granny
1Granny — may refer to:*a slang word for grandmother. *Granny, a Looney Tunes character *Granny, a character on The Beverly Hillbillies played by Irene Ryan *Granny Goodness, a character published by DC Comics *Granny Smith, a type of apple. *Granny… …
2granny — smith [ granismis ] n. f. inv. • 1964; mot angl., de Maria Ann Smith dite Granny Smith « mémé Smith » ♦ Anglic. Pomme d un vert éclatant, à chair ferme et acidulée. Des granny smith. Abrév. cour. GRANNY . Des grannys …
3granny — 1660s, according to OED, most likely a diminutive and contraction of grannam, shortened form of GRANDAME (Cf. grandame), rather than from grandmother. The sailor s granny knot (by 1803, originally granny s knot, so called because it is the… …
4Granny — Gran ny, n. A grandmother; a grandam; familiarly, an old woman. [1913 Webster] {Granny s bend}, or {Granny s knot} (Naut.), a kind of insecure knot or hitch; a reef knot crossed the wrong way. [1913 Webster] …
5granny — or grannie [gran′ē] n. pl. grannies Informal 1. a grandmother 2. an old woman 3. any fussy, exacting person ☆ 4. South a midwife adj. of a style like that formerly worn by many elderly women [granny nightgown ]; specif., designating eyeglas …
6granny — an affectionate name for grandmother, is spelt y, not ie, although the choice is more open in Scotland. It is spelt with a capital initial (Granny) when used as a form of address in letters etc. The plural form is grannies …
7granny — (also grannie) ► NOUN (pl. grannies) informal ▪ one s grandmother …
8Granny D — Infobox Person name = Granny D image size = 150px caption = Granny D with Former US Senator Mike Gravel. birth date = birth date and age|1910|1|24 birth place = Laconia, New Hampshire, United States death date = death place = occupation =… …
9Granny — Mémé (Looney Tunes) Cet article a pour sujet le personnage des dessins animés produit par Warner Bros. Pour une définition du mot « granny », voir l’article granny du Wiktionnaire. Mémé (en V.O. Granny) est un personnage des dessins… …
10granny — /gran ee/, n., pl. grannies, adj. grannier, granniest for 6. n. 1. Informal. a grandmother. 2. an elderly woman. 3. a fussy person. 4. Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. a nurse or midwife. 5. See granny knot. adj. 6. of, pertaining to, or thought …
