Jimmy

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From 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.
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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

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Danish

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Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Proper noun

Jimmy

  1. a male given name

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English Jimmy.

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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)
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