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jimmy

/ˈd͡ʒɪmi/

jimmy noun: sprinkles used as a topping for ice cream, cookies, or cupcakes.

Noun (1)

jimmy (plural jimmies)

  1. (Maine, Mid-Atlantic, US, dialectal, plural, plural-only) Sprinkles used as a topping for ice cream, cookies, or cupcakes.
    • chocolate jimmies; rainbow jimmies
    • “What kind of sissy eats strawberry-frosted donuts?” I said. ¶ “With jimmies,” Belson said. ¶ “I had too much respect for you,” I said, “even to mention the jimmies.”2009, Robert B. Parker, The Professional, Berkley Books, published 2010, →ISBN, page 232
  2. (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
  3. (informal) A device used to circumvent a locking mechanism.
    Synonyms:
    slim jim
  4. (US) A jemmy; a crowbar used by burglars to open windows and doors.
  5. (slang, Royal Navy) First Lieutenant (Executive Officer)
  6. (US, slang) A penis.
    • And then she said, "Gimme gimme gimme" / Jumped on my jimmy and rode me like the Wild West1989 October 10, Ice-T, “The Girl Tried to Kill Me” (track 6), in The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech... Just Watch What You Say!, performed by Ice-T
    • From my Jimmy to my jaw / Every bone and every part of me's aching2023, “Keep It Simple”, performed by Mika
  7. (US, slang) A condom.
    • We moved to the futon and started fooling around. He rolled on a jimmy and I sat on top of him.1999, Amy Sohn, Run Catch Kiss, Simon & Schuster, published 2000, →ISBN, page 111
    • "The next time you hook up with somebody," Lovie was saying, "you better wear a jimmy, boy. With spermicide on it. […]2004, Murad Kalam, Night Journey, Simon & Schuster, published 2004, →ISBN, page 158
  8. (slang) Men's underwear.
  9. (rare) A male crab, especially a mature male; a cock. (Sometimes capitalized.)
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Jimmy.
  10. (US, dialectal) Synonym of coal car.
    Synonyms:
    coal car

Verb

jimmy (third-person singular simple present jimmies, present participle jimmying, simple past and past participle jimmied)

  1. (informal, transitive) To pry (something, especially a lock) open with or as if with a crowbar.
    • The kitchen window had been jimmied.1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Jimmy

Jimmy (plural Jimmys or Jimmies)

  1. A diminutive of the male given names James and 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.1979 Charles Kuralt, Dateline America, Harcourt Brace Jovanocich, page 184
    • The other living ex-presidents are Jimmy Carter, who has been in hospice care for over a year, and George W. Bush, who is very friendly with both Obama and Clinton, but as a Republican is unlikely to campaign for Biden even given his disdain for Trump’s contempt for democracy.2024 March 27, Stephen Collinson, “Three presidents and one mission: Beat Trump”, in CNN
  2. (Scotland, informal) A colloquial (potentially unfriendly or disparaging) way of addressing any male whose name is unknown to the speaker.

Noun (2) capitalized: Jimmy

Jimmy (plural Jimmys or Jimmies)

  1. (Cockney, slang) Shortened form of Jimmy Riddle, a piddle, a piss.
    Synonyms:
    piddle, pee, wee
  2. (alternative) Alternative form of jimmy (“a mature male crab”).

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Jimmy

Jimmy (plural Jimmys or Jimmies)

  1. 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
    1. 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.1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall

jimmy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

jimmy in Hindi

जिम्मी, जिमी

jimmy in Tamil

ஜிம்மி, ஜிமி

jimmy in Marathi

जिम्मी, जिमी, जिम्मीला

jimmy in Urdu

جمی
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jimmy in Bengali
জিমি, জিমি-র কাছে, জিমির কাছে
jimmy in Telugu
జిమ్మీ, జిమ్మి, జిమ్మీయింగ్
jimmy in Malayalam
ജിമ്മി, ജിംമി, ജിമി
jimmy in Kannada
ಜಿಮ್ಮಿ, ಜಿಮ್ಮೀ, ಜಿಮ್ಮೀಯಿಂಗ್
jimmy in Punjabi
ਜਿੰਮੀ, ਜਿਮੀ, ਜੀਮੀ
jimmy in Gujarati
જિમ્મી, જિમી, જીમી
jimmy in Odia
ଜିମି, ଜିମ୍ମୀ, ଜିମିଙ୍କୁ
jimmy in Nepali
जिम्मी, जिम्मीलाई

Examples of jimmy in a sentence

  • Jimmy was going to help me with the prank, but he punked (out) at the last minute.
  • Jimmy sucked up to the English teacher hoping he would get an A.
  • Jimmy jokingly called Bob a doofus. Bob took the insult seriously.

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Synonyms of jimmy

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Forms of jimmy

Noun
pluraljimmies
alternative formjemmy
pluralJimmys
pluralJimmies
Verb
third-person singular presentjimmies
present participlejimmying
past participlejimmied
pastjimmied
Proper noun
pluralJimmys
pluralJimmies

Plural of jimmy: jimmies

Origin of jimmy

* * (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.

From Jim + -y.

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

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Words that rhyme with jimmy

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Questions about jimmy

What does jimmy mean?
Jimmy means sprinkles used as a topping for ice cream, cookies, or cupcakes.
What is jimmy in Hindi?
Jimmy in Hindi is जिम्मी, जिमी. See Jimmy meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is jimmy?
Jimmy can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce jimmy?
Jimmy is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɪmi/.
What is the plural of jimmy?
The plural of jimmy is jimmies.

Words near jimmy in the dictionary

  1. jimmies up
  2. jimming up
  3. jimminy
  4. jimminy cricket
  5. jimminy crickets
  6. jimmy
  7. Jimmy Britts
  8. jimmy cap
  9. jimmy caps
  10. Jimmy Choo
  11. Jimmy Choos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jimmy (page history and authors); Jimmy (page history and authors); jimmy (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jimmy (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jimmy (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jimmy (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jimmy (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jimmy (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jimmy (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jimmy (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jimmy (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jimmy (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jimmy (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jimmy (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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