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How to use jimmy in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Jimmy means sprinkles used as a topping for ice cream, cookies, or cupcakes. Example: “For quotations using this term, see Citations:Jimmy.”

Examples of jimmy by meaning

nounSprinkles 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
  • The crispy pastry tube was overflowing with sweetened, whipped ricotta and dotted with chocolate jimmies.2017 September 22, Suzanne Loudermilk, “Dining review: At Giovanni's, hearty Italian fare and an old-fashioned feel”, in The Baltimore Sun...

nounA condom.

  • 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.2004, Murad Kalam, Night Journey, Simon & Schuster, published 2004, →ISBN, page 158

nounA male crab, especially a mature male; a cock. (Sometimes capitalized.).

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Jimmy.

verbTo 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

More sentences with jimmy

  • Jimmy was going to help me with the prank, but he punked (out) at the last minute.From the entry punk
  • Jimmy sucked up to the English teacher hoping he would get an A.From the entry suck up
  • Jimmy jokingly called Bob a doofus. Bob took the insult seriously.From the entry seriously
  • Jimmy wrote me that he needs more money.From the entry write
  • Jimmy had a banana for breakfast.From the entry banana
  • Jimmy comes from Alien Township, Kaohsiung City and has Minnan ethnicity.2019 October 22, Liang Wen-Ching, “Take Pre-wedding Photo Shoot Back Home”, in Phoebe Szu-Yu Huang [黃思瑜], transl., Indigenous Sight [原視]…. From the entry alien
  • Jimmy and Ravi put together fine silver cutlery, crystal clear glasses and oriental decorated crockery.2017, Steven Baker, chapter 16, in Colour Sergeant Chesney V.C., Kibworth, Leics.: The Book Guild Ltd, →ISBN, page 132. From the entry crystal clear
  • Jimmy is snobbish in his tastes, more of an Aunt Edna than Alison.2014, John Elsom, Post-War British Theatre, page 75. From the entry Aunt Edna
  • JIMMY VICKERS (played by Danny Dyer): Yeah, takes 19 in the clip.2013 December 23, Stephen Reynolds, 48:02 from the start, in Stephen Reynolds, director, Vendetta (film), spoken by Ronnie (Nick Nevern). From the entry toy
  • Jimmy began to scream and ropes of spit shot from his mouth.2003, Dennis Lehane, Mystic River, →ISBN, page 138. From the entry rope
  • Jimmy, my husband, swears I always overcaffeinate the morning of a child's party.2003, Vicki Iovine, The Girlfriends' Guide to Parties and Playdates, →ISBN. From the entry overcaffeinate
  • The man who does not have the jimmy blade is stuck with the kaiser blade.2003, StoryQuarterly. From the entry kaiser blade
  • Jimmy Johnson had the most complete control of the team when he was here.1997 September 19, King Consultant, “This is a test of TRUE character”, in alt.sports.football.pro.dallas-cowboys (Usenet). From the entry split the blanket
  • Jimmy lives his life in a quiet but constant glow of public affection and love.1991, Armand Deutsch, Me and Bogie: And Other Friends and Acquaintances from a Life in Hollywood and Beyond, New York, N.Y.: G.P. Putnam's…. From the entry superfandom
  • Jimmy sat down at the piano, and the scientist tuned, then chinned the violin.1951, Gene Fowler, chapter 16, in Schnozzola: The Story of Jimmy Durante, New York: Viking, page 173. From the entry chin
  • Jimmy is twenty-one—grand-niece—ex-fathered by me, ex-mothered by Martha—orphaness to this day—orphaness to this day—get it?1906, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “The Admiral” (chapter 2), in The Refuge of the Derelicts; republished in Fables…. From the entry orphaness
  • Jimmy took his part with a will; this was seeing life, at least.1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “After the Race”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 56. From the entry with a will
