jimmy

Speech parts

1. jimmy - Noun

2. jimmy - Verb

3. Jimmy - Proper noun

Meaning

A short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

lever pry force prise prize pick jemmy johnny willy James work open tool latchkey pecker
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Antonyms

reduce cover focus block decrease cloud
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Hypernyms

open pry crowbar open up pry bar wrecking bar

Phrases with the word

have a jimmy riddle jimmy horner have a jimmy

Derivatives

jimmies jimmied

Examples

Jimmy Porter: They spend their time mostly looking forward to the past. John Osborne

I always felt Jimmy was trapped in Hollywood. He felt it himself. He loved aviation so much and he wanted to be able to do more of that. He somehow just got stuck here. Kim Novak

Just when you think there's nothing to write about, Nixon says, "I am not a crook." Jimmy Carter says, "I have lusted after women in my heart." President Reagan says, "I have just taken a urinalysis test, and I am not on dope." Art Buchwald

[On Jimmy Carter] "Huck Finn. Loss of identity drives people to nostalgia. Electronic man has no physical body, so he puts nostalgia in its place." Marshall McLuhan

Reagan won because he ran against Jimmy Carter. If he ran unopposed he would have lost. Mort Sahl

What jimmy did to God, God does to jimmy. Polish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

jimmied jimmies Jimminy Cricket Jimmy Cagney jimmy cap Jimmy Carter