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jimmy
1[ jim-ee ]
noun
- a short crowbar.
- a large male crab, especially of Chesapeake Bay.
verb (used with object)
- to force open (a door, window, etc.) with a jimmy:
The burglar got in by jimmying the back door.
jimmy
2[ jim-ee ]
noun
- an immigrant.
Jimmy
3[ jim-ee ]
noun
- a male given name, form of James.
Jimmy
1/ ˈdʒɪmɪ /
noun
- slang.an informal term of address to a male stranger
jimmy
2/ ˈdʒɪmɪ /
noun
- the US word for jemmy
Word History and Origins
Origin of jimmy2
Example Sentences
Former Gov. Jimmy Carter entered the 1976 Presidential campaign as a more or less total unknown.
Her chops landed her several TV gigs, including a recurring role as an NBC page on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
But my favorites, and by far the most intimate photos at the gallery, are by Jimmy Steinfeld.
Copyright © 2014 by Alain Mabanckou from Letter to Jimmy (translated by Sara Meli Ansari).
Jolly and Creten, who are both married to Monster Jam drivers (Neil Elliott and Jimmy Creten, respectively), have kids.
Why he did that, instead of walking around on the shore, Jimmy Rabbit couldn't understand.
Then Jimmy remembered suddenly that he had to meet Grandfather Mole over there.
And Jimmy thought that if he must wait for him again he would wait in a pleasant place.
"Farmer Green sometimes places scarecrows in the cornfield," Jimmy Rabbit remarked.
And Jimmy, although there is not much money in the family—about twenty thousand a year—would be a very good match.
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