JIMMY


Meaning of JIMMY in English

jimmy 1

/jim"ee/ , n. , pl. jimmies , v. , jimmied, jimmying .

n.

1. a short crowbar.

2. a large male crab, esp. of Chesapeake Bay.

v.t.

3. to force open (a door, window, etc.) with a jimmy: The burglar got in by jimmying the back door.

Also, esp. Brit., jemmy .

[ 1840-50; generic use of JIMMY; cf. JACK 1 ]

jimmy 2

/jim"ee/ , n. , pl. jimmies . Australian Slang.

an immigrant.

[ 1835-45; rhyming slang; Jimmy (Grant), for immigrant ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .