"Jimmy" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɪmi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Jimmy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Jimmys [plural], Jimmies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪmi Etymology: Jim + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Jim|y}} Jim + -y Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s|Jimmies}} Jimmy (plural Jimmys or Jimmies)
  1. A diminutive of the male given names James or Jim, also used as a formal given name. Categories (topical): English diminutives of male given names, English given names, English male given names Derived forms: Jimmy Christmas, Jimmy Riddle, Jimmy Woodser Related terms: Jaime, James, Jamie, Jim, Jimmi, Jimmie Translations (diminutive of James): 吉米 (Jímǐ) [transliteration] (Chinese Mandarin), Τζίμι (Tzími) [transliteration] (Greek), Séamaisín [masculine] (Irish), Tiaguinho [masculine] (Portuguese), Seumaidh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), Jabbichinu [masculine] (Sicilian)
    Sense id: en-Jimmy-en-name-rcUs35qb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 24 12 20 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 36 19 15 21 8 Disambiguation of 'diminutive of James': 89 6 5
  2. (Scotland, informal) A colloquial (potentially unfriendly or disparaging) way of addressing any male whose name is unknown to the speaker. Tags: Scotland, informal
    Sense id: en-Jimmy-en-name-mr9RgcJg Categories (other): Scottish English
  3. A prime mover powered by a two-stroke Detroit Diesel engine.
    Sense id: en-Jimmy-en-name-CVNvSyYS

Noun

IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɪmi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Jimmy.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Jimmys [plural], Jimmies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪmi Etymology: Jim + -y Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Jim|y}} Jim + -y Head templates: {{en-noun|s|Jimmies}} Jimmy (plural Jimmys or Jimmies)
  1. (Cockney rhyming slang) Shortened form of Jimmy Riddle, a piddle, a piss. Tags: Cockney, slang Synonyms: piddle, piddle, pee, wee
    Sense id: en-Jimmy-en-noun-Mp-VG6-D
  2. Alternative form of jimmy (“a mature male crab”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: jimmy (extra: a mature male crab)
    Sense id: en-Jimmy-en-noun-fOTsWxMU

Inflected forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.