different between jemmy vs jimmy

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?mi

Noun

jemmy (plural jemmies)

1. (archaic, Britain, slang) A baked sheep's head.
2. (Australia, slang) An immigrant.
3. (obsolete, slang) A greatcoat.

   • your friend in the green jemmy

4. Alternative spelling of jimmy (crowbar).

Verb

jemmy (third-person singular simple present jemmies, present participle jemmying, simple past and past participle jemmied)

1. To shoehorn, to cram.

   two thousand people jemmied into a stadium built for fifteen hundred

2. Alternative spelling of jimmy (open with a crowbar).

Translations

Adjective

jemmy (comparative jemmier, superlative jemmiest)

1. (archaic) Neat; elegant.
   • 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 209:

     I was agreeably surprised by seeing my young friend and companion, Robert Pott, driving up the avenue in a very jemmy equipage.

See also

• jimmy

References

• jemmy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Alternative forms

• jemmy (in some senses)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??mi/
• Rhymes: -?mi

Noun

jimmy (plural jimmies)

1. (plural only, dialectal, US, especially New England and Philadelphia) Chocolate sprinkles used as a topping for ice cream, cookies, or cupcakes.
2. (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
3. A device used to circumvent a locking mechanism; a slim jim.
4. (slang, Royal Navy) First Lieutenant (Executive Officer)
5. (US) A jemmy; a crowbar used by burglars to open windows and doors.
6. (US, slang) A penis.
7. (US, slang) A condom.
8. (SE, slang) Men's underwear.
   • 2004, Murad Kalam, Night Journey, Simon & Schuster (2004), ?ISBN, page 158:

     "The next time you hook up with somebody," Lovie was saying, "you better wear a jimmy, boy. […]

9. (rare) A male crab; a cock.
10. (US) A coal-car.

Usage notes

• Because of their brown color, the apparently false etymology of jimmies having been named after Jim Crow has led some to consider the use of the term jimmies to refer to chocolate sprinkles to be offensive. However, many people who are either unaware of this theory or who agree it is false do not consider this an offensive term.[2]

Synonyms

• (marijuana cigarette): see also Thesaurus:marijuana cigarette
• (sprinkles): hundreds and thousands (UK), sprinkles
• (penis): see also Thesaurus:penis
• (condom): see also Thesaurus:condom

Translations

Verb

jimmy (third-person singular simple present jimmies, present participle jimmying, simple past and past participle jimmied)

1. To pry (something, especially a lock) open with or as if with a crowbar.

Translations

See also

• jemmy

References

• jimmy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.