jess

¹

[ jes ]

noun

1. a short strap fastened around the leg of a hawk and attached to the leash.

verb (used with object)

1. to put jesses on (a hawk).

Jess

²

[ jes ]

noun

1. a male or female given name, form of Jesse, Jessie, or Jessica.

jess

/ dʒɛs /

noun

1. a short leather strap, one end of which is permanently attached to the leg of a hawk or falcon while the other can be attached to a leash

verb

1. tr to put jesses on (a hawk or falcon)

Derived Forms

• jessed, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of jess¹

1300–50; Middle English ges < Old French ges, gez, getz (nominative) ( get oblique > French jet; jet ¹ ) ≪ Latin jactus a throwing, equivalent to jac ( ere ) to throw + -tus suffix of v. action

Word History and Origins

Origin of jess¹

C14: from Old French ges, from Latin jactus a throw, from jacere to throw

Example Sentences

If Jess does respond and the thread continues without you keeping track, you may get lost and end up sending an unnecessary followup email.

From Popular-Science

If you have a lot of tasks and leave yourself a reminder to “follow up if Jess doesn’t respond,” for the next week, there’s nothing on the thread itself that indicates exactly when you linked it to a task.

From Popular-Science

To see her go that way, cut off and alone, no hugs or kisses, has left a hole, for her and Jess both.

From Washington Post

Short resolved to find a place closer to where she and Jess lived.

From Washington Post

Previously managing editor, Europe for Digiday, Jess returns to us in a different role and focus — she formerly covered media, programmatic and data privacy.

From Digiday

But she surprised the test pilots—there were three, the chief test pilot Jack Waddell, Wygle and Jess Wallick.

From The Daily Beast

“The progressive movement knows how critical adding more Democratic women to our government is,” said spokeswoman Jess McIntosh.

From The Daily Beast

I met Ned 10 years ago when we were all living together—him, Jess, and I—out in L.A., and Ned had been writing this.

From The Daily Beast

Chastain: No, but Jess [Weixler] told me you had some wild night out with dancing?

From The Daily Beast

You were also on a great episode of New Girl where the gang plays “True American” and Nick and Jess kiss.

From The Daily Beast

Jess had been used to these unpleasant occasions ever since she was a very little girl.

From Project Gutenberg

But, as Jess had told her mother, that blue party dress had become impossible.

From Project Gutenberg

Just then Jess was aroused from her brown 15 study by hearing somebody calling breathlessly after her.

From Project Gutenberg

But to herself Jess Morse thought: And it would mean the difference, for mother and me, between penury and independence!

From Project Gutenberg

Thank you, Griff, Jess heard herself saying to the younger Vandergriff, as he packed her modest order in the basket.

From Project Gutenberg