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Jimmy

nome propriosostantivonome propriocorrente nei dialoghi

  • //ˈd͡ʒɪmi//

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

nome proprio

  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

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

Etimologia

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.

sostantivo

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

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

nome proprio

  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.

Etimologia

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

Forme

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Jimmys, Jimmies
Le pagine vicineL'ordine alfabetico segue le regole della lingua, non il valore dei byte: un accento distingue soltanto due parole per il resto identiche, e lo spagnolo tratta la Ñ come una lettera a sé.

Contenuto lessicale tratto da Wiktionary, sotto licenza CC BY-SA 4.0 · Voce di origine · Versione dei dati 2026-08-23

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