JIMMY (jimmied)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

Irregular inflected form: jimmied   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does jimmy mean? 

• JIMMY (noun)
  The noun JIMMY has 1 sense:

1. a short crowbar

  Familiarity information: JIMMY used as a noun is very rare.

• JIMMY (verb)
  The verb JIMMY has 1 sense:

1. to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open

  Familiarity information: JIMMY used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JIMMY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A short crowbar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

jemmy; jimmy

Context example:

in Britain they call a jimmy and jemmy

Hypernyms ("jimmy" is a kind of...):

crowbar; pry; pry bar; wrecking bar (a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge)

Derivation:

jimmy (to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open)

• JIMMY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they jimmy    ... he / she / it jimmies   
Past simple: jimmied   
Past participle: jimmied   
-ing form: jimmying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

To move or force, especially in an effort to get something open

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

jimmy; lever; prise; prize; pry

Context example:

Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail

Hypernyms (to "jimmy" is one way to...):

open; open up (cause to open or to become open)

"Jimmy" entails doing...:

loose; loosen (make loose or looser)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

jimmy (a short crowbar)

 Context examples 

Jimmy and others of the gang were running toward them.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

You are sure it was not a house-breaker’s jimmy?

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Jimmy, the plumber, he met there, in the company of a tall, blond girl who promptly forsook him for Martin.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Jimmy sent it to me. I think it's a very pretty picture. It shows up well.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

Jimmy always liked it better down East. He rose up to his position in the East. Were you a friend of my boy's, Mr.—?

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

Jimmy was bound to get ahead. He always had some resolves like this or something. Do you notice what he's got about improving his mind? He was always great for that. He told me I et like a hog once and I beat him for it.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)