granny

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A grandmother.

   I'm going to be a granny.

2. 2
   noun

   Any elderly woman, regardless of if she has grandchildren.

   That granny over there needs your assistance.

3. 3
   noun

   Ellipsis of granny knot.

   The suitcase was old. The brown leather was battered and scuffed. Two hanks of clothesline had been wrapped around it and tied in large, clownish grannies.

4. 4
   adj

   Typically or stereotypically old-fashioned, especially in clothing and accessories worn by or associated with elderly women.

   granny dress; granny glasses

5. 5
   noun

   A grand final.

   On the morning of the 'granny', the three Vizards would hop into Godfrey's Dodge and head off towards the MCG.

6. 6
   noun

   a reef knot crossed the wrong way and therefore insecure

7. 7
   noun

   the mother of your father or mother

8. 8
   noun

   an old woman

Etymology

From gran(nam) + -y