simple past tense and past participle of joy

A female given name from English. / A surname.

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.

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

present participle of joy

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of joy

plural of joy

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

A practical joke device that consists of a coiled spring inside a disc worn in the palm of the hand. When the wearer shakes hands with another person, a button on the disc releases the spring, which rapidly unwinds, creating a vibration that feels somewhat like an electric shock.