Jenny

1 United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907) [syn: William Le Baron Jenny]

2 female donkey [syn: jennet, jenny ass]

see Jenny

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛni

Noun

jenny

1. A device for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles (also called spinning jenny).

Translations

• Dutch: ezelin (1)
• French: ânesse (1)
• Italian: asina (1)

See also

• Wikipedia article on the spinning jenny

Jenny may refer to:

• A popular feminine given name
  • ''See Jenny (given name) for a list of people named Jenny
• Jenny (singer), stage name of Spanish singer Jennifer Serrano

• "Jenny" (song), song by The Click Five
• 867-5309/Jenny, song by Tommy Tutone
• "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine", song by The Killers
• Jenny (EP), 2003 EP by Stellastarr*
• Jenny (TV series), sitcom featuring Jenny McCarthy
• Jenny (film), 1970 TV movie starring Alan Alda and Marlo Thomas
• Jenny (donkey), term for a female donkey
• Spinning jenny, device used in the textile industry, where jenny is possibly a corruption of engine
• Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny", biplane flown during World War I and later popular for barnstorming
• Inverted Jenny, famous United States postage stamp error involving a stamp with an upside down Curtiss JN4
• Jenny, Suriname, town in South America
• The schooner Jenny, ship that was frozen in the Antarctic
• Genoa (sail), large form of jib sail
• Jenny (doll), Japanese toy
• Jenny, oldest gorilla in captivity

See also

• Hans Jenny

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