Jill - definition, transcription
verb
noun
- A female given name.
- Generic use for any female (as Sheila in Australian English), especially paired (since the 15th c., compare Ienken and Iulyan) with the male Jack.
- A young woman; a sweetheart; like the variant spelling Gill it was also associated with various assertive uses of the term flirt, as in flirtgigg (used by William Shakespeare for a 'woman of light or loose behavior').
- A jillstrap: the female counterpart to a jockstrap.
Extra examples
Jill and twelve other girls began piling on to Bill's old sledge.
Jill's been seconded to the marketing department while Dave's away.
No point asking Jill - she hasn't got a clue about maths.
Jill crammed her clothes into the bag.
Jill darted forward and pulled him away from the fire.
Jill dunked her ginger biscuit in her tea.
Once we'd exhausted the subject of Jill's wedding, I didn't know what to say.
They acted unreasonably when they turned down Jill's application.
There was still no news of Jill, and her parents were getting frantic.
Jill is a mutual friend of ours.
If Jill goes, who will take her place?
Jill gradually became aware of an awful smell.
'Do you know Jill Marshall?' 'No, I've never heard of her.'
Jill Sharpe was little more than a name, a glossy image on a television screen.
Well, look who's here! It's Jill and Paul!
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