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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jonesing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English

Syllables
jonesing
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Suffering from withdrawal, or otherwise being in a desperate, addictionlike need of a substance.

verb

present participle and gerund of jones

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

jonesin (alternative) jonesin' (alternative) jonezing (alternative) jonezin (alternative) jonezin' (alternative)

Questions

What does jonesing mean?
Suffering from withdrawal, or otherwise being in a desperate, addictionlike need of a substance.

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