name
Meaning 1
A female given name from Latin.
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Standard Lemma guide
Jill
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Pronunciation
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/d͡ʒɪl/
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rhymes with -ɪl
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homophone: jill
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homophone: gill
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪl/
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CMU ARPABET: JH IH1 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A female given name from Latin.
Clipping of Jillian.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
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name
Meaning 3
A generic use for any female (as Sheila in Australian English), especially paired (since the 15th c., compare Ienken and Iulyan) with the male Jack.
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noun
Meaning 4
A young woman; a sweetheart; like the variant spelling Gill it was also associated with various assertive uses of the term flirt, as in flurt-gills (used by William Shakespeare for a 'woman of light or loose behavior').
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noun
Meaning 5
A jillstrap: the female counterpart to a jockstrap.
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noun
Meaning 6
A female ferret.
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noun
Meaning 7
Misspelling of gill.
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Usage: alt-of, misspelling
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noun
Meaning 8
A pelvic protector, a woman’s equivalent of a man’s jock.
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verb
Meaning 9
To masturbate.
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Usage: slang, uncommon, vulgar
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History
Etymology
A variant of Gill, diminutive of Gillian, a medieval form of Juliana, ultimately from Latin.
From the female name Jill. * (to masturbate): By analogy with jack (off). See Jack (“male name”). * (gill): Paired with jack (from the male name Jack) as terms for alcohol measurements. * (pelvic protector): By analogy with jock, Jock being a male name.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: moer — female ferret