jill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɪl/
rhymes: -ɪl
Forms: form: jills
Etymology: From the female name Jill.
* (to masturbate): By analogy with jack (off). See Jack (“male name”).
* (gill): Paired with jack (from the male name Jack) as terms for alcohol measurements.
* (pelvic protector): By analogy with jock, Jock being a male name.
Senses: examples: text: Below ground, in the maze of tunnels excavated by the rabbits over many, many years, five of our jill, or bitch, ferrets were running loose[...]. A white jill popped out of the hole nearest men slithered through the net mesh and disappeared down an adjacent entrance.
ref: 1971 March, Fred Taylor, “How the English hunt rabbits”, in Field & Stream^([84]), volume 75, number 11:
text: In 1989 I obtained a hob from Curtis Price from one of my own jills mated to my own hob, for living as I do at the very edge of Britain it is not practicable to breed litters of ferrets to obtain a single replacement. Hence I lend out my best mated jills and receive a single ferret kitten from each litter.
ref: 2001, David Brian Plummer, In Pursuit of Coney^([62]), Coch Y Bonddu Books, →ISBN:
text: I prefer to use Jills on my ferreting jobs. All are fitted with transmitter collars, and I would never work a ferret without one. That said, I always make sure I have a large Hob ferret with me because sometimes he will shift stubborn rabbits where the Jills have failed.
ref: 2006, Steve Caple, Rural Pest Control^([9]), Troubador Publishing Ltd., →ISBN:
coordinate_terms: word: hob
topics: sex
sexuality
lifestyle
glosses: A female ferret.
glosses: Misspelling of gill.
examples: text: These complicated pieces of padding usually one-piece these days) should cover the entire chest and belly (down to the top of the jock or jill), the upper back, the collarbone, the upper arms and part of the forearms.
ref: 2000, Gary Abraham, Michael Smith, Kids’ Hockey: The Parents’ Guide, Firefly Books, →ISBN, page 91:
text: GOALIE JOCK OR JILL CUP AND STRAP PRICE RANGE: $10.00 - $25.00 This is a specialized piece of equipment with extra padding to protect the groin area.
ref: 2004, John Shorey, Hockey Made Easy: Canada’s Best Instructional Manual, 6th edition, →ISBN, page 141:
text: There’s nothing easy about being a hockey mom (or being related to me, for that matter).[…]But also know this: along this journey, you’ll learn so many valuable life – and parenting – lessons.[…]You’ll never have to be reminded again about taking the cup out of the jock or Jill before laundering it,[…].
ref: 2015, Astra Groskaufmanis, “Prologue”, in Offside by a Mile: Confessions of a Hockey Mom, FriesenPress, →ISBN:
text: Jock or Jill? More girls are playing hockey now than ever before. Sadly, big business hasn’t kept up. Some companies are just beginning to make hockey pants, pelvic protectors, and skates for girls.
ref: 2015, Sue Irwin, “A Dangerous Game”, in Safety Stars: Players who fought to make the hard-hitting game of professional hockey safer, Toronto, Ont.: James Lorimer & Company Ltd., →ISBN, page 14:
glosses: A pelvic protector, a woman’s equivalent of a man’s jock.
Synonyms: sense: pelvic protector
word: jillstrap
Derived terms: jill-hooter
jill of all trades
new jill swing
Related terms: jill-mill