Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Among printers, to play a game of chance by throwing quadrats from the hand in the manner of dice, count being kept by the number of nicked sides turned up.
- noun In circus slang, a rope: usually with a qualifying word: as, tight jeff; slack jeff. Dickens, Hard Times, vi.
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- proper noun A
diminutive of the malegiven name Jeffrey orJeffery .
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Examples
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CRAIG SHNIDERMAN, FRIEND OF JEFF TRANDAHL: Jeff is a guy who always does the right thing.
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CRAIG SHNIDERMAN, FRIEND OF JEFF TRANDAHL: Jeff is a guy who always does the right thing.
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CRAIG SHNIDERMAN, FRIEND OF JEFF TRANDAHL: Jeff is a guy who always does the right thing.
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JIM DAYTON, FATHER OF JEFF DAYTON: When those three sergeants came in and told me about Jeff, I mean my heart just felt like it was going to explode.
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JIM DAYTON, FATHER OF JEFF DAYTON: When those two sergeants came in and told me about Jeff, I mean my heart just felt like it was going to explode.
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JEFF FLOCK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Indeed, Jeff, we are in the heartland tonight.
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That was the first time that I've used the name Jeff Lorber Fusion in about 20 years or so.
Mike Ragogna: From Graceland To A Galaxy To Further Explorations: Chatting With Jeff Lorber And Eddie Gomez, Plus Paul Simon's Classic Turns 25 Mike Ragogna 2012
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That was the first time that I've used the name Jeff Lorber Fusion in about 20 years or so.
Mike Ragogna: From Graceland To A Galaxy To Further Explorations: Chatting With Jeff Lorber And Eddie Gomez, Plus Paul Simon's Classic Turns 25 Mike Ragogna 2012
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The police hun which Jeff translates as "hustling."
Archive 2006-04-01 Michael Turton 2006
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That was the first time that I've used the name Jeff Lorber Fusion in about 20 years or so.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Mike Ragogna 2012
ruzuzu commented on the word Jeff
See jeff.
April 19, 2011