GRANNY

grandma, grandmother, granny, grannie, gran, nan, nanna

(noun) the mother of your father or mother

granny

(noun) an old woman

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• (grandmother): gran, grandma, nan, nanna, nanny

• (elderly woman): old dear

Adjective

granny (not comparable)

(informal) typically or stereotypically old-fashioned, especially in clothing and accessories worn by or associated with elderly women.

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• nangry

Proper noun

Granny

(colloquial) one's grandmother

Anagrams

• nangry

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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