Jimmy

See also: jimmy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪmi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪmi

Etymology 1

Jim +‎ -y

Proper noun

Jimmy (plural Jimmys or Jimmies)

1. 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.

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

Derived terms

• Jimmy Britts
• Jimmy Christmas
• Jimmy Riddle
• Jimmy Woodser

 

Translations

diminutive of James

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吉米 (zh) (Jímǐ) (transliteration)

• Greek: Τζίμι (Tzími) (transliteration from English)
• Irish: Séamaisín m
• Portuguese: Tiaguinho m
• Scottish Gaelic: Seumaidh m
• Sicilian: Jabbichinu m

See also

• Jaime
• James
• Jamie
• Jim
• Jimmi
• Jimmie

 

Noun

Jimmy (plural Jimmys or Jimmies)

1. (Cockney rhyming slang) Shortened form of Jimmy Riddle, a piddle, a piss.

   Synonyms: piddle, piddle, pee, wee

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

Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

Jimmy (plural Jimmys or 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.
      • 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

Etymology

From English Jimmy.

Proper noun

Jimmy

1. a male given name from English

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Jimmy.

Danish

Alternative forms

• Jimmi

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Proper noun

Jimmy

1. a male given name

Swedish

Alternative forms

• Jimmie

Etymology

Borrowed from English Jimmy.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Jimmy c (genitive Jimmys)

1. 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)