Joplin

[ jop-lin ]

noun

1. Scott, 1868–1917, U.S. ragtime pianist and composer.
2. a city in SW Missouri.

Joplin

/ ˈdʒɒplɪn /

noun

1. JoplinJanis19431970FUSMUSIC: rock singer Janis 1943–70, US rock singer, noted for her hoarse and passionate style. Her albums include Cheap Thrills (1968) and Pearl (1971)
2. JoplinScott18681917MUSMUSIC: ragtime pianistMUSIC: composer Scott 1868–1917, US pianist and composer: creator of ragtime

Example Sentences

In the early evening of Sunday, May 22, 2011, Joplin was hit by a multi-vortex F5 storm packing winds later estimated to have reached 200 miles per hour.

From Washington Post

It wasn’t the way Rohr wanted to end his campaign to save Joplin.

From Washington Post

Like Joplin, Missouri in 2011 and Paradise, California in 2018, it had simply been erased.

From Time

In none of the weddings Joplin has performed did the inmate have more than five years to serve.

From The Daily Beast

Like Joplin, Bensoussan said most of his clients were together before they were separated by bars.

From The Daily Beast

He was nearing the end of his sentence, but the woman enlisted Joplin to marry them before he was released.

From The Daily Beast

The first thing Joplin needs to find out before he will agree to officiate a wedding is why his potential client is in prison.

From The Daily Beast

While touring Europe for the first time, Joplin decided to test out its success on the international scene.

From The Daily Beast

Now I understand,—old Ardworth gave the boy to Mrs. Joplin, and took it away from her again when he went to the parson's.

From Project Gutenberg

On landing, Joplin scuttled and sunk the ferry-flat, to cut off pursuit.

From Project Gutenberg

Nathaniel Sears, a dealer in general merchandise at Joplin, Mo., writes to you asking for an open account.

From Project Gutenberg

He had enjoyed the night before, which he had spent at the house of a Joplin friend of the Madeiras.

From Project Gutenberg

That was forty-five years ago and it was thus that the great Joplin lead and zinc district was made known to the world.

From Project Gutenberg