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granny
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)
- (colloquial) A grandmother.
- I'm going to be a granny.
- (colloquial, derogatory) An elderly woman.
- There are too many grannies around here getting in the way.
- (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.
- 1977, Stephen King, Children of the Corn
- (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)
- (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)
- (informal, intransitive) To be a grandmother.
- (informal, intransitive) To act like a stereotypical grandmother; to fuss.
Etymology 2
- gran(d) +? -y
Noun
granny (plural grannies)
- (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.”
- 2007, Steve Bedwell, Vizard Uncut, Melbourne University Publish (?ISBN), page 30:
Anagrams
- nangry
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grannies
English
Noun
grannies
- plural of granny
Anagrams
- Nearings, Reginans, aginners, earnings, engrains, geranins
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