jimmy

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I - noun

a short crowbar
- in Britain they call a jimmy and jemmy
• Syn:
jemmy
• Hypernyms:
crowbar, wrecking bar, pry, pry bar

II - verb

to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open (Freq. 1)
- The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail
• Syn:
pry, prise, prize, lever
• Derivationally related forms:
lever (for: lever), leverage (for: lever), pry (for: pry)
• Hypernyms:
open, open up
• Entailment:
loosen, loose
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP