Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to jones
Participle: jonesed
Gerund: jonesing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | jones |
| you | jones |
| he;she;it | joneses |
| we | jones |
| you | jones |
| they | jones |
Perfect
| I | have jonesed |
| you | have jonesed |
| he;she;it | has jonesed |
| we | have jonesed |
| you | have jonesed |
| they | have jonesed |
Past
| I | jonesed |
| you | jonesed |
| he;she;it | jonesed |
| we | jonesed |
| you | jonesed |
| they | jonesed |
Pluperfect
| I | had jonesed |
| you | had jonesed |
| he;she;it | had jonesed |
| we | had jonesed |
| you | had jonesed |
| they | had jonesed |
Future
| I | will jones |
| you | will jones |
| he;she;it | will jones |
| we | will jones |
| you | will jones |
| they | will jones |
Future Perfect
| I | will have jonesed |
| you | will have jonesed |
| he;she;it | will have jonesed |
| we | will have jonesed |
| you | will have jonesed |
| they | will have jonesed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | jones |
| you | jones |
| he;she;it | jones |
| we | jones |
| you | jones |
| they | jones |
Perfect
| I | have jonesed |
| you | have jonesed |
| he;she;it | have jonesed |
| we | have jonesed |
| you | have jonesed |
| they | have jonesed |
Imperfect
| I | jonesed |
| you | jonesed |
| he;she;it | jonesed |
| we | jonesed |
| you | jonesed |
| they | jonesed |
Pluperfect
| I | had jonesed |
| you | had jonesed |
| he;she;it | had jonesed |
| we | had jonesed |
| you | had jonesed |
| they | had jonesed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would jones |
| you | would jones |
| he;she;it | would jones |
| we | would jones |
| you | would jones |
| they | would jones |
Perfect
| I | would have jonesed |
| you | would have jonesed |
| he;she;it | would have jonesed |
| we | would have jonesed |
| you | would have jonesed |
| they | would have jonesed |
Imperative
| you | jones |
| we | Let's jones |
| you | jones |
Verbs conjugated like 'jones'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'jones'
bone,
bonus,
cone,
cons,
hone,
honest,
honey,
jobe,
joke,
jole,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Ed Boland, in an article in March 2002 of the The New York Times, attributes the term to heroin addicts who frequented Great Jones Alley in New York City, off Great Jones Street between Broadway and Lafayette Street, although the slang term has obviously been around much longer. Dan Waldorf states that the use of the term, in the sense of addiction, originated among heroin addicts.
Sample Sentences
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I’m jonesing for some basketball.
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A lot of people they be jonesing just to hear me rock the mic / They'll be staring at the radio, staying up all night [1989, Beastie Boys, Shake Your Rump, 0:06:]
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... when it's their turn to talk, they speak in coonass blue-collar accents about jonesing for crack and getting UA-ed by probation officers. [1995, James Lee Burke, Burning Angel, Hyperion, page 126:]
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“I have to go now,” she’d say to the grocery clerk. “My mother-in-law is back at the house, jonesing for her lunch.” [1997, David Sedaris, “True Detective”, in Naked:]
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If you jones for wheat grass, this is your destination. [2001, Sheridan Becker, Jayne Young, Savvy in the City: New York City, page 3:]
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Caramel colors and aspartame
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Phosphoric acid, potassium
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Natural flavors, of course caffeine
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And now I'm jonesin' for MSG [2006, J. G. Thirlwell, “Sieve”, in Damp, performed by Foetus:]
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The rain tree at sunset was exquisite, but after a few minutes Pender found himself jonesing for a football game. [2007, Jonathan Nasaw, Twenty-Seven Bones, Simon & Schuster, page 258:]