Showing results for joes. Search instead for joys.

joes

British

/ dʒəʊz /

plural noun

informal a fit of depression

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of joes

short for the Joe Blakes

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

The providers have passed those fees on to average TV-watching joes.

From Slate • Aug. 21, 2025

He plans to match 2015 Braedyn, a cabernet sauvignon blend, with Lee’s starter of meatballs and sloppy joes.

From Seattle Times • May 5, 2023

My Aunt Peggy, on the other hand, had three sons, treated potato chips as a legitimate side dish and made Manwich-based sloppy joes regularly.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2021

Then, Holmes makes lamb sloppy joes and shops at Seed Bakery for fresh baked bread.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2019

I might have been sick of mangled meat loaf and puked-up sloppy joes, but Dad’s guilt was not the way I wanted to get edible food back in my life.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023