Definitions for grannies

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grannies gran·ny

Spelling: [gran-ee]

IPA: /ˈgræn i/

Grannies is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 340 anagrams from letters in grannies (aeginnrs).

Definitions for grannies

noun

1. Informal. a grandmother.
2. an elderly woman.
3. a fussy person.
4. Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. a nurse or midwife.
5. granny knot.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or thought to be like a grandmother or an elderly or old-fashioned woman:
2. (of clothing for women or girls) being loose-fitted and having such features as high necklines, puff sleeves, long skirts, and ruffles and lace trimmings:

Origin of grannies

1655-65; grand(mother) + -y², with -nd- > -nn-

Examples for grannies

Women in childbirth were cared for by grannies,—Old women whose knowledge was broad by experience, acted as practical nurses.

She had heard all the gossip of the "grannies," which naturally did not come to his own ears.

But in the convention center that night, an extraordinary party broke out: black and white, grannies and grade-schoolers.

Tip for other activists: draw attention to your cause by filling your ranks with nuns and grannies.

The nanas and poppies and grannies and grampses who flocked there to roast in the sun.

On the regular marches, the grannies for Peace often took the lead and set the pace.

Dave burst into a shout of unrestrained glee at the discovery that his London and country grannies were sisters.