joe

1. (informal) A male; a guy; a fellow.Examples: "I'm just an ordinary Joe."informal

2. (archaic, slang) Synonym of Joe Miller (“an old joke”).Examples: "O what "a Joe," — what an "old Joe!" — / A very "old Joe!" — / Old Joe Miller made the joke before, / But nothing tells better that ^([sic]) a good old Joe!"Synonyms: Joe Millerarchaicslang

1. (informal) A male; a guy; a fellow.Examples: "I'm just an ordinary joe."informal

2. (UK, slang) A spy, especially a double agent.Examples: "Name me a joe in a bad country ... who doesn't fall for a pretty face if she's on his side against the world."; "Soviet troops were permitted to enter the American sector, where they could easily capture and torture an agent to confirm the existence of a Joe house, then cripple American espionage efforts by kidnapping a nest of spies in one fell swoop."; "Then Hapgood turned him into a joe — that is, he works for the British."UKslang

3. (historical) Synonym of johannes (“An old Portuguese gold coin bearing a figure of John V of Portugal.”).Examples: "I have seen doubloons before now in my voyagings; your doubloons of old Spain, your doubloons of Peru, your doubloons of Chili, your doubloons of Bolivia, your doubloons of Popayan; with plenty of gold moidores and pistoles, and joes, and half joes, and quarter joes."; "Guineas, joes, half joes, doubloons, and pistoles of various origin constituted the gold currency, while the silver was mostly the Spanish American dollar and its fractions: the half, quarter, eighth, and sixteenth, with the pistareen and half pistareen."; "In the olden time the currency, you know, was a l^([sic]) in gold and silver, joes, half-joes (Johannes), pistoles, moidores, doubloons, pistareens, ninepences (12+¹⁄₂ cents), and fourpence-half-pennies (6+¹⁄₄ cents) or “fippenny-bits.”"Synonyms: johanneshistorical

1. (chiefly US, informal) Coffee.Examples: "In olden times, you'd wander down to Mom's Cafe for a bite to eat and a cup of joe, and you would feel right at home."; "45 have some joe Week's almost over—now bring it home. Austrian researchers found that a cup of java resulted in a 45-minute boost of brain activity in the regions responsible for attention, concentration, and short-term memory."; "Some people say I make the best joe in town. But you know there's a kiosk over on Eighteenth Avenue, not that far from here."UScountableinformaluncountable

1. (Scotland) Alternative form of jo (“a darling or sweetheart”).Examples: "1836 Joanna Baillie The Phantom, Act 2. Provost, to a maidservant. I fear, my joe, the good that I can do him, Or ev'n the minister, if he were here, Would be but little."; "My tantie Kate sits at her wheel, / And sair she lightlies me; / But weel ken I it's a' envy, / For ne'er a joe has she."Scotlandalt-ofalternative