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jol

American  
[johl] / dʒoʊl /

noun

  1. a party or enjoyable social time.

    We went to a great jol last night.

    Come on over and have a jol!


verb (used without object)

  1. to party or carouse, especially boisterously.

    I sleep terribly because the students next door jol and blast music all night.

jol British  
/ dʒɒl /

noun

  1. a party

"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

verb

  1. (intr) to have a good time

"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 jol

First recorded in 1965–70; from Afrikaans: “dance, party”

Example Sentences

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Harry M. Jol, a geography and anthropology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, which owns the pulseEkko, says that subsequent computer analysis of the images could reveal soil “anomalies,” possibly caused by digging for a burial site.

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Pinpointing such anomalies could then help divert resources to “promising” sites instead of costly and time-consuming excavations that may yield no results, Jol told The Associated Press.

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For Jol, it’s the second time he has travelled to Cyprus to test out the radar.

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Jol, who participated in searches for Holocaust victims in Latvia, said the technology could be a game-changer for burial sites in other former conflict zones.

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The whole point of his work, Jol said, is to offer closure to the families of the missing by “working myself out of a job.”

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