A feeling of extreme happiness or cheerfulness, especially related to the acquisition or expectation of something good. / Anything that causes such a feeling. / Luck or success; a positive outcome.

(intransitive) To feel joy, to rejoice. / (transitive, archaic) To enjoy. / (transitive, obsolete) To give joy to; to congratulate. / (transitive, obsolete) To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.

A female given name from English. / A surname.

plural of joy

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of joy

(idiomatic) A negative outcome; no success; a failure.

simple past tense and past participle of joy

present participle of joy

(BDSM) Initialism of jerk-off instructions: written or recorded instructions directing someone to masturbate. / (astronautics) Initialism of Jupiter orbital insertion.

(idiomatic) A newborn baby or child of any age. / (idiomatic, less common) A pet.