[syn: pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmy]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Jimmy \Jim"my\, n.; pl. Jimmies. [Cf. Jemmy.]
A short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors.
[Written also jemmy.]
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
jimmy \jim"my\, n.; pl. jimmies. [Rhyming slang: Jimmy Grant,
for immigrant. --RHUD]
An immigrant. [Australian slang]
[PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
jimmy \jim"my\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. jimmied; p. pr. & vb. n.
jimmying.]
To pry open (a door, window, etc.) with a jimmy or similar
device; often used with open; as, the burglar jimmied open
the back door and stole the TV set.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
jimmy
n 1: a short crowbar; "in Britain they call a jimmy and jemmy"
[syn: jimmy, jemmy]
v 1: to move or force, especially in an effort to get something
open; "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to
pry the lid off the garbage pail" [syn: pry, prise,
prize, lever, jimmy]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "jimmy":
bar, beam, boom, cant hook, claw bar, crank, crow, crowbar,
get a foothold, get leverage, handspike, iron crow, lever, limb,
marlinespike, outrigger, peavey, pedal, pinch bar, prize, pry,
ripping bar, spar, treadle, wedge, wrecking bar