tranny

¹ American  

[tran-ee] / ˈtræn i /

Or trannie

noun

Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.

plural

trannies

1. a contemptuous term used to refer to a transgender person, especially a transgender woman, or a crossdresser.

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tranny ² American  

[tran-ee] / ˈtræn i /

noun

Slang.

plural

trannies

1. a vehicle's transmission.

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Etymology

Origin of tranny¹

First recorded in 1960–65; by shortening and alteration

Origin of tranny²

First recorded in 1975–80; by shortening and alteration

Example Sentences

Before he could afford a four-wheel-drive vehicle, Koller traveled to camp in his 1959 Plymouth Savoy station wagon V-8 with a typewriter push-button tranny.

From Washington Times • Nov. 19, 2016

Transmission Honda TRX450R: Again, when you ride the Honda by itself, the tranny feels pretty decent.

From Time Magazine Archive

Approach the lip at sort of a frontside grind slash speed and slide your tail up the tranny about a foot below the coping.

From Time Magazine Archive

CAN03 We didn't ride much street on this trip and even when we did, it was still tranny.

From Time Magazine Archive

There's other more skatepark-style street, i.e., pyramids, funboxes, a manual pad, two planter boxes with palm trees, one with tranny, the other has a four-sided curved bench.

From Time Magazine Archive