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31joy */*/ — UK [dʒɔɪ] / US noun Word forms joy : singular joy plural joys 1) [uncountable] a feeling of great happiness There were tears of joy in her eyes. do something with/for joy: Penny could have shouted with joy. joy at (doing) something: He could… …
32joy — 1. copulation For male or female, as in mutual joy(s): ... the woman seeking mutual joys courts him to run the race of love. (Lucretius, in translation) Whence the punning joy ride, a single act of copulation; joy girl or joy boy, a… …
33joy — joy1 W3 [dʒɔı] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: joie, from Latin gaudia] 1.) [U] great happiness and pleasure ▪ the look of joy on her face with/for joy ▪ I leaped into the air with joy. ▪ She wept for joy. ▪ …
34joy — [[t]ʤɔ͟ɪ[/t]] ♦♦♦ joys 1) N UNCOUNT Joy is a feeling of great happiness. Salter shouted with joy. ...tears of joy. 2) N COUNT: with supp A joy is something or someone that makes you feel happy or gives you great pleasure. One can never learn all… …
35Joy — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Joy peut désigner : un prénom anglais (voir Liste des prénoms anglais) une chanson de François Feldman, numéro 1 au Top 50 durant 8 semaines, du 25… …
36Joy (EP) — Infobox Album | Name = Joy Type = EP Artist = The Minutemen Released = August 1981 Recorded = August 1, 1981 Genre = Punk Length = 3:18 Label = New Alliance (original) SST (reissue) Producer = Mike Patton Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5… …
37joy — 1 noun 1 (U) great happiness and pleasure: to sb s joy: To Beth s surprise and joy, she was awarded first prize. | jump for joy (=be very pleased) 2 (C) something or someone that gives you happiness and pleasure: the joys and sorrows of bringing… …
38joy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. rejoicing; pleasure, happiness, delight, mirth, gaiety, fun (inf.); joie de vivre. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A very glad feeling] Syn. happiness, delight, gladness, rapture; see happiness 1 , 2 ,… …
39joy — /dʒɔɪ / (say joy) noun 1. an emotion of keen or lively pleasure arising from present or expected good; exultant satisfaction; great gladness; delight. 2. a source or cause of gladness or delight: a thing of beauty is a joy forever. 3. a state of… …
40Joy — Recorded in several spellings including Joy, Joie, Joye, Joyes, and the dialectals Goy, Goye, and Goys, this is an English surname. However it derives from the Old French word joie meaning joy, and was originally given as either a baptismal name… …
