different between granny vs grannie

English

Etymology 1

• gran(nam) +? -y

Alternative forms

• grammy (less common)

• grannie (less common)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???æni/
• Rhymes: -æni
• Hyphenation: gran?ny

Noun

granny (plural grannies)

1. (colloquial) A grandmother.

   I'm going to be a granny.

2. (colloquial, derogatory) An elderly woman.

   There are too many grannies around here getting in the way.

3. (knots) A granny knot.
   • 1977, Stephen King, Children of the Corn

     The suitcase was old. The brown leather was battered and scuffed. Two hanks of clothesline had been wrapped around it and tied in large, clownish grannies.

4. (farming, colloquial) An older ewe that may lure a lamb away from its mother.

Synonyms

• (grandmother): gran, grandma, nan, nanna, nanny
• (elderly woman): old dear

Derived terms

• granny knot

Translations

Adjective

granny (not comparable)

1. (informal) typically or stereotypically old-fashioned, especially in clothing and accessories worn by or associated with elderly women.

   granny dress; granny glasses

Verb

granny (third-person singular simple present grannies, present participle grannying, simple past and past participle grannied)

1. (informal, intransitive) To be a grandmother.
2. (informal, intransitive) To act like a stereotypical grandmother; to fuss.

Etymology 2

• gran(d) +? -y

Noun

granny (plural grannies)

1. (Australia, colloquial) A grand final.
   • 2007, Steve Bedwell, Vizard Uncut, Melbourne University Publish (?ISBN), page 30:

     On the morning of the 'granny', the three Vizards would hop into Godfrey's Dodge and head off towards the MCG.

   • 2016, Brent Harvey, Boomer, Macmillan Publishers Aus. (?ISBN)

     Jase was controversially suspended and prevented from playing in the granny.

   • 2020, Marlion Pickett, Dave Warner, Belief, Simon and Schuster (?ISBN)

     "Dad, I got some good news and bad news. Good news is I'll be playing in the granny. Bad news is you'll have to hop on a plane.”

Anagrams

• nangry

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æni/
• Rhymes: -æni

Noun

grannie (plural grannies)

1. Alternative form of granny

   • An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.

Anagrams

• Nearing, Reginan, aginner, aningre, earning, engrain, geranin, nearing, nigeran