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Prise vs Jimmy - What's the difference?

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Prise is a synonym of jimmy.


As verbs the difference between prise and jimmy

is that prise is while jimmy is to pry (something, especially a lock) open with or as if with a crowbar.

As an adjective prise

is priced.

As a noun jimmy is

chocolate sprinkles used as a topping for ice cream, cookies, or cupcakes.

prise

English

Alternative forms

* (verb) prize

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) An enterprise.
    • (Spenser)

    • See also

    * price

    Verb

    (pris)
  • To force (open) with a lever; to pry.
    • 1919: I think he must have been trying to prise open that box yonder when he was attacked. — , The Quest of the Sacred Slipper
    c. 1925: Come, force the gates with crowbars, prise them apart! — Jack Lindsay, translation of Lysistrata
    2004: Most people used pliers, scissors, rubber gloves and knives to try to prise open products. — BBC News

    Anagrams

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    jimmy

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • or Jim, also used as a formal given name.
  • * 1979 , Dateline America, Harcourt Brace Jovanocich, ISBN 0151239576, page 184:
    • Heaven only knows why a man with a strong biblical name like James wants to be a president named Jimmy .
  • (Cockney rhyming slang) Shortened form of (Jimmy Riddle), a piddle.

    • Synonyms

    * (piddle) piddle, pee, wee

    Derived terms

    * Jimmy Riddle * Jimmy Woodser