Joe
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Joe¹
- /d͡ʒəʊ/ UK
- /d͡ʒoʊ/ US
Sounds like Jo, joe, Zhou (toe–tow merger) · Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
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Biblical Hebrew הוֹסִיף (hosíf)der.
Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵףbor.
Middle English Ioseph
English Josephclip.
English Joelclip.
English Josiahclip.
English Josiasclip.
English Joe
Short form (diminutive form) of various names beginning with Jo..., particularly the male names Joseph and, less often, Joel, Josiah and Josias. The spelling Jo is used more often for diminutives of similar female names.
proper noun
- A diminutive of the male given names Joseph, Josiah, Joel, and Josias. "With a name like Joe," Joe always said, "I had to open a bar and grill, just so I could put up a sign saying 'Joe's Bar and Grill'."
- Alternative form of Jo: a diminutive of various female given names.Jo
- A surname.
noun Joes · joe
- A male; a guy; a fellow. I'm just an ordinary Joe.
- Synonym of Joe Miller (“an old joke”). O what "a Joe," — what an "old Joe!" — / A very "old Joe!" — / Old Joe Miller made the joke before, / But nothing tells better that ^([sic]) a good old Joe!
joe²
- /d͡ʒəʊ/ UK
- /d͡ʒoʊ/ US
Sounds like Jo, Joe, Zhou (toe–tow merger) · Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
From the proper name Joe.
noun joes · Joe
- A male; a guy; a fellow. I'm just an ordinary joe.
- A spy, especially a double agent. Name me a joe in a bad country ... who doesn't fall for a pretty face if she's on his side against the world.
- Synonym of johannes (“An old Portuguese gold coin bearing a figure of John V of Portugal.”). I have seen doubloons before now in my voyagings; your doubloons of old Spain, your doubloons of Peru, your doubloons of Chili, your doubloons of Bolivia, your doubloons of Popayan; with plenty of gold moidores and pistoles, and joes, and half joes, and quarter joes.
joe³
- /d͡ʒəʊ/ UK
- /d͡ʒoʊ/ US
Sounds like Jo, Joe, Zhou (toe–tow merger) · Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
Uncertain. See cup of joe for more.
noun joes
- Coffee. In olden times, you'd wander down to Mom's Cafe for a bite to eat and a cup of joe, and you would feel right at home.
joe⁴
- /d͡ʒəʊ/ UK
- /d͡ʒoʊ/ US
Sounds like Jo, Joe, Zhou (toe–tow merger) · Rhymes with -əʊ
noun joes
- Alternative form of jo (“a darling or sweetheart”).jo 1836 Joanna Baillie The Phantom, Act 2. Provost, to a maidservant. I fear, my joe, the good that I can do him, Or ev'n the minister, if he were here, Would be but little.
