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JIMMY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: jimmied   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A short crowbar

Example:

in Britain they call a jimmy and jemmy

Synonyms:

jemmy; jimmy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("jimmy" is a kind of...):

crowbar; pry; pry bar; wrecking bar (a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge)

Derivation:

jimmy (to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

To move or force, especially in an effort to get something open

Example:

Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail

Synonyms:

jimmy; lever; prise; prize; pry

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "jimmy" is one way to...):

open; open up (cause to open or to become open)

"Jimmy" entails doing...:

loose; loosen (make loose or looser)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

jimmy (a short crowbar)

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