US /ˈɡɹæni/
noun adj Freq #3805

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    Your grandmother (informal).

    My granny makes the best apple pie.

  2. 2
    noun

    An old woman.

    A kind granny helped the child cross the road.

  3. 3
    adj

    Old-fashioned, especially in style or clothing.

    She wore a pair of round granny glasses.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · your grandmother (informal). grangrandmagrandmothernan
2 noun · an old woman. old dear
Word family
Forms grannies
Derived forms granny-bashinggranny-pop-out-of-bedgranny-sitgranny-sittergrannygategrannyish

Etymology

From gran(nam) + -y

Topics

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