Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Junior varsity.
- noun A member of a junior varsity.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It is true that Michael Jordan was once cut from his jayvee squad, but Barry was no Michael.
Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010
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It is true that Michael Jordan was once cut from his jayvee squad, but Barry was no Michael.
Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010
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It is true that Michael Jordan was once cut from his jayvee squad, but Barry was no Michael.
Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010
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It is true that Michael Jordan was once cut from his jayvee squad, but Barry was no Michael.
Into the Story DAVID MARANISS 2010
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The Timberwolves shot 68 percent in the first quarter and were cruising against the jayvee team early, using an 11-0 run from their own bench players to take a 41-20 lead with 8 minutes to play in the first half.
USATODAY.com 2007
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To clumsy jayvee players who wanted to make the varsity, and to lonely kids who wanted friends.
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Because the varsity and jayvee had the upper field, we were stuck down on a grassy spot between the baseball and softball fields.
Still Kicking Katie Hnida 2006
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The game was fun to play again, the pressure low at the jayvee level, and the sport conditioned my legs well for football the next fall.
Still Kicking Katie Hnida 2006
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That's like a varsity team losing to a jayvee squad, isn't it?
USATODAY.com - Wrestling with major topics in today's game 2003
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Michael Jordan has been cut from the team before, only back then the world hardly cared that he was demoted to the Laney High jayvee.
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