(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
Joy is a feeling of great happiness.
Salter shouted with ~.
...tears of ~.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
A ~ 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 ~s of being a chef...
= delight
N-COUNT: with supp
3.
If you get no ~, you do not have success or luck in achieving what you are trying to do. (BRIT INFORMAL)
They expect no ~ from the vote itself...
N-UNCOUNT: with brd-neg
4.
If you say that someone is jumping for ~, you mean that they are very pleased or happy about something.
He jumped for ~ on being told the news.
PHRASE: V inflects
5.
one’s pride and ~: see pride