What does "jess" mean?
A short strap fastened around the leg of a bird used in falconry, to which a leash may be fastened.
Jess
/d͡ʒɛs/ adv, name, noun, verb
adv, name, noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A short strap fastened around the leg of a bird used in falconry, to which a leash may be fastened.
- Grammar: jess is listed as adv, name, noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: leash, strap, tether, thong.
- Useful contrasts: free, unrestrained, untethered.
- Usage evidence: "How did Jess get up to Manchester?" "By train." "So she went through Birmingham, then?"
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A short strap fastened around the leg of a bird used in falconry, to which a leash may be fastened.
"Haukes haue about theyr legges gesses made of lether moste comonly, some of silke which should no lenger but that the knottes of them should appere in ye myddes of the left hande betwene the longe fynger and the leche fynger bicause the lewnes should be fastened to them with a payre of tyrettes, whiche tyrettes should rest vpon the lewnes and not vpon gesses, for hangyng and fastyng vpon trees when she fleyth […]"
- 2 Alternative form of jet (the mineral). alt-of, alternative
- 3 Alternative form of jet (the color). alt-of, alternative
Verb
- 1 To fasten a strap around the leg of a hawk.
Adverb
- 1 Pronunciation spelling of just. alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling
Proper Noun
- 1 A diminutive of the male given name Jesse.
- 2 A diminutive of the female given names Jessica or Jessamy.
"‘Now then Kit,’ said Mr Parkinson, ‘look sharp! Help Jess up. Where has she got to?’ ‘Here I am!’ said Jessamy breathlessly as “helped” rather to vigorously from behind by Kit, she arrived on her knees on the floor of the dog cart."
Synonyms
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Example
""How did Jess get up to Manchester?" "By train." "So she went through Birmingham, then?""
Common questions
What is a synonym for "jess"?
Common synonyms include: leash, strap, tether, thong.
How do you use "jess" in a sentence?
"How did Jess get up to Manchester?" "By train." "So she went through Birmingham, then?"
How do you pronounce "jess"?
Pronounced /d͡ʒɛs/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Clipping of Jesse, Jessica, or Jessamy.
Etymology 2
From Middle English ges, from Middle French gies, from the plural of jet (“throw”), from Vulgar Latin *iectus, jectus < iactus (“a throwing”), or from jeter (“to throw”), itself from Latin iactare.
Etymology 3
See jet (etymology 2).
Etymology 4
See just.