jenny Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907)
    William Le Baron Jenny.
  2. noun female donkey
    jennet; jenny ass.

WordNet

Jen"ny noun
Wordforms
plural Jennies
Definitions
  1. A familiar or pet form of the proper name Jane.
  2. (Zoöl.) A familiar name of the European wren.
Jen"ny noun
Etymology
A corruption of gin an engine; influenced by Jenny, the proper name. See Gin an engine, and cf. Ginny-carriage.
Definitions
  1. A machine for spinning a number of threads at once, -- used in factories.

Webster 1913