different between jimmy vs jimpy

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.

English

Etymology 1

From jimp +? -y

Adjective

jimpy (comparative more jimpy, superlative most jimpy)

1. neat, jimp

References

• Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, jimp

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adjective

jimpy (not comparable)

1. (biology) Describing a sex-linked mutation in mice that causes severe hypomyelination in the males.