J is the tenth letter of the English alphabet. It is a later variant form of the Roman letter I, used to express a consonantal sound, that is, originally, the sound of English y in yet. The forms J and I have, until a recent time, been classed together, and they have been used interchangeably. [ 1913 Webster ]
In medical prescriptions j is still used in place of i at the end of a number, as a Roman numeral; as, vj, xij.
(Zool.) A species of wild goat (Capra Nubiana) found in the mountains of Abyssinia, Upper Egypt, and Arabia; -- called also
v. t. [ Cf. Job. ] To thrust; to stab; to punch. See Job, v. t. [ Scot. & Colloq. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A thrust or stab. [ Scot. & Colloq. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
v. t. To utter rapidly or indistinctly; to gabble;
n. Rapid or incoherent talk, with indistinct utterance; gibberish. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who jabbers. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a jabbering manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Jabber. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]