jimmy

plural jimmies · alternative jemmy

1. MaineMid AtlanticUSdialectalpluralplural onlyRhode Island; Massachusetts; Rhode Island; MassachusettsSprinkles used as a topping for ice cream, cookies, or cupcakes.

   chocolate jimmies; rainbow jimmies

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   “What kind of sissy eats strawberry-frosted donuts?” I said. ¶ “With jimmies,” Belson said. ¶ “I had too much respect for you,” I said, “even to mention the jimmies.”

   2009, Robert B. Parker, The Professional, Berkley Books, published 2010, →ISBN, page 232

   The crispy pastry tube was overflowing with sweetened, whipped ricotta and dotted with chocolate jimmies.

   2017 September 22, Suzanne Loudermilk, “Dining review: At Giovanni's, hearty Italian fare and an old-fashioned feel”, in The Baltimore Sun, archived from the original on 18 Nov 2018

   Synonyms: hundreds and thousands

2. slangA marijuana cigarette.

   Synonyms: bifta, bifter, blunt, bogie, bomber, bone, bun, Camberwell carrot

3. informalA device used to circumvent a locking mechanism.

   Synonyms: slim jim

4. USA jemmy; a crowbar used by burglars to open windows and doors.
5. slangRoyal NavyFirst Lieutenant (Executive Officer)
6. UKUSslangA penis.

   From my Jimmy to my jaw / Every bone and every part of me's aching

   2023, “Keep It Simple”, performed by Mika

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   And then she said, "Gimme gimme gimme" / Jumped on my jimmy and rode me like the Wild West

   1989 October 10, Ice-T, “The Girl Tried to Kill Me” (track 6), in The Iceberg/Freedom of Speech... Just Watch What You Say!, performed by Ice-T

   Synonyms: anaconda, baloney pony, bald-headed hermit, banana, bird, birdie, bobby, boonga

7. USslangA condom.

   We moved to the futon and started fooling around. He rolled on a jimmy and I sat on top of him.

   1999, Amy Sohn, Run Catch Kiss, Simon & Schuster, published 2000, →ISBN, page 111

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

   2004, Murad Kalam, Night Journey, Simon & Schuster, published 2004, →ISBN, page 158

   Synonyms: jimmy cap, jimmy hat, condom, cum catcher, rubber

8. slangMen's underwear.
9. rareA male crab, especially a mature male; a cock. (Sometimes capitalized.)

   For quotations using this term, see Citations:Jimmy.

10. USdialectalSynonym of coal car.

    Synonyms: coal car

present singular third person jimmies · participle present jimmying · participle past jimmied · past jimmied · alternative jemmy

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

   The kitchen window had been jimmied.

   1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep

plural Jimmys · plural Jimmies

1. A diminutive of the male given names James and Jim, also used as a formal given name; variant form Jimmie.

   Heaven only knows why a man with a strong biblical name like James wants to be a president named Jimmy.

   1979 Charles Kuralt, Dateline America, Harcourt Brace Jovanocich, page 184

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   The other living ex-presidents are Jimmy Carter, who has been in hospice care for over a year, and George W. Bush, who is very friendly with both Obama and Clinton, but as a Republican is unlikely to campaign for Biden even given his disdain for Trump’s contempt for democracy.

   2024 March 27, Stephen Collinson, “Three presidents and one mission: Beat Trump”, in CNN

2. ScotlandinformalA colloquial (potentially unfriendly or disparaging) way of addressing any male whose name is unknown to the speaker.

plural Jimmys · plural Jimmies

1. CockneyslangShortened form of Jimmy Riddle, a piddle, a piss.

   Synonyms: piddle, piddle, pee, wee

2. alternativeAlternative form of jimmy (“a mature male crab”).

plural Jimmys · plural Jimmies

1. A General Motors diesel truck or diesel locomotive, or the diesel engine thereof; (by extension) any GMC truck, even a gasoline-powered pickup or SUV.

   a Jimmy diesel

   1. A prime mover powered by a two-stroke Detroit Diesel engine.

      Was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June In a Kenworth pullin' logs. Cab-over Pete with a reefer on And a Jimmy haulin' hogs.

      1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall