JILL

Etymology

Proper noun

Jill

A female given name from Latin.

Clipping of Jillian.

Generic use for any female (as Sheila in Australian English), especially paired (since the 15th c, compare Ienken and Iulyan) with the male Jack.

Noun

Jill (plural Jills)

A young woman; a sweetheart; like the variant spelling Gill it was also associated with various assertive uses of the term flirt, as in flirtgigg (used by William Shakespeare for a 'woman of light or loose behavior').

A jillstrap: the female counterpart to a jockstrap.

Etymology 1

Verb

jill (third-person singular simple present jills, present participle jilling, simple past and past participle jilled)

(uncommon, coarse, slang, of a female) To masturbate.

Synonyms

• See also masturbate

Etymology 2

Noun

jill (plural jills)

A female ferret.

Coordinate term: hob (sex)

Etymology 3

Noun

jill (plural jills)

Misspelling of gill.

Source: Wiktionary

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Jill, n. Etym: [See Gill sweetheart.]

Definition: A young woman; a sweetheart. See Gill. Beau. & Fl.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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