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Jimmy

EigennameSubstantivEigennamehäufig in Dialogen

  • //ˈd͡ʒɪmi//

A diminutive of the male given names James or Jim, also used as a formal given name.

Eigenname

  1. 1

    A diminutive of the male given names James or Jim, also used as a formal given name.

    Heaven only knows why a man with a strong biblical name like James wants to be a president named Jimmy.

    The other living ex-presidents are Jimmy Carter, who has been in hospice care for over a year, and George W. Bush, who is very friendly with both Obama and Clinton, but as a Republican is unlikely to campaign for Biden even given his disdain for Trump’s contempt for democracy.

  2. 2

    umgangssprachlichA colloquial (potentially unfriendly or disparaging) way of addressing any male whose name is unknown to the speaker.

Herkunft

Etymology tree English Jim Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English Jimmy From Jim + -y.

Substantiv

  1. 1

    SlangShortened form of Jimmy Riddle, a piddle, a piss.

  2. 2

    Variante von jimmyAlternative form of jimmy (“a mature male crab”).

Eigenname

  1. 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

  2. 2

    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 prime mover powered by a two-stroke Detroit Diesel engine.

    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.

Herkunft

From the initialism GM (/ˌd͡ʒiˈɛm/), by jocular alteration of sound playing on the diminutive given name.

Formen

Plural
Jimmys, Jimmies
Die NachbarseitenDie alphabetische Reihenfolge folgt den Regeln der Sprache, nicht den Bytewerten: Ein Akzent entscheidet nur zwischen zwei sonst gleichen Wörtern, und das Spanische führt Ñ als eigenen Buchstaben.

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