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Definition: Jimmy |
JimmyNoun1. A short crowbar; "in England they call a jimmy and jemmy". Verb1. To move or force, esp. in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock", "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Jimmy" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the heel holder", "a supplanter". |
Date "jimmy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1868. (references) |
Note: Jimmy \Jim"my\, noun; plural Jimmies. [Compare to Jemmy.]. (references) |
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19th Century Satire | An implement employed by men of acquisitive natures who cannot afford seats in the Stock Exchange. Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: JimmySynonyms: jemmy (n), lever (v), prise (v), prize (v), pry (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Instrument | Mechanical powers; lever, leverage; mechanical advantage; crow, crowbar; handspike, gavelock, jemmy, jimmy, arm, limb, wing; oar, paddle; pulley; wheel and axle; wheelwork, clockwork; wheels within wheels; pinion, crank, winch; cam; pedal; capstan; (lift); wheel; (rotation); inclined plane; wedge; screw; spring, mainspring; can hook, glut, heald, heddle, jenny, parbuckle, sprag, water wheel. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Jimmy |
| English words defined with "jimmy": jemmy. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "jimmy": Billee' ♦ smoke and mirrors. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Jimmy" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (Jimmy). |
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Screenplays | Now, Jimmy, you have some pretty good ballplayers here (A League of Their Own; writing credit: Kim Wilson; Kelly Candaele) I just cut a deal with Jimmy. We're going to import a case of them together (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt) Just stay away from Jimmy. I don't want him coaching in Hickory when he's fifty (Hoosiers; writing credit: Angelo Pizzo) I need my Jimmy! (Dead Man on Campus; writing credit: Anthony Abrams; Adam Larson Broder) Uncle Edward, I don't want to get married to Jimmy. (Curly Top; writing credit: Arthur J. Beckhard; Patterson McNutt) | |
Lyrics | Pack a vest for your Jimmy in the city of sex (California Love; performing artist: 2 PAC) Jimmy quit and Jody got married (Summer Of '69; performing artist: Bryan Adams) So this the jimmy talkin' (Ugly; performing artist: Bubba Sparxxx) And a Jimmy haulin' hogs (Convoy; performing artist: C.W. MCCALL) I dreamed that Jimmy Page would come from Santa Monica and teach me to play (AM Radio; performing artist: Everclear) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Und Jimmy ging zum Regenbogen (1971) The Coming Asunder of Jimmy Bright (1971) Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters (1969) The Jimmy Tarbuck Show (1968) Jimmy Orpheus (1966) | |
Song Titles | Go, Jimmy, Go (performing artist: Jimmy Clanton) Are You Jimmy Ray? (performing artist: Jimmy Ray) Jimmy Mack (performing artist: Martha and The Vandellas) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | "Cool" (movie) by Jimmy Forsman. |  | Jimmy Henry, manager of the NRCS Plant Materials Center in Elsberry, Missouri, checks the status of a plant being evaluated at the center for potential conservation usage. Credit: Charlie Rahm. |
 | Mr. Andrew Miller and Mr. Jimmy Clark pick okra for the Beat 4 Co-op of which they are members. Credit: USDA. |  | Mr Jimmy Clark picks Okra for the Beat 4 Coop of which he is a member. Credit: USDA. |
 | [William J. Hammack] / P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Jimmy Wilson Studios.. |  | [Hughes Kennedy, Jr.] / P. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Jimmy Wilson Studios.. |
 | Jimmy Dygert. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Jimmy Hart. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Jimmy, darting into the open door below, saw Turney's fat legs hanging from the ceiling. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Jimmy Walker and King Alphonso of Naples] / Covarrubias. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Brothers 1" by Kelly Abbott Commentary: "Jimmy & Dean. What else is there to know?." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
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 | Bubble; pop; future; space; science fiction; breach; bare; break in; break out; broach; burst; bust in; come apart; crack; disclose; display; disrupt; expand; expose; fissure; free; gap; gape; hole; jimmy; kick in; lacerate; lance; penetrate; perforate; p. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Smaller SUV and 4WD vehicles like the Honda HR-V and CR-V, the Subaru Forester, the Rover Freelander, the Suzuki Vitara, Jimmy and Baleno, and the Toyota RAV4 gain market share. (references) | |
Economic History | Vanuatu | On the eve of independence in 1980, Jimmy Stevens' Nagriamel movement, in alliance with private French interests, declared the island of Espiritu Santo independent of the new government. (references) |
Guyana | After a visit to Guyana by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter in 1990, Hoyte made changes in the electoral rules, appointed a new chairman of the Elections Commission, and endorsed putting together new voters' lists, thus delaying the election. (references) | |
Haiti | In mid-September, with U.S. troops prepared to enter Haiti by force, President Clinton dispatched a negotiating team led by former President Jimmy Carter to persuade the de facto authorities to step aside and allow for the return of constitutional rule. (references) | |
Human Rights | Colombia | On December 31, FARC guerrillas shot to death indigenous law student Jimmy Guauna Chicangana, as he and fellow citizens in Purace, Cauca department, participated in unarmed civil resistance in the town square. (references) |
