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Jim

name
/d͡ʒɪm/

Etymology

Clipping of Jimmy O'Goblin, rhyming slang for sovereign.

Definitions

  1. A diminutive of the male given name James.

    • Returning many key players from the 2022 season, Michigan was a championship favorite — despite starting with Jim Harbaugh being suspended for a different kind of three.
    • Instead, they found the building locked and doors blocked by a plainclothes administrator named Jim Hairfield, who works in the agency’s security and facilities office, according to the education department website.

  2. To jimmy (something)

    To jimmy (something); to mess up or mess with (something).

  3. A one-pound banknote.

    • He was tearin' ratty t' raise another jim.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Alternative form of jeem (“Arabic letter”).

    2. Alternative form of gym

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA