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Jimmy

//ˈd͡ʒɪmi// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 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. 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. 3
    A colloquial (potentially unfriendly or disparaging) way of addressing any male whose name is unknown to the speaker. Scotland, informal
  4. 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."

Noun
  1. 1
    Shortened form of Jimmy Riddle, a piddle, a piss. Cockney, slang
  2. 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. 3
    a short crowbar wordnet
  4. 4
    Alternative form of jimmy (“a mature male crab”). alt-of, alternative
  5. 5
    A marijuana cigarette. slang
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  1. 6
    A device used to circumvent a locking mechanism. informal
  2. 7
    A jemmy; a crowbar used by burglars to open windows and doors. US
  3. 8
    First Lieutenant (Executive Officer) slang
  4. 9
    A penis. US, slang

    "And then she said, "Gimme gimme gimme" / Jumped on my jimmy and rode me like the Wild West"

  5. 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."

  6. 11
    Men's underwear. slang
  7. 12
    A male crab, especially a mature male; a cock. (Sometimes capitalized.) rare

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:Jimmy."

  8. 13
    Synonym of coal car. US, dialectal
Verb
  1. 1
    To pry (something, especially a lock) open with or as if with a crowbar. informal, transitive

    "The kitchen window had been jimmied."

  2. 2
    to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Jim + -y.

Etymology 2

From Jim + -y.

Etymology 3

From the initialism GM (/ˌd͡ʒiˈɛm/), by jocular alteration of sound playing on the diminutive given name.

Etymology 4

* * (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.

Etymology 5

* * (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.

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