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jimmy

Definition

  • noun: a short metal bar used to force things open or as a lever
  • noun: a short crowbar
  • verb: to force (something, such as a lock, door, or window) open with a metal bar or a similar tool
  • verb: to force open with or as if with a jimmy
  • synonyms: crank, bar, beam

Examples

  • The burglar used a 'jimmy' to open the window.

Movie quotes

  • (..) A man working outdoors feels more like a man... ...if he can have a bottle of suds. That's only my opinion... ...sir. What are you jimmies staring at? Let's go! Work! And that's how it came to pass... ...that on the second-to-last day of the job... ...the convict crew that tarred (..)
    1994 The Shawshank Redemption