Paraguay | Amnesty International reported in April that five youths (Jorge Herebia, Rafael Pereira, Oscar Acuna, Die Acosta, and Jimmy Orlando Dos Santos) detained in the Panchito Lopez Juvenile Center were tortured and mistreated. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Bill Maher | I like Jimmy. And I haven't seen the show because I don't want to be in a position to be able to comment on it because that's an awkward position for me. |
Ed McMahon | You know, in those days, you couldn't say ass on television. You know, now, it's all over the place. But, then, they would bleep it. But Jimmy Stewart, they left it in. The censors left it in. |
John Thune | Look, every president going back to Jimmy Carter and actually before that, back to the Kennedy administration, has had flexibility when it comes to the issue of national security. |
Mattie Stepanek | Jimmy Carter is my hero because he is a humble peacemaker. He will write a book. He'll solve a problem. He'll build a house. |
Rush Limbaugh | Remember, we're only dealing with North Korea as it is because Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and Madeleine Albright gave them two nuclear reactors to play with. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Jimmy" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.96% of the time. "Jimmy" is used about 2,408 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 99.96% | 2,407 | 3,718 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.04% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,408 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "jimmy" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Jimmy | First name Female | 2,000 | 2,793 |
| Jimmy | First name Male | 191,000 | 99 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Jimmy" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "the heel holder", "a supplanter". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Jimmy." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| James | Male | Biblical | Jacob |
| Jacob | Male | Dutch | N/A |
| Jacob | Male | English | N/A |
| James | Male | English | Jacob |
| Jim | Male | English | James |
| Jimi | Male | English | Jim |
| Jimmie | Male, Female | English | Jim |
| Jimmy | Male | English | Jim |
| Jacob | Male | Scandinavian | N/A |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "jimmy": Jimmy Cagney ♦ Jimmy Carter ♦ Jimmy Conors ♦ Jimmy Doolittle ♦ Jimmy Durante ♦ Jimmy Hoffa ♦ Jimmy Stewart. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "jimmy": jimmy-jams, Jimmy-one-arm, jimmy-said. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
jimmy buffett | 5,324 | jimmy hoffa | 201 |
jimmy wayne | 1,774 | jimmy stewart | 199 |
jimmy eat world | 1,473 | jimmy choo shoes | 196 |
jimmy page | 957 | jimmy buffet lyrics | 196 |
jimmy kimmel | 853 | jimmy cliff | 183 |
jimmy neutron | 838 | jimmy buffet concert | 169 |
jimmy fallon | 823 | jimmy buffet ticket | 160 |
jimmy carter | 634 | jimmy johnson | 155 |
jimmy choo | 592 | jimmy kimmel show | 144 |
jimmy | 454 | jimmy lin | 141 |
gone jimmy lyrics stay wayne | 442 | jimmy dean | 125 |
jimmy eat world lyrics | 366 | jimmy buffet tour schedule | 122 |
jimmy kimmel live | 349 | alan buffett jackson jimmy | 118 |
jimmy lyrics wayne | 324 | alan buffet jackson jimmy | 113 |
jimmy buffett ticket | 309 | jimmy smits | 109 |
jimmy buffett lyrics | 305 | jimmy durante | 100 |
jimmy johns | 303 | gone jimmy stay wayne | 99 |
jimmy hendrix | 302 | jimmy surf | 97 |
gmc jimmy | 273 | eat jimmy tab world | 89 |
jimmy swaggart | 247 | jimmy connors | 89 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "jimmy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | Levë Hajduti, Hap Me Levë. (various references) | |
Chinese | 短撬棍 (jimmies). (various references) | |
Czech | Paklíè (passkey, picklock). (various references) | |
Farsi | ماهر (Adept, Adroit, Cunning, Deft, Dexterous, Dextrous, Expert, Great, Handy, Industrious, Natty, Pert, Proficient, Skillful, Slick, Understanding, Workmanlike), چالاک (Adroit, Deft, Dexterous, Dextrous, Handy, Lissome, Natty, Nimble, Nippy, Pawky, Peppy, Prompt, Sprightly, Spry), چابک دست , دیلم (Auger, Crow, Crowbar, Gad, Lever, Pry), بادیلم بازکردن . (various references) | |
Finnish | sorkkarauta (crowbar, jemmy). (various references) | |
German | Brecheisen (crowbar). (various references) | |
Hungarian | pájszer, Feszítõvassal Feltör, Feszítõvas (jemmy), feszítővas (bar, chisel, crowbar, wrenching iron), emigráns (émigré, emigrant, migrant). (various references) | |
Italian | Piede Di Porco (crowbar, jemmy), Grimaldello (jemmy, picklock). (various references) | |
Korean | 쇠지레 (jimmies). (various references) | |
Manx | Jamys (James, Jim). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | immyjay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | pé-de-cabra (crow, crowbar, jemmy, pry). (various references) | |
Russian | Взламывать Ломом, Баранья Голова, джимми. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | džimi. (various references) | |
Spanish | Palanqueta (jemmy), ganzúa (master key, pick, picklock). (various references) | |
Swedish | skotte (Jock, Sawney, scot, scotchman, Scotsman, scottish terrier). (various references) | |
Thai | เหล็กงัดขนาดสั้น, งัดด้วยชะแลง. (various references) | |
Turkish | Levye Ýle Açmak, Levye (jemmy, tire lever), Hırsız Levyesi (jemmy). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | Франт (Dandy, La-di-da), Відмичка. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "jimmy": jimmying. (additional references) | |
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"Jimmy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gimny, imy, jami, jammy, jamy, jarmy, jemmie, jim, jimd, jime, jimi, jimie, Jimmmy, jimpy, jimy, Jinmu, jinny, jmi, Jumma, jumy, jym, Kimmie. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "jimmy" (pronounced ji"mē) |
| 3 | -i" m ē | Gimme, shimmy. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "i-j-m-m-y" | |
-1 letter: immy. | |
-2 letters: mim. | |
-3 letters: mi, mm, my. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-j-m-m-y" | |
+2 letters: jimminy. | |
+3 letters: jemmying, jimmying. | |
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