'Jimmy' definitions:
- Jimmy \Jim"my\, n.; pl. Jimmies. [Cf. Jemmy.]
A short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors.
[Written also jemmy.]
[1913 Webster]
- jimmy \jim"my\, n.; pl. jimmies. [Rhyming slang: Jimmy Grant,
for immigrant. --RHUD]
An immigrant. [Australian slang]
[PJC]
- 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]
- 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
