jimmy, jemmy
(noun) a short crowbar; “in Britain they call a jimmy and jemmy”
pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmy
(verb) to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; “The burglar jimmied the lock”; “Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
jimmy (plural jimmies)
(plurale tantum, dialectal, US, especially New England and Philadelphia) Chocolate sprinkles used as a topping for ice cream, cookies, or cupcakes.
(slang) A marijuana cigarette.
A device used to circumvent a locking mechanism; a slim jim.
(slang, Royal Navy) First Lieutenant (Executive Officer)
(US) A jemmy; a crowbar used by burglars to open windows and doors.
(US, slang) A penis.
(US, slang) A condom.
(SE, slang) Men's underwear.
(rare) A male crab; a cock.
(US) A coal-car.
• Because of their brown color, the apparently false etymology of jimmies having been named after Jim Crow has led some to consider the use of the term jimmies to refer to chocolate sprinkles to be offensive. However, many people who are either unaware of this theory or who agree it is false do not consider this an offensive term.
• (marijuana cigarette): see also marijuana cigarette
• (sprinkles): hundreds and thousands (UK), sprinkles
• (penis): see also penis
• (condom): see also condom
jimmy (third-person singular simple present jimmies, present participle jimmying, simple past and past participle jimmied)
To pry (something, especially a lock) open with or as if with a crowbar.
Jimmy
A diminutive of the male given names James, Jim, also used as a formal given name.
(Scottish, informal) A colloquial (potentially unfriendly or disparaging) way of addressing any male whose name is unknown to the speaker.
• (piddle): piddle, pee, wee
Jimmy (plural Jimmies)
(Cockney rhyming slang) Shortened form of Jimmy Riddle, a piddle.
Source: Wiktionary
Jim"my, n.; pl. Jimmies. Etym: [Cf. Jemmy.]
Definition: A short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors. [Written also jemmy.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 January 2025
(noun) memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe)
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
