What does "jimmy" mean?
Shortened form of Jimmy Riddle, a piddle, a piss.
Jimmy
/ˈd͡ʒɪmi/ name, noun, verb, slang
name, noun, verb, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: Shortened form of Jimmy Riddle, a piddle, a piss.
- Grammar: jimmy is listed as name, noun, verb, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: jemmy, bar, beam, boom.
- Useful contrasts: close, lock, seal.
- Usage evidence: Jimmy tried to cajole his parents into letting him drive across the country with his friends.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Shortened form of Jimmy Riddle, a piddle, a piss. Cockney, slang
- 2 Sprinkles used as a topping for ice cream, cookies, or cupcakes. Maine, Mid-Atlantic, US, dialectal, plural, plural-only
"chocolate jimmies; rainbow jimmies"
- 3 a short crowbar wordnet
- 4 Alternative form of jimmy (“a mature male crab”). alt-of, alternative
- 5 A marijuana cigarette. slang
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- 6 A device used to circumvent a locking mechanism. informal
- 7 A jemmy; a crowbar used by burglars to open windows and doors. US
- 8 First Lieutenant (Executive Officer) slang
- 9 A penis. US, slang
"And then she said, "Gimme gimme gimme" / Jumped on my jimmy and rode me like the Wild West"
- 10 A condom. US, slang
"We moved to the futon and started fooling around. He rolled on a jimmy and I sat on top of him."
- 11 Men's underwear. slang
- 12 A male crab, especially a mature male; a cock. (Sometimes capitalized.) rare
"For quotations using this term, see Citations:Jimmy."
- 13 Synonym of coal car. US, dialectal
Verb
- 1 To pry (something, especially a lock) open with or as if with a crowbar. informal, transitive
"The kitchen window had been jimmied."
- 2 to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A diminutive of the male given names James or Jim, also used as a formal given name.
"Heaven only knows why a man with a strong biblical name like James wants to be a president named Jimmy."
- 2 A General Motors diesel truck or diesel locomotive, or the diesel engine thereof; (by extension) any GMC truck, even a gasoline-powered pickup or SUV.
"a Jimmy diesel"
- 3 A colloquial (potentially unfriendly or disparaging) way of addressing any male whose name is unknown to the speaker. Scotland, informal
- 4 A General Motors diesel truck or diesel locomotive, or the diesel engine thereof; (by extension) any GMC truck, even a gasoline-powered pickup or SUV.; A prime mover powered by a two-stroke Detroit Diesel engine.
"Was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June In a Kenworth pullin' logs. Cab-over Pete with a reefer on And a Jimmy haulin' hogs."
Example
"Jimmy tried to cajole his parents into letting him drive across the country with his friends."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "jimmy"?
Common synonyms include: jemmy, bar, beam, boom, bypass, cant hook.
How do you use "jimmy" in a sentence?
Jimmy tried to cajole his parents into letting him drive across the country with his friends.
How do you pronounce "jimmy"?
Pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɪmi/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Jim + -y.
Etymology 2
From the initialism GM (/ˌd͡ʒiˈɛm/), by jocular alteration of sound playing on the diminutive given name.
Etymology 3
* * (chocolate sprinkles): Unknown. There is much speculation that they were named after Jim Crow, but there is little, if any, evidence to support this theory.