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dan | joe |

As an adjective dan

is stretched.

As a noun joe is

(informal) a male; a guy; a fellow or joe can be (chiefly|us|informal) coffee.

dan

English

(dan rank)

Etymology 1

From (etyl)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A rank of black belt in martial arts
  • Someone who has achieved a level of black belt

    • Etymology 2

    Uncertain.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (mining) A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.

    • Etymology 3

    (etyl)

    Noun

  • (obsolete)
  • * Spenser
    • Old Dan Geoffry, in gently spright / The pure wellhead of poetry did dwell.
  • * Thomson
    • What time Dan Abraham left the Chaldee land.
    (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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    joe

    English

    (wikipedia Joe)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A common nickname for Joseph, also used as a formal male given name.
  • * 1981 , Second Movement , Nebula Winners: Science Fiction Writers of America, Harper&Row, 1981, ISBN 0060148306, page 207
    • "With a name like Joe'," '''Joe''' always said, "I had to open a bar and grill, just so I could put up a sign saying '' Joe' s Bar and Grill'."
  • , Joanne or Josephine.

    • Related terms

    * Jo * Joey

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A male; a guy; a fellow
    • I'm just an ordinary Joe .

    Derived terms

    * average Joe * Joe Average * Joe Blow * Joe College * Joe Schmoe * Joe Sixpack

    See also

    * cup of joe * sloppy joe English diminutives of male given names