Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The female of certain animals, especially the donkey and the wren.
- n. A spinning jenny.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A female bird; used especially as a prefix, as in jenny-heron, jenny-howlet, jenny-jay, jenny-wren, etc.
- n. Specifically A wren: usually called jenny-wren.
- n. A female ass: also called jenny-ass.
- n. A locomotive-crane; a self-propelling crane used for carrying heavy weights.
- n. Compasses with one end bent inward.
- n. A stroke iu English billiards, originally a losing hazard made from balk into a middle pocket, the object-ball being near the pocket, but below it: now applied to any acute-angled pocketing placed from balk to a ball outside, and thence into any of the four pockets beyond balk.
Wiktionary
- n. A device for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles (also called spinning jenny).
- n. A female creature of certain kinds, such as wren and donkey.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A familiar or pet form of proper name Jane.
- n. (Zoöl.) A familiar name of the European wren.
- n. A machine for spinning a number of threads at once, -- used in factories. Also called
spinning jenny .
WordNet 3.0
- n. United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907)
- n. female donkey
Etymologies
- From the name Jenny, a diminutive of Janet. (Wiktionary)
- From the name Jenny. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“July 2nd, 2009 1: 03 pm ET sanford has lost all credibility. he needs to resign and return to the private sector. he has not been forthcoming from the first, lying to his wife and family, to the state of S. C, to his voters. he might have also lied to maria, his mistress in argentina. jenny is delusional by holding onto mark sanford who truly loves another woman.”
“But jenny is a moralizing, fundamentalist "christian" nattering about morals.”
“A jenny is a difficult in-off shot to the middle pocket, usually with the object ball close to the side-cushion; a pair of breeches is a simultaneous in-off and pot red in the top pockets. (p. 19)”
“I got changed, called jenny here at work, told her to walk over so she could carry the TV, and so she did! awesome.”
“Briana Turner, Wetsbury Christian: The freshman had 23 points in the TAPPS 3A semifinals and 16 in the final to help lead the Wildcats to their third consecutive state title jenny.dial@chron.com”
“It's funny that you guys mention all those millions and millions of Teal fans that disagree with me, but you for are the only ones that I see: the chef, the girl with the cup, the so call jenny, and dan, danny, whatever his/her name is.”
“Also, I didn't know that 'jenny' was the defender of Michael Moore.”
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“About the subject in hand i think Mischa Barton would have don a better Georgina that "the key" lol she is to much, i dont know... "jenny".”
“She was now alone with Mary at her "jenny," and had already become so expert that those who understood such matters prophesied she would soon be promoted to the "twisting and doubling.”
“(After all, my e-mail address at work is just "jenny," a fact that many people point out.)”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘jenny’.
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songbirds
Names of girls in song titles. Not in the lyrics, just in the titles.
Just the name on the list, then the full title with any identifying notes in the comments, please.
Can be the same ...marianne, evie, lady d'arbanville, peggy sue, suzanne, dianne, boni maroni, miss molly, lola, mony, sadie, rita and 206 more...
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horses
everything horses
horse, bay, bloodhorse, bloodstock, bolter, broncho, bronco, brumby, bucker, buckjumper, cob, cocktail and 200 more...
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Common English Words That Are Also Fi...
art, bob, bill, grace, hope, john, heather, pat, amber, jack, dale, glen and 170 more...
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Scrabble Names
Given names that were acceptable for play the last time I checked the OWL.
kris, ray, barb, morris, kat, mark, maria, erica, marge, mason, hunter, hazel and 168 more...
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femanimales
Animal words and phrases that are used when talking about women. Some of these are found offensive, but this can be discussed on the words' pages. This list is just a list.
pussy, kitten, cougar, beaver, bitch, chick, jenny, cow, filly, vixen, fox, la passera and 10 more...
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Scrabble words which start with the l...
juvenile, juvenal, jutty, jute, jut, justness, justly, justle, justify, justice, juster, just and 534 more...
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Is it morning yet?
coterie, lexeme, counterbalance, forthright, pigtail, ponytail, french-braid, barrette, listless, counsel, sitting duck, dead duck and 268 more...
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Professional Scrabble Lexicon (TWL)
A myriad of game-changing words every Scrabble addict must have in his arsenal.
Keep in mind that these are all tried-and-true feasibly playable words selected for their handiness, i.e...paragon, pignora, ganef, suttee, origan, ohia, aioli, abasement, lehr, mho, tallow, harelike and 843 more...
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jennyo's list
yogomoko
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It was good enough for Billy Burroughs
smack, dope, junk, mud, h, skag, black tar, horse, brown sugar, chiva, boy, black and 237 more...
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Those Daring Young Men and Their Flyi...
*sigh* I wish I had lived in the barnstorming era. In my flying days, I loved nothing more than flipping around in the air and landing in fields or on dirt runways. (^-^)
puddlejumpers, aviator, aviatrix, ace, flyboy, birdman, aeronaut, stunt pilot, formation flying, aerodrome, rudder, elevators and 65 more...
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perhapsolutely's Words
polyradiculoneuro..., abulia, abubble, abscission, abaft, zareba, abatis, abigail, abiogenesis, ablate, ablaut, abo and 1705 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for jenny.
seanahan Reminds me of the classic poem:
Jenny kissed me when we met,
Jumping from the chair she sat in,
Time, you thief, who love to get
Sweets into your list, put that in.
Say I’m weary, say I’m sad,
Say that health and wealth have missed me,
Say I’m growing old, but add
Jenny kissed me. Mar 18, 2008
roseandivy This name always reminds me of Matilda's haiku, from Roald Dahl's book, and sweet, slim, smart Miss Honey. Mar 16, 2008
roseandivy How romantic, slumry! *grin* That sounds more than a bit like the literary couple Anne Shirley and Gilbert Blythe. Mar 16, 2008
jennarenn I am eternally grateful that that's NOT my number. Can you imagine the crank calls? Feb 10, 2008
chained_bear Also features in "867-5309/Jenny" by Tommy Tutone. Feb 10, 2008
treeseed The name Jenny figures in these two songs:
Jenny, Jenny, 1957, Little Richard
Jenny, Take a Ride!, 1966, Mitch Ryder
Feb 8, 2008
reesetee Yep, slumry's right. Jenny usually refers either to a female bird or a female donkey, but joey doesn't refer to gender at all, just to age. Jul 24, 2007
slumry Not exactly opposite--I think joey refers to babyhood rather than gender. I wonder if a baby female kangaroo is a joey too. Jul 24, 2007
jennarenn *Really*? Like the opposite of a joey? Jul 24, 2007
slumry The female of some animals--Jenny Wren insisted on coming in our house one winter, no matter how many times she was put out. Honest. (Also my grandmother's name--my grandfather-to-be dipped her red braids in the inkwell, I am told) Jul 24, 2007