jimmy

¹

[ jim-ee ]

noun

, plural jim·mies.

1. a short crowbar.
2. a large male crab, especially of Chesapeake Bay.

verb (used with object)

, jim·mied, jim·my·ing.

1. to force open (a door, window, etc.) with a jimmy:

   The burglar got in by jimmying the back door.

jimmy

²

[ jim-ee ]

noun

, Australian Slang.

, plural jim·mies.

1. an immigrant.

Jimmy

³

or Jim·mie

[ jim-ee ]

noun

1. a male given name, form of James.

Jimmy

¹

/ ˈdʒɪmɪ /

noun

1. slang.
   an informal term of address to a male stranger

jimmy

²

/ ˈdʒɪmɪ /

noun

1. the US word for jemmy

Word History and Origins

Origin of jimmy¹

1840–50; generic use of Jimmy; jack ¹

Origin of jimmy²

1835–45; rhyming slang; Jimmy (Grant), for immigrant

Example Sentences

A ground crew member had managed to jimmy the window open, passenger Matt Rexroad told FOX5SanDiego.com.

From Los Angeles Times

When those songs are stripped from their jimmied narratives and returned to their native format as recordings, they devolve into something peculiar: greatest hits tribute albums.

From New York Times

“You sort of know that when you take a crowbar to a side door of Westminster Abbey and jimmy the lock that there really isn’t any going back, don’t you?”

From New York Times

I pull out the calibration tool and jimmy it under the lower edge of the cover.

From Literature

But in jimmying the original into a more serious musical format as it proceeds, it achieves only a middling geniality.

From New York Times