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Definition of jitney - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
1.
- The jitney arrived at the station on time.
2.
- We took a jitney to the concert.
3.
- They joined a jitney at the local club.
4.
- He found a jitney on the sidewalk.
Images of jitney
small bus operating on a fixed route
Origin of jitney
Unknown, possibly from French, jetnée (small coin)
Examples of jitney in a sentence
A jitney service connects the downtown area with the suburbs. A jitney picked us up from the airport. Locals prefer a jitney for short city trips. The club hosts a jitney every Saturday afternoon. Winning the jitney was a highlight of the season. She paid a jitney for the candy.
Back then, a jitney could buy a loaf of bread.
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- French:minibus, taxi collectif, ...
- German:Sammeltaxi, Freundschaftsspiel, ...
- Italian:minibus, taxi collettivo, ...
- Spanish:autobús colectivo, colectivo, ...
- Portuguese:autocarro, táxi partilhado, ...
- Chinese:小巴, 共乘出租车, ...
- Japanese:ジトニー, 乗合タクシー, ...
- Arabic:حافِلَة صَغيرَة, سَيّارَة أُجْرَة مُشْتَرَكَة, ...
- Hebrew:מִינִיבּוּס, גִ'יטְנִי, ...
- Russian:маршрутка, маршрутное такси, ...
- Ukrainian:маршрутка, маршрутне таксі, ...
- Hindi:जिटनी, साझा टैक्सी, ...
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