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jimmy

nounverbcommon in dialogue

  • //ˈd͡ʒɪmi//

Sprinkles used as a topping for ice cream, cookies, or cupcakes.

noun

  1. 1

    Sprinkles used as a topping for ice cream, cookies, or cupcakes.

    chocolate jimmies; rainbow jimmies

    “What kind of sissy eats strawberry-frosted donuts?” I said. ¶ “With jimmies,” Belson said. ¶ “I had too much respect for you,” I said, “even to mention the jimmies.”

    The crispy pastry tube was overflowing with sweetened, whipped ricotta and dotted with chocolate jimmies.

  2. 2

    slangA marijuana cigarette.

  3. 3

    informalA device used to circumvent a locking mechanism.

  4. 4

    A jemmy; a crowbar used by burglars to open windows and doors.

  5. 5

    slangFirst Lieutenant (Executive Officer)

  6. 6

    slangA penis.

    And then she said, "Gimme gimme gimme" / Jumped on my jimmy and rode me like the Wild West

    From my Jimmy to my jaw / Every bone and every part of me's aching

  7. 7

    slangA condom.

    We moved to the futon and started fooling around. He rolled on a jimmy and I sat on top of him.

    "The next time you hook up with somebody," Lovie was saying, "you better wear a jimmy, boy. With spermicide on it. […]

  8. 8

    slangMen's underwear.

  9. 9

    rareA male crab, especially a mature male; a cock. (Sometimes capitalized.)

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:Jimmy.

  10. 10

    Synonym of coal car.

Etymology

* * (chocolate sprinkles): Unknown. There is much speculation that they were named after Jim Crow, but there is little, if any, evidence to support this theory.

verb

  1. 1

    informalTo pry (something, especially a lock) open with or as if with a crowbar.

    The kitchen window had been jimmied.

Forms

plural
jimmies
past tense
jimmied
past participle
jimmied
present participle
jimmying
third person singular
jimmies
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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