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trannie

trannie is the alternative spelling of tranny.

Meaning of tranny

Noun (1)

tranny (countable and uncountable, plural trannies)

  1. (derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar) A transgender person, especially a trans woman, or (especially historically) anyone who cross-dresses, especially MTF: a transvestite, drag queen, transgender person, etc.
    • "This is the boys' corner – this block and the next," he says. "Everybody has their territory: males, females, queens, trannies (transvestites) [...]1978 September 13, Alan Daniels, “Keeping tabs on the graduates of 52 Water: Teenage runaways”, in The Vancouver Sun, page D2

Noun (2)

tranny (countable and uncountable, plural trannies)

  1. (Commonwealth, colloquial) A transistor radio.
    • He spent most of his time in his darkened storeroom with a tranny and an earplug while his kid ran riot in the classroom.1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 135

Noun (3)

tranny (countable and uncountable, plural trannies)

  1. (colloquial) A vehicle's transmission.
    • Other incidents where the tranny suddenly locks up in high gear and requires that the car be restarted to return to normal.2012, Phil Edmonston, Lemon-Aid Used Cars and Trucks 2012–2013

Noun (4)

tranny (countable and uncountable, plural trannies)

  1. (colloquial) An electrical transformer.

Noun (5)

tranny (countable and uncountable, plural trannies)

  1. (countable, slang) A transition between moves.
  2. (slang, uncountable) A style of skateboarding based on transitioning from one move to the next.

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Forms of trannie

pluraltrannies

Questions about trannie

What is trannie the alternative spelling of?
Trannie is the alternative spelling of tranny.

Words near trannie in the dictionary

  1. Tranmere Park
  2. trannel
  3. trannels
  4. tranner
  5. tranners
  6. trannie
  7. trannies
  8. tranniversaries
  9. tranniversary
  10. trannoid
  11. trannoids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trannie (page history and authors); tranny (page history and authors). 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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