  • Jimmy Kimmel on Republicans’ reaction to Signalgate: ‘How many times do you have to repeat a lie before it becomes true?2025 March 27, Jimmy Kimmel, quotee, “Jimmy Kimmel on Signalgate: ‘This operation was about as secretive as a Fortnite Twitch stream’”, in…. From the entry SignalGate
  • Jimmy Fallon’s Trump impression struggled to match up to the real thing when Trump guested on his show.2016 May 23, David Sims, “Where 'Saturday Night Live' Failed This Season”, in The Atlantic, retrieved 12 Dec 2025. From the entry guest
  • Jimmy and I can give you the intel and you just put a tail on the brothers next Thursday.2015, Stephen Leather, Black Ops (Spider Shepherd; 12), London: Hodder & Stoughton, →ISBN, page 379. From the entry Robert's your mother's brother
  • Jimmy is wired into the media as well.2010, Jim Devellano, Roger Lajoie, The Road to Hockeytown: Jimmy Devellano's Forty Years in the NHL, →ISBN, page xi. From the entry wire
  • Jimmy Bosch is a trombonist who savors the Latin jazz tradition of the descarga, a jam session everyone can dance to.2007 January 12, “Rock/Pop Listings”, in New York Times. From the entry descarga
  • Jimmy gives me a hug, and I bury my face right on his shoulder and cry like a titsy baby.2005, Sandra Kring, Carry Me Home, page 41. From the entry titsy
  • Jimmy started to pick up the entire trap." Just the animal." Jimmy pushed his hand into the trap.2003, James David Landis, The Taking. From the entry Hoover hog
  • Jimmy leaned forward holding his ear, the personification of naïveté, looking as young as a baby with his oh-so-innocent face.2001, Joshua Nedelman, The Garden of Eastern, page 36. From the entry way
  • Jimmy Page lacked the floppy hat and beard, but the guitar still maintained his trade mark industrial resonance.1998 November 6, Magnus Mills, “When dinosaurs rocked the earth”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC…. From the entry trade mark
  • Jimmy sabe'd the emphasis on the "inclined" and nodded.1920, Joseph Allan Dunn, Turquoise Cañon, Doubleday, Page, page 218. From the entry sabe
  • Jimmy Donoghue developed the “Alexandrian limp” during the gay and festive season, owing to being dislodged by a fractious neddy.1904 January 7, Amberite [pseudonym], “Sport & Sportsmen”, in Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative, volume XIV, number 1196…. From the entry Alexandrian limp
  • Jimmy Sham was taken to Yaumatei's Kwong Wah Hospital on Wednesday evening, a short distance from the scene of the attack in Mong Kok.2019 October 16, Holmes Chan, Tom Grundy, “Hong Kong protest leader Jimmy Sham attacked by men wielding hammers, Civil Front says”, in…. From the entry Yaumatei
  • Jimmy used to scallop from October to March and bartend a few shifts here and there over the summers when scalloping is prohibited.2012, Lisa Genova, Love Anthony, →ISBN. From the entry scallop
  • Jimmy was seven and had just finished first grade, so that made Nancy our caboose baby — our bonus child — our swan song.1987, Harriet Wallace Rose, Something's Wrong with My Child!. From the entry caboose
  • Not a bird in sight until I almost stepped on a solitary bleary eyed jimmy woodser pigeon staring or drinking at an oily puddle.1968, Geoffrey Dutton, Maxwell Henley Harris, editors, The Vital Decade: Ten Years of Australian Art and Letters, page 248. From the entry Jimmy Woodser
  • Jimmy bent to look at it.1929, Agatha Christie, The Seven Dials Mystery. From the entry spin

Meaning of jimmy

  1. noun Sprinkles used as a topping for ice cream, cookies, or cupcakes.
  2. noun A marijuana cigarette.
  3. noun A device used to circumvent a locking mechanism.

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Questions about jimmy in a sentence

How do you use jimmy in a sentence?
Jimmy is used as a noun and verb. For example: “For quotations using this term, see Citations:Jimmy.”
What is a short sentence with jimmy?
“chocolate jimmies; rainbow jimmies”
What does jimmy mean?
Jimmy means sprinkles used as a topping for ice cream, cookies, or cupcakes.

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