granny

• grannie (less common)

• gran(nam) +‎ -y

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæni/
• Rhymes: -æni
• Hyphenation: gran‧ny

granny (plural grannies)

1. (colloquial) A grandmother.

   I'm going to be a granny.

2. (colloquial, derogatory) An elderly woman.

   There are too many grannies around here getting in the way.

3. (knots) A granny knot.
4. (farming, colloquial) An older ewe that may lure a lamb away from its mother.

• (grandmother): gran, grandma, nan, nanna, nanny
• (elderly woman): old dear

• granny knot

granny (not comparable)

1. (informal) typically or stereotypically old-fashioned, especially in clothing and accessories worn by or associated with elderly women.

   granny dress; granny glasses

granny (third-person singular simple present grannies, present participle grannying, simple past and past participle grannied)

1. (informal, intransitive) To be a grandmother.
2. (informal, intransitive) To act like a stereotypical grandmother; to fuss.

• nangry