granny

English Online Dictionary. What means granny‎? What does granny mean?

English

Etymology 1

• gran(nam) +‎ -y

Alternative forms

• grammy (less common)

• grannie (less common)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæni/
• Rhymes: -æni
• Hyphenation: gran‧ny

Noun

granny (plural grannies)

1. (colloquial) A grandmother.
2. (colloquial) Any elderly woman, regardless of if she has grandchildren.

3. (knots) A granny knot.
4. (agriculture, colloquial) An older ewe that may lure a lamb away from its mother.

Synonyms

• (grandmother): gran, grandma, nan, nanna, nanny
• (elderly woman): old dear

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

granny (not comparable)

1. (informal) typically or stereotypically old-fashioned, especially in clothing and accessories worn by or associated with elderly women.

   granny dress; granny glasses

   • 1965, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure

     Long brown fluffy hair, slightly curled on the ends, black coat, gold buttons, belt around the middle, bare legs, no socks, granny heels, also black, shoulder bag, black, transistor radio.

Derived terms

Verb

granny (third-person singular simple present grannies, present participle grannying, simple past and past participle grannied)

1. (informal, intransitive) To be a grandmother. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. (informal, intransitive) To act like a stereotypical grandmother; to fuss.

Etymology 2

• gran(d) +‎ -y

Noun

granny (plural grannies)

1. (Australia, colloquial) A grand final.

Anagrams

• nangry