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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
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
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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