Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Informal A grandmother.
- noun Informal A fussy person.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A nurse or midwife.
- To serve as a nurse or midwife.
- noun A grandmother; an old woman.
- noun A duck, the south-southerly or old-wife. More fully, old granny.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A grandmother; a grandam; familiarly, an old woman.
- noun (Naut.) a kind of insecure knot or hitch; a reef knot crossed the wrong way.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun colloquial A
grandmother . - noun colloquial, derogatory An
elderly woman . - adjective
typically orstereotypically old-fashioned, especially in clothing and accessories worn by or associated with elderly women.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the mother of your father or mother
- noun a reef knot crossed the wrong way and therefore insecure
- noun an old woman
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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GARCIA: The term granny ball is not actually a reference to the age of the players, but to the style of shooting.
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The perfect complexion, bedroom eyes and Greek statue-like features, coupled with all the right poses, and with a nose for scenting a camera as highly developed as a tiger senses prey, all suggests total femininity, even if his long blonde hair has been teased into a French pleat, and resembles what he calls "granny chic."
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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In other words, flouncy dust ruffles strangle the natural flow of oxygen and make it seem like a warty granny is hiding under the bed.
Bye-Bye, Bed Skirts Sara Ruffin Costello 2010
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My granny is going to especially love that her cut in services will yield absolutely no benefit to her loving grandchildren.
Matthew Yglesias » The Success of the Public Option Campaign 2009
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Loved loved loved that they made Chilli Sundae pose in granny panties ...
Mehovers 2009
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The reason that 2010 is the “throw granny from the train” year w/r/t the estate tax is because the Bush tax cut bill was passed through reconciliation.
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February 2nd, 2010 at 9: 18 pm ralph the wonder llama, official spokesllama for the Llama Milk Council® says: drhunt says: it would be some bureaucratic panel in Washington that would decide if granny is too old for a prosthetic hip, or a cardiac STENT
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He wrapped himself in granny, apple pie and the flag.
Edgar Allen 2010
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Mr. TURNER: I called her granny and she was just a great lady, and she loved music, she loved country music and gospel music and bluegrass music.
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Mr. TURNER: I called her granny and she was just a great lady, and she loved music, she loved country music and gospel music and bluegrass music.
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So-called granny dumping – where families unable to afford or cope with their caring responsibilities offload elderly relatives on to hospitals – is not uncommon in the US.
‘It was morally wrong’: the plot to abandon a man 5,000 miles from home Tom Wall 2019
bilby commented on the word granny
"Instead of answering she unexpectedly placed her hand on my midriff and smiled that small and all-knowing smile that grandmothers seem to learn at granny school, along with crochet, January sales battle tactics and wondering what you are doing upstairs."
- Jasper Fforde, 'Lost In A Good Book'.
November 24, 2008
tbtabby commented on the word granny
A one-sided Scrabble match, so called because even your granny couldn't lose. Also known as a blowout or a no-brainer.
November 27, 2019
ry commented on the word granny
I don't know...my grandma was known for decisively crushing all comers in Scrabble. One time I tied with her and it was one of the proudest moments of my adolescence
November 27, 2019