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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a short crowbar;
- Example: "in Britain they call a jimmy and jemmy"
[syn: jimmy, jemmy]


VERB (1)

1. to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open;
- Example: "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"
[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