johnny

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UK /ˈd͡ʒɒn.i/ US /ˈd͡ʒɑn.i/

noun 9name 1

Collocations

ADJ.

english, favorite, little, proposed, young

My favorite Johnny Cash song has always been "I Walk the Line.

VERB + JOHNNY

called, get, like, looks, name, rid, rise, see

I need to get rid of johnny before he causes any more trouble around here.

JOHNNY + NOUN

alice, apple, chemist, class, depp, farts, jimmy, movie

Johnny Depp starred in the Pirates of the Caribbean films and became a major Hollywood actor.

PREP.

in, into, on, out

Johnny got into trouble at school yesterday for talking back to his teacher.

ADV.

again, quickly

Johnny quickly grabbed his backpack and ran out the door to catch the school bus.

Definitions

name

A diminutive of the male given name John.

noun

A jack (playing card).

Ellipsis of Johnny Reb (“Confederate soldier in the American Civil War”).

An Englishman.

A fellow, a man.

We met in the desert, and we headed 'em off, and the other Johnnies herded 'em behind.

"Like the Persian Johnny," said Jimmy, "who went about wailing for fresh worlds to conquer."

noun

A condom.

An inexperienced new worker, usually an immigrant.

Willie Cox said they found him in the barn, shot bang through the head, and the young English johnny who'd been on the station learning farming - disappeared.

A hospital gown: a gown with a back opening closed with snaps or ties, worn by hospital patients.

His hand shook. A little water spilled down the front of the hospital johnny Sean wore.

Synonym of john: a toilet, lavatory, outhouse, or chamber pot.

The women's toilet (as distinguished from the ladies' room in a speakeasy, the johnny at school, the little girls' room at a party in an apartment, and the wash-my-hands on a train) was clean enough.

Kitty Hofman came in the johnny.

A half-glass of whisky.

[H]e declared, like a real Irishman, that 'if he were a living man when he died, he would not give a single johnny of whisky either at his wake or his funeral.'

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

stage-door Johnny

A man who is infatuated with one or more theatrical actresses and who routinely lingers in and around theatres in an effort to meet and form relationships with the female(s) of his affection.

"You went off and married that—whatever that stage-door johnny's name was—and it broke me all up."

rubber johnny

A condom.

Johnny Appleseed

A person, usually a male, who is generous, nurturing, and dedicated to positivity and helping others.

Seeger, the Johnny Appleseed of folk music, who has always wanted the whole world to sing and shunned celebrity, was a lifelong radical who serenaded the civil rights movement, pop

Example Bank

We met in the desert, and we headed 'em off, and the other Johnnies herded 'em behind.

Wiktionary

"Like the Persian Johnny," said Jimmy, "who went about wailing for fresh worlds to conquer."

Wiktionary

Willie Cox said they found him in the barn, shot bang through the head, and the young English johnny who'd been on the station learning farming - disappeared.

Wiktionary

His hand shook. A little water spilled down the front of the hospital johnny Sean wore.

Wiktionary

The women's toilet (as distinguished from the ladies' room in a speakeasy, the johnny at school, the little girls' room at a party in an apartment, and the wash-my-hands on a train) was clean enough.

Wiktionary

Little Johnny farts in the classroom.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, johnny is marked as slang, informal, derogatory, dated, archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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