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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
jimmy \jim"my\, n.; pl. jimmies. rhyming slang: jimmy grant,
for immigrant. --rhud
an immigrant. australian slang
pjc
see also:
jimmies
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
jimmy \jim"my\, v. t. imp. p. p. jimmied; p. pr. vb. n.
jimmying.
to pry open a door, window, etc. with a jimmy or similar
device; often used with open; as, the burglar jimmied open
the back door and stole the tv set.
pjc
see also:
jimmied jimmying
- [3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
jimmy \jim"my\, n.; pl. jimmies. cf. jemmy.
a short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors.
written also jemmy.
1913 webster
see also:
jimmies jemmy jemmy
- [4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
jimmy
n : a short crowbar; "in england they call a jimmy and jemmy"
syn: jemmy
v : 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" syn: pry, prise,
prize, lever
also: jimmied
see also:
jemmy pry prise prize lever jimmied
- [5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
26 moby thesaurus words for "jimmy":
bar, beam, boom, cant hook, claw bar, crank, crow, crowbar,
get a foothold, get leverage, handspike, iron crow, lever, limb,
marlinespike, outrigger, peavey, pedal, pinch bar, prize, pry,
ripping bar, spar, treadle, wedge, wrecking bar
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