Definition of Joplin

1. Noun. United States singer who died of a drug overdose at the height of her popularity (1943-1970).

Exact synonyms: Janis Joplin
Generic synonyms: Singer, Vocaliser, Vocalist, Vocalizer

2. Noun. United States composer who was the first creator of ragtime to write down his compositions (1868-1917).
Exact synonyms: Scott Joplin
Generic synonyms: Composer

Lexicographical Neighbors of Joplin

Joneses
Jonesian
Jonesy
Jong
Jongian
Jonnesco's fossa
Jonny-come-lately
Jonquil
Jonquière
Jons Jakob Berzelius
Jonson
Jonsonesque
Jonsonian
Jonston's area
Jonty
Joplin
Joppa
Jordan
Jordan's rule
Jordan River
Jordan almond
Jordan curve
Jordanella
Jordanella floridae
Jordanian
Jordanian Sign Language
Jordanian dinar
Jordanian monetary unit
Jordanians
Jordyn

Literary usage of Joplin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Fieldiana by Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago Natural History Museum, Field Columbian Museum (1895)
"CRYSTAL FORMS OF CALCITE FROM joplin, MISSOURI. Large crystals of calcite from joplin, Missouri, have been known for some years to collectors, ..."

2. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"joplin District. — The centre of the zinc industry in the United States is at ... (qv), and the purity of the sulphide ores of the joplin District has made ..."

3. Portland, Oregon, Its History and Builders: In Connection with the by Joseph Gaston (1911)
"William T. joplin, a resident of Portland for more than a quarter of a century, ... At the usual age, William T. joplin entered the public schools of ..."

4. Proceedings by Natural Gas Association of America, Modern Language Association of America (1917)
"THREE-IN-ONE WRINKLE THAT HELPS IN joplin. ... SUPT., joplin GAS CO., joplin, MISSOURI. We submit for your approval exhibits No. i, No. 2, and No. 3. ..."

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