verb (used with object), jem·mied, jem·my·ing.
noun, plural jem·mies.
- jimmy1.
- Slang. an overcoat.
- the baked head of a sheep.
noun plural -mies
- a short steel crowbar used, esp by burglars, for forcing doors and windows
verb -mies, -mying or -mied
- (tr) to prise (something) open with a jemmy
a popular pet form of the masc. proper name James (in Middle English records, Gemme, Jemme are more common than Jimme). In mid-18c. often associated with effeminacy and male fastidiousness. As “a crowbar” from 1811.