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Jimmy
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Jimmy has 1 sense
- jimmy(n = noun.artifact) jemmy - a short crowbar; "in Britain they call a jimmy and jemmy" is a kind of crowbar, pry, pry bar, wrecking bar
Derived form verb jimmy1
Verb Jimmy has 1 sense
- jimmy(v = verb.contact) lever, prise, prize, pry - to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock"; "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail" is one way to open, open up
Derived form noun jimmy1
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CIDE DICTIONARY
Jimmy, n. [Cf. Jemmy.].
A short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors. [1913 Webster]
Jimmy, n. [Rhyming slang: Jimmy Grant, for immigrant. RHUD ].
An immigrant. [PJC]
Jimmy, v. t.
To pry open (a door, window, etc.) with a jimmy or similar device; often used with open ; as, the burglar jimmied open the back door and stole the TV set. [PJC]
THESAURUS
Jimmy
bar, beam, boom, cant hook, claw bar, crank, crow, crowbar, get a foothold, get leverage, handspike, iron crow, lever, limb, marlinespike, outrigger, peavey, pedal, pinch bar, prize, pry, ripping bar, spar, treadle, wedge, wrecking barROGET THESAURUS
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Instrument
N instrument, machinery, mechanism, engineering, instrument, organ, tool, implement, utensil, machine, engine, lathe, gin, mill, air engine, caloric engine, heat engine, gear, tackle, tackling, rig, rigging, apparatus, appliances, plant, materiel, harness, trappings, fittings, accouterments, barde, equipment, equipmentage, appointments, furniture, upholstery, chattels, paraphernalia, mechanical powers, lever, leverage, mechanical advantage, crow, crowbar, handspike, gavelock, jemmy, jimmy, arm, limb, wing, oar, paddle, pulley, wheel and axle, wheelwork, clockwork, wheels within wheels, pinion, crank, winch, cam, pedal, capstan, wheel, inclined plane, wedge, screw, spring, mainspring, can hook, glut, heald, heddle, jenny, parbuckle, sprag, water wheel, handle, hilt, haft, shaft, heft, shank, blade, trigger, tiller, helm, treadle, key, turnscrew, screwdriver, knocker, hammer, edge tool, borer, vice, teeth, nail, rope, peg, support, spoon, arms, oar, cardiograph, recapper, snowplow, tenpenny, votograph, instrumental, mechanical, machinal, brachial.
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