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8 dictionary results for: jenny
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jen·ny1       [jen-ee] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -nies.
1.spinning jenny.
2.the female of certain animals, esp. a female donkey or a female bird: a jenny wren.

[Origin: 1590–1600; generic use of Jenny, proper name]
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jen·ny2       [jen-ee] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -nies. Nautical Slang.
genoa.
Also, jennie.


[Origin: shortening and alter. of Genoa]
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Jen·nie       [jen-ee] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a female given name, form of Jennifer.
Also, Jenny.
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jen·ny       (jěn'ē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. jen·nies
  1. The female of certain animals, especially the donkey and the wren.
  2. A spinning jenny.


[From the name Jenny.]

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
jenny 
fem. personal name, originally dim. of Jane or Janet; attested from 1600 as fem. equivalent of jack (n.); applied to animals (e.g. Jenny wren, 1648) and machinery (spinning jenny, 1783).

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jenny

noun
1. United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907) 
2. female donkey [syn: jennet

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Jenny

Jen"ny\, n.; pl. Jennies. 1. A familiar or pet form of the proper name Jane.

2. (Zo["o]l.) A familiar name of the European wren.

Jenny ass (Zo["o]l.), a female ass.

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Jenny

Jen"ny\, n. [A corruption of gin an engine; influenced by Jenny, the proper name. See Gin an engine, and cf. Ginny-carriage.] A machine for spinning a number of threads at once, -- used in factories.

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