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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun (plural jimmies) Etymology: from the name Jimmy Date: 1848 a short crowbar II. transitive verb (jimmied; jimmying) Date: 1893 to force open with or as if with a jimmy <the burglar jimmied a window>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

US var. of JEMMY.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Jimmy Jim"my, n.; pl. Jimmies. [Cf. Jemmy.] A short crowbar used by burglars in breaking open doors. [Written also jemmy.]

Foolish Dictionary

An implement employed by men of acquisitive natures who cannot afford seats in the Stock Exchange.

Moby Thesaurus

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