Jone

Quick meaning: Jone is a verb meaning (intransitive, transitive, African-American Vernacular, slang, often followed by on) To good-naturedly make fun of (someone); to roast.

Meaning

(intransitive, transitive, African-American Vernacular, slang, often followed by on) To good-naturedly make fun of (someone); to roast.

Example Sentences

To survive in the hood, you need to know how to jone.

At school, these girls stood around on the edge of the playground wearing black leather jackets, sneaking cigarettes, and joning on each other.

"He [Caleb Williams] was just talking to me, telling me I always got jokes, I'm always joaning on him. I tell him that's not going to stop," McCain said.

note: Judy's clique "joans" him about his father's staying at home, not working, and giving his mother so many children; and about Lillie's and his other sisters' being "whores."

Word Forms

• jones
• joning
• joned

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