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Joplin
[jop-lin]
noun
Scott, 1868–1917, U.S. ragtime pianist and composer.
a city in SW Missouri.
Joplin
/ ˈɒɪ /
noun
Janis 1943–70, US rock singer, noted for her hoarse and passionate style. Her albums include Cheap Thrills (1968) and Pearl (1971)
Scott 1868–1917, US pianist and composer: creator of ragtime
Example Sentences
She does her best Janis Joplin, belting out lyrics about waking up each morning and greeting the day — perhaps by getting high, perhaps by cathartic yells — and tries to find equilibrium.
Janis Joplin died a few weeks later, and Jim Morrison, the legendary front man of the Doors, was found dead in his bathtub in 1971.
“Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose,” Joplin sang in her signature blues-rock yowl — perhaps the best-known piece of wisdom in Kristofferson’s very wise catalog.
Her doctor instructed her to go to her local hospital in Joplin, Mo.
After Oso Ighodaro missed a dunk, Marquette got the rebound, only for David Joplin to miss a 3 to drop to 0 of 5 from deep before the break.
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