jenny
IPA: dʒˈɛni
noun
- A device for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles (also called spinning jenny).
- A female creature of certain kinds:
- a female donkey
- a female wren
- (Australia) a female crab.
- A catmill.
- In billiards and similar games, a powerful follow shot with plenty of topspin.
- A female given name.
- A surname.
- (UK, informal) A Wren (a member of the WRNS).
- (slang) A Curtiss JN-4 airplane.
- Alternative letter-case form of jenny. [A device for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles (also called spinning jenny).]
verb
- To wind finished lace onto cards ready for sale.
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Examples of "jenny" in Sentences
- Jenny has tipping steps.
- The current mayor is Jenny Countryman.
- The gods of narcissism blessed Jenny bigtime.
- Her mother is a famous wright, Jenny Hannins.
- Jenny is a young and vivacious freelance model and event planner.
- A voracious reader, Jenny wrote fantasy stories from the age of 10.
- Nothing more happens, but this fuels the rumors of Jenny's promiscuity.
- The truth behind the exact cause of Jenny's death remains undiscovered.
- While Julia is ethereally beautiful and elegant, Jenny is plain and dowdy.