Meaning of Jimmy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Sprinkles used as a topping for ice cream, cookies, or cupcakes.
   Maine, Mid-Atlantic, US, dialectal, plural, plural-only
2. A diminutive of the male given names James or Jim, also used as a formal given name.
3. Shortened form of Jimmy Riddle, a piddle, a piss.
   Cockney, slang
4. 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.
5. A marijuana cigarette.
   slang
6. A colloquial (potentially unfriendly or disparaging) way of addressing any male whose name is unknown to the speaker.
   Scotland, informal
7. A prime mover powered by a two-stroke Detroit Diesel engine.
8. A device used to circumvent a locking mechanism.
   informal
9. A jemmy; a crowbar used by burglars to open windows and doors.
   US
10. First Lieutenant (Executive Officer)
    slang
11. A penis.
    US, slang
12. A condom.
    US, slang
13. Men's underwear.
    slang
14. A male crab, especially a mature male; a cock. (Sometimes capitalized.)
    rare
15. Synonym of coal car.
    US, dialectal

Equivalents

Examples

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

“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.”

“a Jimmy diesel”

“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.”

“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.””

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

“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”

“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. […]”

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:Jimmy.”

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