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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
jimmy
    n 1: a short crowbar; "in Britain they call a jimmy and jemmy"
         [syn: jimmy, jemmy]
    v 1: to move or force, especially in an effort to get something
         open; "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to
         pry the lid off the garbage pail" [syn: pry, prise,
         prize, lever, jimmy]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Jimmy \Jim"my\, n.; pl. Jimmies. [Cf. Jemmy.]
   A short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors.
   [Written also jemmy.]
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
jimmy \jim"my\, n.; pl. jimmies. [Rhyming slang: Jimmy Grant,
   for immigrant. --RHUD]
   An immigrant. [Australian slang]
   [PJC]

4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
jimmy \jim"my\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. jimmied; p. pr. & vb. n.
   jimmying.]
   To pry open (a door, window, etc.) with a jimmy or similar
   device; often used with open; as, the burglar jimmied open
   the back door and stole the TV set.
   [PJC]

Thesaurus Results for jimmy:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
bar, beam, boom, cant hook, claw bar, crank, crow, crowbar, get a foothold, get leverage, handspike, iron crow, lever, limb, marlinespike, outrigger, peavey, pedal, pinch bar, prize, pry, ripping bar, spar, treadle, wedge, wrecking bar
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