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join in to do something with other people Everyone started singing, but he refused to join in.

joint 1 / d3oint / adjective

involving two or more people together

The report was a joint effort (= we worked on it together ) .

My wife and I have a joint bank account.

joint2 / d3oint / noun [ count ]

a part of your body where two bones fit together and you are able to bend

a place where two parts of something join together the joints of the pipe

joke 1 © / d₃ouk/ noun

[count ]

something that you say or do to make people laugh, for example a funny story that you tell She told us a joke .

I didn't get the joke (= understand it ) .

joke 2© / d3ouk / verb ( jokes , jok . ing , joked )

to tell funny stories; to say things that are funny but not true

They were laughing and joking together. I didn't mean what I said — I was only joking .

jok • er / d3ouksr / noun

[count]

a person who likes to tell jokes or play tricks

an extra card which can be used instead of any card in some games

Did you take the jokers out of the deck?

jol • ly / ' d3ali / adjective ( jol . li .er , jol .li est )

happy and full of fun

jolt / d3oult / verb ( jolts , jolt . ing , jolt . ed )

to move or to make someone or something move in a sudden rough way The bus jolted to a stop. The crash jolted us forward.

—SYNONYM jerk

►jolt noun [ count , usually singular ]

The train stopped with a jolt.

jot / d3at / verb ( jots , jot . ting , jot . ted )

jot something down to write something quickly I jotted down his phone number.

jour•nalaw / ' d3srnl /

[count]

a magazine about one particular thing a medical journal

a book where you write what you have done each day Do you keep a journal ?

—SYNONYM diary

jour • nal • ism / ' d3srnsbizsm / noun

[noncount]

the work of collecting and reporting news for newspapers, television, etc.

jour • nal • ist / ' d3srnsbist / noun [ count ]

a person whose job is to collect and report news for newspapers, television, etc.

jour • ney / ' d3srni / noun [ count ] ( plural jour . neys )

a long trip from one place to another

The book is about her journey through South America.

Thesaurus

trip an act of traveling from one place to another, and usually back again. A trip can be short or long, and can be for business or pleasure: a business trip ♦ a round-the-world trip ♦ a trip to the grocery store ♦ They took a trip down the river. ♦ We just got back from our trip to Japan. We had a great time.

travel the general activity of moving from place to place. With this meaning, travel is a noncount noun. A person's travels are the time he or she spends traveling, especially in foreign countries and for pleasure: air/rail/space travel ♦ Foreign travel is very popular these days. ♦ The book is about her travels around Europe.