1. [Brit] Informal term for grandmother
   "granny always had freshly baked cookies when they visited";
   - grandma, grandmother, grannie [Brit], gran [Brit, informal], nan [Brit, informal], nanna [Brit, informal], grandmama [archaic], grandmamma [archaic], nana [informal], nanny [Brit, informal]
    
2. An old woman
   "The kind granny baked cookies for all the neighbourhood children"
    
3. A reef knot crossed the wrong way and therefore insecure
   "He accidentally tied a granny knot instead of a proper square knot";
   - granny knot

Derived forms: grannies

Type of: flat knot, grandparent, old woman, reef knot [Brit, Cdn], square knot [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Granny, Iliko, Illarion and I