Jimmy
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.
Proper noun
- 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.
- a Jimmy diesel
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A prime mover powered by a two-stroke Detroit Diesel engine.
- Was the dark of the moon on the sixth of June In a Kenworth pullin' logs. Cab-over Pete with a reefer on And a Jimmy haulin' hogs. - 1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C....
Origin
From the initialism GM (/ˌd͡ʒiˈɛm/), by jocular alteration of sound playing on the diminutive given name.
Forms
Proper noun Entry 2
- A diminutive of the male given names James or Jim, also used as a formal given name.
- Heaven only knows why a man with a strong biblical name like James wants to be a president named Jimmy. - 1979 Charles Kuralt, Dateline America, Harcourt Brace Jovanocich, page 184
- 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...
- A colloquial (potentially unfriendly or disparaging) way of addressing any male whose name is unknown to the speaker.
Origin
Etymology tree English Jim Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English Jimmy From Jim + -y.
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Jimmy Britts Jimmy Christmas Jimmy O'Goblin Jimmy Riddle Jimmy Woodser
Noun
- Shortened form of Jimmy Riddle, a piddle, a piss.
- Alternative form of jimmy (“a mature male crab”).