jenny

Study(14)

/ˈd͡ʒɛni/

noun 8name 2verb 1

Collocations

ADJ.

black, long, thin, used, washed

She hung her long jenny on the clothesline to dry in the sun.

VERB + JENNY

calling, having, hear, know, named, studied, talking, want

I heard Jenny calling my name from across the street this morning.

JENNY + NOUN

cancer, japanese, kitchen, samba

My grandmother used her old jenny kitchen to make bread every Sunday morning.

PREP.

about, from, since, with

Jenny has been working with her team since early this morning.

ADV.

then

Jenny then decided to move back to her hometown after finishing university.

Definitions

noun

A device for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles (also called spinning jenny).

A female creature of certain kinds:

A catmill.

verb

To wind finished lace onto cards ready for sale.

name

A female given name.

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.

All this I recollect, but little more, except my mother gave me several beatings for calling my sister "Jenny", which I had learnt to do from others who knew her; but when my mother heard them, she was always very angry, and told them that her child had not such a vulgar name; at which many would laugh, and make a point of calling out "Jenny" to Virginia whenever they passed and saw her at the door.

A surname.

Mrs Wreford Brown died in 1946 and the house passed to Colonel and Mrs Jenny. […] From the Jennys it fell into the hands of developers and from them it passed to Colonel and Mrs Bryant and thence to us.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — female donkey

jennet

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Cream's potting had been extraordinary, extraordinary, I remember, said Goff. I never saw anything like it. We were watching breathless, as he set himself for a long thin jenny, with the black of all

Wiktionary

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

Wiktionary

Jennifer Jo McIntire (with two Jennys now, everyone had followed Matthew’s lead and taken to calling her by her full name) […]

Wiktionary

Jenny could not ignore her parents' desire for her safety.

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Jenny thanked me for the gift.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, jenny is marked as informal, slang, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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