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jimmer

UK/ˈd͡ʒɪmə(ɹ)/US/ˈd͡ʒɪmɚ/

jimmer noun: a hinge.

Noun

jimmer (plural jimmers)

  1. (UK, dialectal, in plural, obsolete) A hinge.
    • Although it ſhall appeare that in thoſe few places of antiquity where this word Maſle is found, it is found diuorced by the ſpace of heaven and earth, both from the body and marrow bones of the Popiſh Maſſe, as alſo from the jimmers and trinkets thereof.1618, Thomas Cartvvright [i.e., Thomas Cartwright], chapter VIII, in A Confvtation of the Rhemists Translation, Glosses, and Annotations on the New Testament. […], page 37
    • […] he is a Chriſtian by Art, not by a new nature , dreſt up like a Puppet, in the faſhion and outward ſhape of a man,that moves by the jimmers which the workman faſtens to it, and not inform'd by a ſoul of its own,and therefore as ſuch an image,when worn by time,or broken by violence, can do...1659, William Gurnall, “Of a recovering ſtrength that ſincerity hath, and whence” (chapter XVII), in The Christian in Compleat Armour, or, A Treatise of the Saints War Againſt the Devil, […], 2nd...

Proper noun capitalized: Jimmer

Jimmer

  1. (alternative, North Wisconsin) Alternative form of James, usually a diminutive, but also occasionally a given name.
    • You see, Da Jimmer has been to outer space and he’s different. Very different.2001, Escanaba in da Moonlight

Forms of jimmer

pluraljimmers
alternative formjemmer
alternative formgemmer
alternative formgemew

Origin of jimmer

From Middle English gemow, from Old French gemel, from Latin gemellus (“twin”).

Diminutive of James.

Words that rhyme with jimmer

Questions about jimmer

What does jimmer mean?
Jimmer means a hinge.
What part of speech is jimmer?
Jimmer can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce jimmer?
Jimmer is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɪmə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of jimmer?
The plural of jimmer is jimmers.

Words near jimmer in the dictionary

  1. jimjamming
  2. jimjams
  3. jimjilbang
  4. jimjilbangs
  5. jimmed up
  6. jimmer
  7. jimmers
  8. Jimmerson
  9. Jimmersons
  10. Jimmi
  11. Jimmie

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