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Definition of johnny in English: johnnynounPlural johnniesˈdʒɒniˈdʒɑni informal 1British Used as a name for an unknown man, often suggesting that he is unimportant or insignificant. the security johnny insists that you sign the visitors' book Example sentencesExamples - What would the advertising johnnies say about that insult to the Herald's core demographic?
- Whereas the British want to see children's faces light up with joy, those foreign johnnies prefer to scare the living daylights out of them.
- One fella on the bus seemed particularly pleased with himself and not unjustly the crowd called him a johnny.
- It was just those terrible scientist johnnies!
Synonyms insignificant person, nobody, nonentity, non-person, gnat, insect, cipher, pygmy 2A condom. Example sentencesExamples - Rubber johnnies were strictly prohibited in the Republic.
- I thought non-Brit readers might like to know that ‘rubber johnny’ is a playground/school yard slang for a condom.
- You can tell it's posh because food is served on a bed of other food, and there isn't a machine in the gents selling rubber johnnies.
- I remembered picking up a rubber johnny (presumably used) as it drifted past me and holding it up to the other volunteers, who all recoiled in horror.
3US A gown fastened at the back, worn by hospital patients. Example sentencesExamples - Nicholson has a gift for physical comedy, swaying dizzily in a hospital johnny that unflatteringly reveals his derrière.
Origin Late 17th century (in johnny (sense 1 of the noun)): pet form of the given name John; johnny (sense 2 of the noun) dates from the 1960s. Rhymes Bonnie, bonny, Connie, Lonnie, Ronnie, Suwannee Definition of johnny in US English: johnnynounˈdʒɑniˈjänē informal 1US A short gown fastened in the back, worn by hospital patients. Example sentencesExamples - Nicholson has a gift for physical comedy, swaying dizzily in a hospital johnny that unflatteringly reveals his derrière.
2British Used as a name for an unknown man, often suggesting that he is unimportant or insignificant. the security johnny insists that you sign the visitors' book Example sentencesExamples - One fella on the bus seemed particularly pleased with himself and not unjustly the crowd called him a johnny.
- Whereas the British want to see children's faces light up with joy, those foreign johnnies prefer to scare the living daylights out of them.
- It was just those terrible scientist johnnies!
- What would the advertising johnnies say about that insult to the Herald's core demographic?
Synonyms insignificant person, nobody, nonentity, non-person, gnat, insect, cipher, pygmy
Origin Late 17th century (in johnny (sense 1 of the noun)): pet form of the given name John; johnny (sense 2 of the noun) dates from the 1960s. |