Definition of jenny in English:
jenny
nounPlural jennies ˈdʒɛniˈdʒɛni
1A female donkey or ass.
Example sentencesExamples
- The jet was given life through a hydraulic jenny to verify the system integrity.
- The ‘boys’ are pastured adjacent to the mares and jennies, and electric fencing keeps everybody back.
- The first solution to this bottleneck appeared around 1765 when James Hargreaves, a carpenter by trade, invented his cotton-spinning jenny.
- The culprit turned out to be a small, aluminum dust cap from a hydraulic jenny.
- Both jennies have foals each year which the couple sell on to fellow donkey lovers.
- Unfortunately we only caught a jenny (which we released, of course!) and nothing else.
- New rolling stock such as ore jennies, three bay hoppers, gondolas and billet flat cars began replacing the aging fleet during the 1970s.
2
short for spinning jenny
Example sentencesExamples
- The jenny had between six and twenty-four spindles mounted on a sliding carriage.
Origin
Early 17th century (used to denote a female mammal or bird): pet form of the given name Janet (compare with jack1).
Rhymes
antennae, any, Benny, blenny, Dene, fenny, Kenny, Kilkenny, Lenny, many, penne, penny, Rennie