grandma, grandmother, granny, grannie, gran, nan, nanna
(noun) the mother of your father or mother
granny
(noun) an old woman
Source: WordNet® 3.1
granny (plural grannies)
(colloquial) A grandmother.
(colloquial, derogatory) An elderly woman.
(knots) A granny knot.
(farming, colloquial) An older ewe that may lure a lamb away from its mother.
• (grandmother): gran, grandma, nan, nanna, nanny
• (elderly woman): old dear
granny (not comparable)
(informal) typically or stereotypically old-fashioned, especially in clothing and accessories worn by or associated with elderly women.
granny (third-person singular simple present grannies, present participle grannying, simple past and past participle grannied)
(informal, intransitive) To be a grandmother.
(informal, intransitive) To act like a stereotypical grandmother; to fuss.
• nangry
Granny
(colloquial) one's grandmother
• nangry
Source: Wiktionary
Gran"ny, n.
Definition: A grandmother; a grandam; familiarly, an old woman. Granny's bend, or Granny's knot (Naut.), a kind of insecure knot or hitch; a reef knot crossed the wrong way.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 May 2025
(noun) the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
