Jimmy
See also: jimmy
English
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪmi/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪmi
Etymology 1
editProper noun
editJimmy (plural Jimmys or Jimmies)
- A diminutive of the male given names James or Jim, also used as a formal given name.
- 1979 Charles Kuralt, Dateline America, Harcourt Brace Jovanocich, →ISBN, page 184:
- 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, →ISBN, page 184:
- (Scotland, informal) A colloquial (potentially unfriendly or disparaging) way of addressing any male whose name is unknown to the speaker.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editdiminutive of James
See also
editNoun
editJimmy (plural Jimmys or Jimmies)
- (Cockney rhyming slang) Shortened form of Jimmy Riddle, a piddle, a piss.
- Alternative form of jimmy (“a mature male crab”)
Etymology 2
editFrom the initialism GM (/ˌd͡ʒiˈɛm/), by jocular alteration of sound playing on the diminutive given name.
Proper noun
editJimmy (plural Jimmys or Jimmies)
- 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
- A prime mover powered by a two-stroke Detroit Diesel engine.
- 1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall:
- 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.
Cebuano
editEtymology
editProper noun
editJimmy
- a male given name from English
Quotations
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:Jimmy.
Danish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English.
Proper noun
editJimmy
- a male given name
Swedish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editJimmy c (genitive Jimmys)
- a male given name
- 2010, Susanna Alakoski, Håpas du trifs bra i fengelset, Bonniers, →ISBN, page 117:
- Samipojkar skulle bli jobbare, det var ett bra yrke för sådana som hette Conny och Sonny också. [ - - - ] Och på hjälputbildningar runt om i landet skojlärde vi oss Y-barnsregeln. Varning för alla namn som slutar på Y!: Ronny, Tommy, Billy, Tony, Eddy, Lenny, Jimmy, Benny, Jerry, Freddy.
Så skojades det. Menades det, kanske.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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