(n.) The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the like, or by a rational prospect of possessing what we love or desire; gladness; exhilaration of spirits; delight.
(n.) That which causes joy or happiness.
(n.) The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity.
(n.) To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult.
(v. t.) To give joy to; to congratulate.
(v. t.) To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.
(v. t.) To enjoy.
Example Sentences:
(1) This frees the student to experience the excitement and challenge of learning and the joy of helping people.
(2) It came in a mix of joy and sorrow and brilliance under pressure, with one of the most remarkable things you will ever see on a basketball court in the biggest moment.
(3) His greatest legacy, besides his three children, is the joy and happiness he offered to others, particularly to those fighting personal battles.
(4) An untiring advocate of the joys and merits of his adopted home county, Bradbury figured Norfolk as a place of writing parsons, farmer-writers and sensitive poets: John Skelton, Rider Haggard, John Middleton Murry, William Cowper, George MacBeth, George Szirtes.
(5) He'll watch Game of Thrones , from now on, as a cheerfully clueless fan, "with total surprise and joy", and meanwhile get on with other work.
(6) José Mourinho ended this breathless contest on his knees with a sliding, turf-surfing celebration that was fuelled by relief as much as joy.
(7) But in the event, two US writers have made the final round of this year's award: Joshua Ferris and Karen Joy Fowler .
(8) It's no surprise that one of the last things Ian Curtis of Joy Division did before hanging himself was to watch Herzog's Stroszeck (1977).
(9) But all that has changed since I discovered the sheer joy of hunting down items with “reduced” stickers at my local Waitrose.
(10) "She's very agile as a performer, and is able to deliver again and again so it's a very joyful watch."
(11) Many of my friends have been crying with joy this week.
(12) Waitrose evokes strong opinions: from sniffy derision about the supermarket's perceived airs and graces to expressions of joy from middle-class incomers when their gentrified area is blessed with a branch.
(13) He didn't go to university, but says he discovered the joy of learning for learning's sake when he was tutored on the Harry Potter sets.
(14) But their joy didn't last long; a week later, 11 rhino were found on a single day at two private ranches northwest of Johannesburg.
(15) To everyone's joy, both stories turned out to be true.
(16) The experiences that most often led to high levels of joy were those referrable to positive emotional events.
(17) However, nerves among the Stoke fans subsequently turned to joy and relief as a substitute, Mame Biram Diouf, headed in with seven minutes to go and confirmed victory.
(18) When Gould almost dies one night, and the next morning is instead given three or four days to live, she experiences a strange joy at the extra time granted, more precious hours to talk with him about their twin passions, Queens Park Rangers and the Labour party, more time to help him get his book finished.
(19) Vic Goddard, principal of Passmores academy in neighbouring Essex, the school featured in the TV series Educating Essex, who recently published a book about the joys of headship, The Best Job In The World, says the document spells out what is going on across the country.
(20) Joshua Ferris's novel about dentistry, virtual identity and the search for meaning is bitingly funny; Karen Joy Fowler draws on studies of chimpanzee behaviour to consider what it is that makes us human.
Slash
Definition:
(v. t.) To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.
(v. t.) To lash; to ply the whip to.
(v. t.) To crack or snap, as a whip.
(v. i.) To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly.
(n.) A long cut; a cut made at random.
(n.) A large slit in the material of any garment, made to show the lining through the openings.
(n.) Swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes.
Example Sentences:
(1) October 23, 2013 3.55pm BST Another reason to be concerned about the global economy - Canada's central bank has slashed its economic forecasts for the US.
(2) Supermarkets are slashing the price of cauliflower because a relatively warm start to the year has produced a glut of florets.
(3) But in April, this was reduced to 70% as ministers tried to slash the welfare bill.
(4) We write to deplore the coalition's withdrawal of support from the hugely successful school sport partnerships (" Michael Gove's plan to slash sports funding in schools splits cabinet ", News).
(5) It’s just one piece of New York’s air quality strategy, which also aims at slashing greenhouse gas emissions 80% from 2005 levels by 2050, says Mark Chambers, director of the mayor’s Office of Sustainability.
(6) It’s clear from our time in government that the Tories target will be slashing support for families.
(7) Perhaps an independent Scotland would offer a restrained alternative to Westminster's current slash and burn.
(8) The energy and climate change secretary, Ed Miliband, said the new policy balanced three challenges: the need to ensure the security of the UK's energy supply, the need to build a low-carbon economy and the need to slash greenhouse gas emissions.
(9) Forrest noted Fortescue’s rivals Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton had a break-even price of about US$30 a tonne, and the latter announced plans on Tuesday to slash costs at its WA iron ore mines to US$16 a tonne.
(10) The company this week announced it would attempt to slash wages at its Australian manufacturing plants.
(11) That line in the accounts reveals that costs were slashed by 32%, or £2m, to £4.3m – without which the company would have booked another loss.
(12) A leading thinktank has forecast that Britain will remain mired in recession this year, and slashed growth forecasts for almost all members of the G7 group of leading industrial nations.
(13) Detainees have seen their time allowed outside cells slashed, and been forced to undergo humiliating body cavity searches if they want to speak to lawyers, it has been claimed.
(14) Unlike many music hack days, this is a commercial contest: the winning hack – as judged by Slash, BitTorrent founder Bram Cohen and investor Ben Parr – will earn its creator an autographed guitar, $1,000 and “the chance to have Slash use the winning hack with the release of his new album”.
(15) Payet was at it again before Zaza and Antonio slashed at a couple of other presentable chances.
(16) At the same time, local authorities are being offered cash to approve house building, but the budget for affordable housing has been slashed by 50%.
(17) Amsterdam Uber drivers have been blocked in by taxi drivers and one reported having his tyres slashed.
(18) As a result, today it is slashing the cost of a Sky+ HD box by two-thirds to £49.
(19) Ofcom has slashed the £20m-plus per year cost of ITV and Channel 5 regional broadcasting licences to almost zero, in recognition of the cost of delivering public service obligations such as news and current affairs.
(20) But within North Rhine-Westphalia – which includes the cities of Cologne, Düsseldorf, Essen, and the industrial Ruhr region – it would appear that the CDU's arguments that the state needed to make sacrifices to slash its €180bn (£144bn) debt backfired.