different between john vs likes

English

Alternative forms

• John

Etymology

From the male given name John (q.v.), whose ubiquity led to extensive use of the name in generic contexts. Its use for toilets derive from John and Cousin John, which both probably relate to jacques and jakes, used in equivalent senses by the British and Irish.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d??n/

Noun

john (plural johns)

1. (slang) A prostitute's client.
   • 2004, Dennis Cooper, The Sluts, page 233

     In the first part of the video, Thad sucks the john's cock and takes a load in his mouth.

   • 2013, McLachlin CJ, Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford (2013 SCC 72), para. 62

     In-calls, where the john comes to the prostitute’s residence, are prohibited.

2. (slang, US) A device or place to urinate and defecate: now usually a toilet or lavatory, but also (dated) a chamber pot or outhouse.
3. (slang) A Western man traveling in East Asia.
4. A male mule.

Synonyms

• (prostitute's client): See Thesaurus:prostitute's client
• (device or place for urination and defecation): See Thesaurus:chamber pot, Thesaurus:toilet, and Thesaurus:bathroom

Derived terms

• johnny house
• port-o-john

Translations

References

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• giehn, gohn (Moselle Franconian)
• jonn (Kölsch)

Etymology

From Old High German g?n, from Proto-Germanic *g?n?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j??n/

Verb

john (third-person singular present jeht, past tense jeng, past participle jejange)

1. (Ripuarian) to go

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la?ks/
• Rhymes: -a?ks

Noun

likes

1. plural of like

   They'd never before seen the likes of them.

   They'd never before seen the likes of him.

   I'd never seen their likes.

Verb

likes

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of like
2. First person singular simple present indicative form of like
3. Third person plural simple present indicative form of like

Anagrams

• Kiles, Kisel, kiles, kisel, silke, slike

Amis

Noun

likes

1. mosquito

References

2017, Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis (?????????) (in Mandarin Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples.

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: like, likent

Verb

likes

1. second-person singular present indicative of liker
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of liker

Spanish

Noun

likes

1. plural of like

Swedish

Noun

likes

1. indefinite genitive singular of like

Anagrams

• Eskil, kisel, lekis, silke