossip, pour abruptly, splash, dash, breaker in the sea |
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| back-jaw |
|
disrespect, cheek |
in context |
| jaw-box |
|
a sink, drain |
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| jaw-hole |
|
primitive sewer |
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| jealous | jailous | jeilous | jeelous |
ˈdʒɛlɪs |
jealous |
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| jeeg | jeig | jig |jiggin |
ˈdʒig |
a jig, a dance, carryings on, sudden pull, to creak, to jog |
in context |
| jeeger | jeger |
|
odd or eccentric person |
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| jeegle | jeigle |
|
jog, shake about, jiggle |
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| jeel | geel | geal | geil |
ˈdʒil |
freeze, extreme coldness, chill - also to set |
in context |
| jeelie | jeilie | jeely |
|
jelly, fruit preserve |
in context |
| jeeliefish |
ˈdʒilɪˈfɪʃ |
jellyfish |
in context |
| jeelie nose |
|
bloody nose |
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| jeelie piece |
ˈdʒilɪˈpis |
jam sandwich |
in context |
| jeezie |
|
wig |
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| jenny | jinny |
|
generic term for a woman |
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| Jennie's blae een |
|
speedwell |
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| Jennie-lang-legs |
|
cranefly, daddy-long-legs |
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| jessie |
|
name for a male that over emphasises his effeminate non aggressive side |
in context |
| jib |
|
milk a cow or goat to the last drop |
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| jibber | jebber |
|
silly talk |
|
| jibble |
ˈdʒɪbl |
spill liquid by agitating its container |
|
| jiffie |
ˈdʒɪbl |
the shortest possible interval of time |
in context
|
| jile |
dʒəil |
jail |
in context |
| jillet |
|
a flighty girl, a flirt |
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| jilp |
dʒɪlp |
spurting, splashing water or cause to spill over |
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| jimmie |
|
familiar term of address to a male stranger |
|
| jimp |
dʒɪmp |
slender, graceful, close-fitting, restrict, scanty, give scant measure |
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| jimply |
|
neatly |
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| jimps |
|
stays, corset |
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| jing-bang |
|
a considerable number, the whole lot |
in context |
| jing bang tae rights |
|
caught red handed |
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| jingle |
|
noisy mirth, an instant |
|
| jings |
dʒɪŋs |
a mild expletive - crivens jings, help ma bob, the big yin's goan an got ma job |
in context |
| jink |
dʒɪnk |
turn quickly, dodge |
|
| jinker |
dʒɪnkər |
pleasure seeker, libertine |
|
| jinkin |
|
dancing |
|
| high-jinks |
|
boisterous fun, mischievious sport |
|
| jint | jynt |
dʒəint |
joint |
in context |
| jirble | jairble |
|
spill and splash by pouring out unsteadily |
|
| jirk | jerk |
|
make a squelching splashing sound |
|
| jirkinet |
|
bodice |
|
| jirt | jirk |
|
a jerk, a sharp blow |
|
| in a jirk |
|
in an instant |
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| jiz |
|
a wig |
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| jo | joe |
|
joy, sweetheart, darling |
in context |
| jobbie |
dʒɑbɪ |
a stool as in a lump of excrement |
|
| jock |
|
generic term for a man |
|
| jock tamson's bairns |
|
all of humanity, we're all jock thomson's bairns |
|
| joco |
dʒəˈko |
cheerful |
|
| jocteleg |
ˈdʒoktəlɛg |
a clasp-knife |
|
| jog on yer gate |
|
be on your way |
|
| jonick |
ˈdʒonɪk |
genuine, fair, honest |
|
| joskin |
|
country bumpkin |
|
| jossle |
|
shake, totter |
|
| jotter | joater |
ˈdʒotər |
notebook, a document (of several pages) |
in context |
| get yer jotters |
|
in context |
|
| joug, joog |
dʒug |
jug |
|
| jougle | joogle |
ˈdʒugl |
shake, juggle |
|
| jouk | jook | deuk |
dʒuk |
avoid by ducking or dodging |
in context |
| jouks |
|
fists ready for a bit of boxing - get yer jouks up |
|
| joukery | jookerie | jookery | jeukery | joukery | jowkerry: most commonly in combination as; joukerie-pawkery |
dʒukərɪ |
deceit, roguery, trickery, dodging, evasion |
in context |
| jummle |
ˈdʒʌml |
jumble |
|
| jouter | jooter |
|
saunter, totter |
|
| jow |
dʒʌu |
toll a bell, a single peal, swell of water, a swing |
|
| joyfu |
|
joyful |
|
| juidge |
ˈdʒudʒ |
judge |
|
| juist | jist |
ˈdʒɪst |
just, also often added at the end of a sentence or phrase meaning quite so or just so or truly |
in context |
| jummle |
|
jumble, mix up |
|
| jumper |
|
wooly cardigan, jersey |
in context |
| jumpin-raip |
|
skipping rope |
|
| jundie | joundie |
ˈdʒʌndɪ |
anything larger than needful, elbow about, to jostle, shove, a steady pace, jog |
|
| junt |
|
large lump of something (meat, cake or bread) |
|
| jurmummle |
ˈdʒərˈmʌml |
mess or mix up |
|
| jurr |
|
a servant wench - (contemptuous} |
|
| jute | jeet |
|
weak or sour ale, bad whisky, a tippler {contemptuous) |
|
| jyle | jile |
dʒəil |
gaol, jail |
in context |
| jyne | jine |
|
join |
in context |
| jyner | jiner |
dʒəinər |
joiner, carpenter, one who joins clubs |
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Scottish Words Glossary: J from A-Z