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1. A short crowbar
   - jimmy [N. Amer]

1. To move or force, especially in an effort to get something open
   "Raccoons managed to jemmy the lid off the garbage pail";
   - pry, prise [Brit, Cdn], prize [N. Amer], lever, jimmy [N. Amer]

Derived forms: jemmied, jemmying, jemmies

Type of: crowbar, open, open up, pry, pry bar, wrecking bar

Encyclopedia: Jemmy