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  • verb Present participle of jones.

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Examples

  • I know I'm not alone in jonesing for a commercial TV streaming solution.

    Dave Taylor: Is Ivi TV Really the Future of Streaming Television? Dave Taylor 2010

  • I know I'm not alone in jonesing for a commercial TV streaming solution.

    Dave Taylor: Is Ivi TV Really the Future of Streaming Television? Dave Taylor 2010

  • Well, while in Athens he made a stop at an awesome comic/stuff store called jonesing for a visit to such a place for the last year or so since I started this site (I don't have much of anything all that interesting right near me), and I figured that Athens being only about 45 minutes from here, I'd take a trek up to see the place for myself.

    Branded in the 80s! 2010

  • Well, while in Athens he made a stop at an awesome comic/stuff store called jonesing for a visit to such a place for the last year or so since I started this site (I don't have much of anything all that interesting right near me), and I figured that Athens being only about 45 minutes from here, I'd take a trek up to see the place for myself.

    Branded in the 80s! 2010

  • Well, while in Athens he made a stop at an awesome comic/stuff store called jonesing for a visit to such a place for the last year or so since I started this site (I don't have much of anything all that interesting right near me), and I figured that Athens being only about 45 minutes from here, I'd take a trek up to see the place for myself.

    Branded in the 80s! 2010

  • Well, while in Athens he made a stop at an awesome comic/stuff store called jonesing for a visit to such a place for the last year or so since I started this site (I don't have much of anything all that interesting right near me), and I figured that Athens being only about 45 minutes from here, I'd take a trek up to see the place for myself.

    Branded in the 80s! 2010

  • Well, while in Athens he made a stop at an awesome comic/stuff store called jonesing for a visit to such a place for the last year or so since I started this site (I don't have much of anything all that interesting right near me), and I figured that Athens being only about 45 minutes from here, I'd take a trek up to see the place for myself.

    Branded in the 80s! 2010

  • Well, while in Athens he made a stop at an awesome comic / stuff store called jonesing for a visit to such a place for the last year or so since I started this site (I don't have much of anything all that interesting right near me), and I figured that Athens being only about 45 minutes from here, I'd take a trek up to see the place for myself.

    Branded in the 80s! 2009

  • Well, while in Athens he made a stop at an awesome comic / stuff store called jonesing for a visit to such a place for the last year or so since I started this site (I don't have much of anything all that interesting right near me), and I figured that Athens being only about 45 minutes from here, I'd take a trek up to see the place for myself.

    Branded in the 80s! 2009

  • Well, while in Athens he made a stop at an awesome comic / stuff store called jonesing for a visit to such a place for the last year or so since I started this site (I don't have much of anything all that interesting right near me), and I figured that Athens being only about 45 minutes from here, I'd take a trek up to see the place for myself.

    Branded in the 80s! 2009

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  • jones (jnz) Slang

    n.

    1. Heroin.

    2. An addiction or craving.

    intr.v.

    jonesed, jones·ing, jones·es

    To have an eager or intense desire: was jonesing for caffeine.

    Perhaps from the name Jones.

    August 20, 2009

  • Jonesing refers to someone going through withdrawal symptoms. Ex: "The crack addict was jonesing for a fix only hours after checking into prison."

    September 2, 2009