Meaning of GRANNY
| Pronunciation: | | 'granee
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- [n] a reef knot crossed the wrong way and therefore insecure
- [n] the mother of your father or mother
- [n] an old woman
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| | Synonyms: | | gran, grandma, grandmother, grannie, granny knot, matriarch |
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| | See Also: | | flat knot, grandparent, nan, old woman, reef knot | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Gran"ny\, n.
A grandmother; a grandam; familiarly, an old woman.
{Granny's bend}, or {Granny's knot} (Naut.), a kind of
insecure knot or hitch; a reef knot crossed the wrong way.
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| | Related Terms: | | antediluvian, antique, back number, beldam, conservative, crone, dad, dame, dodo, dowager, elder, fogy, fossil, frump, fud, fuddy-duddy, fuss, fuss-budget, fusser, fusspot, gammer, grandam, grandma, grandmother, grannam, great-grandmother, hag, has-been, longhair, matriarch, Methuselah, mid-Victorian, mossback, old battle-ax, old believer, old crock, old dame, old dodo, old fogy, old girl, old granny, old lady, old liner, old maid, old man, old poop, old trot, old wife, old woman, old-timer, patriarch, pop, pops, reactionary, regular old fogy, relic, square, starets, traditionalist, trot, war-horse, witch |
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