English words starting with jim

Meanings of Jim:

noun

The us laws and customs that kept black people apart from white people and prevented them from having the opportunities available to white people from the 1800s to the 1960s

Meanings of Jim crow:

noun

The former practice of segregating black people in the us.

Usage examples:

Eventually jim crow was abolished on interstate carriers

Meanings of Jiminy:

exclamation

Used in phrases as an expression of surprise.

Usage examples:

By jiminy, she was right

Meanings of Jimjams:

plural noun

A fit of depression or nervousness.

Usage examples:

Pre-race jim-jams

noun

Pyjamas (= trousers and a shirt worn in bed)

Usage examples:

By six p.m. i was already in my jimjams.

Meanings of Jimmied:

verb

Force open (a window or door) with a jemmy.

Usage examples:

A burglar jemmied his patio doors

noun

A short crowbar used by a burglar to force open a window or door.

Usage examples:

We armed ourselves with axes, crowbars, jemmies, metal poles, sledge hammers, a quart of paraffin a…

Meanings of Jimmies:

noun

A short crowbar used by a burglar to force open a window or door.

Usage examples:

We armed ourselves with axes, crowbars, jemmies, metal poles, sledge hammers, a quart of paraffin a…

verb

Force open (a window or door) with a jemmy.

Usage examples:

A burglar jemmied his patio doors

Meanings of Jimmy:

noun

An act of urination.

verb

A short crowbar used by a burglar to force open a window or door.

Meanings of Jimmying:

verb

Force open (a window or door) with a jemmy.

Usage examples:

A burglar jemmied his patio doors

noun

A short crowbar used by a burglar to force open a window or door.

Usage examples:

We armed ourselves with axes, crowbars, jemmies, metal poles, sledge hammers, a quart of paraffin a…

Meanings of Jimsonweed:

noun

A strong-smelling poisonous datura with large, trumpet-shaped white flowers and toothed leaves, which has become a weed of waste ground in many countries; thorn apple.