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jimmy

noun

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verb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪmi/

name

Etymology: From the initialism GM (/ˌd͡ʒiˈɛm/), by jocular alteration of sound playing on the diminutive given name.

  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

  2. 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.

    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.

noun

Etymology: * * (chocolate sprinkles): Unknown. There is much speculation that they were named after Jim Crow, but there is little, if any, evidence to support this theory.

  1. Sprinkles used as a topping for ice cream, cookies, or cupcakes.

    chocolate jimmies; rainbow jimmies

    “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.”

  2. A marijuana cigarette.
  3. A device used to circumvent a locking mechanism.
  4. A jemmy; a crowbar used by burglars to open windows and doors.
  5. First Lieutenant (Executive Officer)
  6. A penis.

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

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

  7. A condom.

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

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

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

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:Jimmy.

  10. Synonym of coal car.

verb

Etymology: * * (chocolate sprinkles): Unknown. There is much speculation that they were named after Jim Crow, but there is little, if any, evidence to support this theory.

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

    The kitchen window had been jimmied.