/ˈd͡ʒɪmi/
- A diminutive of the male given names James or Jim, also used as a formal given name.
“Heaven only knows why a man with a strong biblical name like James wants to be a president named Jimmy.”
“The other living ex-presidents are Jimmy Carter, who has been in hospice care for over a year, and George W. Bush, who is very friendly with both Obama and Clinton, but as a Republican is unlikely to ”
- Scotland, informalA colloquial (potentially unfriendly or disparaging) way of addressing any male whose name is unknown to the speaker.
- A General Motors diesel truck or diesel locomotive, or the diesel engine thereof; (by extension) any GMC truck, even a gasoline-powered pickup or SUV.
- A prime mover powered by a two-stroke Detroit Diesel engine.
“Was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June
In a Kenworth pullin' logs.
Cab-over Pete with a reefer on
And a Jimmy haulin' hogs.”
- Cockney, slangShortened form of Jimmy Riddle, a piddle, a piss.
- Maine, Mid-Atlantic, US, dialectal, pluralSprinkles used as a topping for ice cream, cookies, or cupcakes.
“chocolate jimmies; rainbow jimmies”
““What kind of sissy eats strawberry-frosted donuts?” I said. ¶ “With jimmies,” Belson said. ¶ “I had too much respect for you,” I said, “even to mention the jimmies.””
“The crispy pastry tube was overflowing with sweetened, whipped ricotta and dotted with chocolate jimmies.”
- slangA marijuana cigarette.
- informalA device used to circumvent a locking mechanism.
- USA jemmy; a crowbar used by burglars to open windows and doors.
- slangFirst Lieutenant (Executive Officer)
- US, slangA penis.
“And then she said, "Gimme gimme gimme" / Jumped on my jimmy and rode me like the Wild West”
“From my Jimmy to my jaw / Every bone and every part of me's aching”
- US, slangA condom.
“We moved to the futon and started fooling around. He rolled on a jimmy and I sat on top of him.”
“"The next time you hook up with somebody," Lovie was saying, "you better wear a jimmy, boy. With spermicide on it. […]”
- slangMen's underwear.
- rareA male crab, especially a mature male; a cock. (Sometimes capitalized.)
“For quotations using this term, see Citations:Jimmy.”
- US, dialectalSynonym of coal car.
- informal, transitiveTo pry (something, especially a lock) open with or as if with a crowbar.
“The kitchen window had been jimmied.”
FormsJimmys(plural) · Jimmies(plural) · jimmies(plural) · jemmy(alternative) · jimmies(present, singular, third-person) · jimmying(participle, present) · jimmied(participle, past) · jimmied(past)