joe

¹

[ joh ]

noun

, Informal.

1. coffee ( def 1 ):

   If you're looking for a pastry or breakfast sandwich to go with your morning cup of joe, we’ve got you covered!

Joe

²

[ joh ]

noun

1. (sometimes lowercase) Informal. fellow; guy:

   the average Joe who works for a living.

2. Informal. a personification of a typical, often unprepossessing representative of an occupation, personality trait, state of being, etc., that is expressed, sometimes metonymically, as a mock surname:

   Joe Lunchbucket working hard at some factory and paying his taxes year after year; political con artists relying on the gullibility of Joe Schmo.

3. a male given name, form of Joseph.

Joe

/ dʒəʊ /

noun

1. a man or fellow
2. a GI; soldier

Word History and Origins

Origin of joe¹

First recorded in 1840–50; of uncertain origin

Example Sentences

‘I just never really feel like myself’ outside of London, says ‘Game of Thrones’ star Sophie Turner — even when she lived with Joe Jonas in L.A. and Miami.

From Los Angeles Times

Pollster Nate Silver is calling on President Joe Biden to resign, saying that he should leave the "high-stakes" decisions of his final few months in office to Vice President Kamala Harris.

From Salon

Constellation’s chief executive Joe Dominguez described the deal to reopen it as a "powerful symbol of the rebirth of nuclear power as a clean and reliable energy resource".

From BBC

“Yes, we’re going to come after the people in the media who lied about American citizens, who helped Joe Biden rig presidential elections — we’re going to come after you. Whether it’s criminally or civilly, we’ll figure that out.”

From New York Times

The move follows US President Joe Biden giving Ukraine the green light to use Atacms missiles supplied by Washington to strike inside Russia, prompting a furious response from the Kremlin.

From BBC

Related Words

• caffeine
• cappuccino
• espresso