Jill

proper nounnouncommon in dialogue

//d͡ʒɪl//

A female given name from Latin.

proper noun

1
A female given name from Latin.
First lady Jill Biden on Wednesday spoke candidly about her new life, lamenting the enormous pressure a first lady can face.
2
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.
Our wooing doth not end like an old play; Jack hath not Jill; these ladies' courtesy Might well have made our sport a comedy.
3
Variant of JillianA female given name from Latin. Clipping of Jillian.

Etymology

A variant of Gill, diminutive of Gillian, a medieval form of Juliana, ultimately from Latin.

noun

1
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').
2
A jillstrap: the female counterpart to a jockstrap.

Forms

plural: Jills

jigsaw · A power saw with fine teeth and a narrow blade which can cut…jihad · A holy war undertaken by Muslims.jill · To masturbate.

Jill · A female given name from Latin.

Jillian · A female given name from Latin, variant of Gillian.jim · To jimmy (something); to mess up or mess with (something).Jim · A diminutive of the male given name James.

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