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as in dude
a man extremely interested in his clothing and personal appearance
a snooty little jay who refused to wear anything but designer labels
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as in magpie
a person who talks constantly
the stranger's incessant chatter was annoying, and she was the kind of jay that I didn't have in mind when I entered the park
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Recent Examples of jay
Or the majestic turquoise mottled eggs of the blue jay?
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Jules Howard, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
Their acorns are also a favorite food of woodpeckers and jays, and their large branches and cavities provide birds with shelter and nesting sites.
—Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2024
The jay’s philandering has turned me into a backyard birdwatcher.
—Theodore R. Johnson, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
In addition to cardinals, jays, blackbirds, and titmice gravitate toward a hopper-style feeder.
—Amy Wilkinson, SELF, 14 June 2024
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Jules Howard, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
Their acorns are also a favorite food of woodpeckers and jays, and their large branches and cavities provide birds with shelter and nesting sites.
—Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2024
The jay’s philandering has turned me into a backyard birdwatcher.
—Theodore R. Johnson, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
In addition to cardinals, jays, blackbirds, and titmice gravitate toward a hopper-style feeder.
—Amy Wilkinson, SELF, 14 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for jay
Recent Examples of Synonyms for jay
Noun
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Here’s this young dude that sound old, but he on these young-old beats.Michael Saponara, Billboard, 13 Jan. 2025
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There’s a bad dude named Carrasco (Thomas Harris) who is generating the storms and trying to take over the town, so Alfonso, Pancho and a local girl named Victoria (Cassie Glow) embark on an adventure to stop the chaos.Dina Gachman, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Novelists are alarmingly like magpies: always stealing snippets, pieces that shine, from the world around them.Erik Pedersen, Orange County Register, 27 Dec. 2024
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Dramatic hills are thickly coated with giant eucalyptus and native she-oak; wild lavender shelters native wildlife like musical magpies and cackling kookaburras.Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Dec. 2024
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Barnes’ snaps of her beau have included a sweet post from September 2023 of the couple in the middle of an embrace, an October 2024 picture posing with Ewers donning his UT Austin gear and on the field with the football star in December 2024.Francesca Gariano, People.com, 11 Jan. 2025
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In a move that delighted fans, who have long been desperate to catch a glimpse of Fahy and Woodall together, the actor tagged her beau in the post.Isaac Bickerstaff, Glamour, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Jay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jay. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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