transcription, транскрипция: [ dʒɔɪ ]
( joys)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Joy is a feeling of great happiness.
Salter shouted with joy.
...tears of joy.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
A joy is something or someone that makes you feel happy or gives you great pleasure.
One can never learn all there is to know about cooking, and that is one of the joys of being a chef...
= delight
N-COUNT : with supp
3.
If you get no joy , you do not have success or luck in achieving what you are trying to do. ( BRIT INFORMAL )
They expect no joy from the vote itself...
N-UNCOUNT : with brd-neg
4.
If you say that someone is jumping for joy , you mean that they are very pleased or happy about something.
He jumped for joy on being told the news.
PHRASE : V inflects
5.
one’s pride and joy: see pride