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Granny

//ˈɡɹæni// adj, noun, verb, slang

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Typically or stereotypically old-fashioned, especially in clothing and accessories worn by or associated with elderly women. informal, not-comparable

    "granny dress; granny glasses"

Noun
  1. 1
    A grandmother. colloquial

    "I'm going to be a granny."

  2. 2
    A grand final. Australia, colloquial

    "On the morning of the 'granny', the three Vizards would hop into Godfrey's Dodge and head off towards the MCG."

  3. 3
    a reef knot crossed the wrong way and therefore insecure wordnet
  4. 4
    Any elderly woman, regardless of if she has grandchildren. colloquial

    "That granny over there needs your assistance."

  5. 5
    the mother of your father or mother wordnet
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  1. 6
    An older ewe that may lure a lamb away from its mother. colloquial
  2. 7
    an old woman wordnet
  3. 8
    Ellipsis of granny knot. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

    "The suitcase was old. The brown leather was battered and scuffed. Two hanks of clothesline had been wrapped around it and tied in large, clownish grannies."

Verb
  1. 1
    To be a grandmother. informal, intransitive
  2. 2
    To act like a stereotypical grandmother; to fuss. informal, intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

From gran(nam) + -y

Etymology 2

From gran(nam) + -y

Etymology 3

From gran(nam) + -y

Etymology 4

From gran(d) + -y.

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