Jimmy

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  jimmy \jim"my\, n.; pl. {jimmies}. [Rhyming slang: Jimmy Grant,
     for immigrant. --RHUD]
     An immigrant. [Australian slang]
     [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jimmy \Jim"my\, n.; pl. {Jimmies}. [Cf. {Jemmy}.]
     A short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors.
     [Written also {jemmy}.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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