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Jimmy
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jimmy
English
Pronunciation
en /ˈd͡ʒɪmi/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Jimmy.wav Southern England
en ɪmi 2
Etymology 1
en :af Jim -y<id:diminutive> + 1
Proper noun
s ies
en male James,Jim Jimmie also used as a formal given name.
1979 Charles Kuralt, Dateline America, Harcourt Brace Jovanocich, 0151239576, page 184:
Heaven only knows why a man with a strong biblical name like James wants to be a president named Jimmy.
en Stephen Collinson Three presidents and one mission: Beat Trump w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/27/politics/obama-clinton-biden-fundraiser-trump/index.html 2024-03-27 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20260909092146/https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/27/politics/obama-clinton-biden-fundraiser-trump/index.html 9 September 2026
en Scottish informal A colloquial (potentially unfriendly or disparaging) way of addressing any male whose name is unknown to the speaker.
Derived terms
en Jimmy Christmas Jimmy Britts Jimmy Riddle Jimmy O'Goblin Jimmy Woodser
Translations
diminutive of James
Arabic: ar جِيمِي transliteration
Armenian: hy Ջիմի transliteration
Azerbaijani: az Cimi transliteration
Belarusian: be Джымі transliteration
Bengali: bn জিমি transliteration
Bulgarian: bg Джими transliteration
Burmese: my ဂျင်မီ transliteration
Carpathian Rusyn: rue Джімі transliteration
Cebuano: ceb Jimmy
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 吉米 Jímǐ transliteration
Danish: da Jimmy
Georgian: ka ჯიმი transliteration
Greek: el Τζίμι transliteration
Hebrew: he ג׳ימי jimi ג'ימי transliteration
Hindi: hi जिमी transliteration
Irish: ga Séamaisín m
Japanese: ja ジミー jimī transliteration
Kannada: kn ಜಿಮ್ಮಿ transliteration
Korean: ko 지미 transliteration
Latvian: lv Džimijs transliteration
Lithuanian: lt Džimis transliteration
Macedonian: mk Џими transliteration
Malayalam: ml ജിമ്മി transliteration
Persian: fa جیمی jīmī transliteration
Portuguese: pt Tiaguinho m
Punjabi: pa ਜਿੰਮੀ transliteration
Russian: ru Джимми transliteration
Scottish Gaelic: gd Seumaidh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Џими transliteration
Latin: sh Džimi transliteration
Sicilian: scn Jabbichinu m
Swedish: sv Jimmy
Tajik: tg Ҷимми transliteration
Tamil: ta ஜிமி transliteration
Telugu: te జిమ్మీ transliteration
Thai: th จิมมี jim-mii transliteration
Ukrainian: uk Джиммі transliteration
Urdu: ur جمی jimī transliteration
Uzbek: uz Jimi transliteration
See also
en Jimmie Jimmi Jim Jaime Jamie James
Noun
s ies
en Cockney rhyming slang Shortened form of en Jimmy Riddle, a piddle, a piss.
en piddle piddle pee wee
en jimmy a mature male crab.
Etymology 2
From the initialism GM (/ˌd͡ʒiˈɛm/), by jocular alteration of sound playing on the diminutive given name.
Proper noun
s ies
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.
en a Jimmy diesel
A prime mover powered by a two-stroke Detroit Diesel engine.
en 1975 C.W. McCall; Chip Davis Convoy (song) Convoy Black Bear Road w:C. W. McCall Was the dark of the moon on the sixth of JuneIn a Kenworth pullin' logs.Cab-over Pete with a reefer onAnd a Jimmy haulin' hogs.
Cebuano
Etymology
ceb :der en:Jimmy + 1
Proper noun
ceb noun
ceb male English
Quotations
ceb
Danish
Alternative forms
da Jimmi
Etymology
Borrowed from da en -.
Proper noun
da proper noun
da male
Swedish
Alternative forms
sv Jimmie
Etymology
Borrowed from sv en Jimmy.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Jimmy.wav
Proper noun
c
sv male
sv 2010 Susanna Alakoski Håpas du trifs bra i fengelset Bonniers 9789100124359 117 Samipojkar skulle bli jobbare, det var ett bra yrke för sådana som hette Conny och Sonny också. [ - - - ] Och på hjälputbildningar runt om i landet skojlärde vi oss Y-barnsregeln. Varning för alla namn som slutar på Y!: Ronny, Tommy, Billy, Tony, Eddy, Lenny, Jimmy, Benny, Jerry, Freddy.Så skojades det. Menades det, kanske.