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  Johnny

  noun

  a familiar term of address for a man or boy.
• johnny
  johnny

  noun

  (often capital) a man or boy; chap

Johnny

American  

[jon-ee] / ˈdʒɒn i /

Or Johnnie

noun

• Johnnies
  plural

1. (sometimes lowercase) a familiar term of address for a man or boy.

2. (sometimes lowercase) a short, collarless gown that is fastened in back and is worn by hospital patients, persons being examined in a doctor's office, etc.

3. (lowercase) toilet; bathroom.

4. a male given name, form of John.

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johnny British  

/ ˈdʒɒnɪ /

noun

1. informal (often capital) a man or boy; chap

2. a slang word for condom

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• Johnnies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of Johnny

First recorded in 1665–75; John + -y ²

Example Sentences

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The instruments, which were used during his time with The Smiths and on his forthcoming solo album, went under the hammer as part of Christie's Marr's Guitars: The Johnny Marr Collection sale.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

From Leonardo DiCaprio’s 104-acre escape off the coast of Belize to Johnny Depp’s idyllic Bahamian getaway, these stars have spent millions securing their own slices of paradise.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

It feels strange, seeing Fed as a retired statesman, playing an old-timer’s hit-and-giggle with pals like Johnny Mac.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Musical giants such as the Byrds, Joan Baez, Johnny Cash and Pete Seeger had covered “Deportee,” but no one with Parton’s mainstream fame.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Or when customers made outlandish requests: “Can you make sure my little Johnny learns to love kale?”

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

Any day is a good time for a johnny cake, cornmeal flatbread topped with smoked whitefish and beads of salmon roe.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 28, 2017

Between procedures, I sit in a flimsy johnny in the waiting room, leafing through magazines.

From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2015

In Hollywood, where the dinner is $75 per person, dishes include: grilled whole lobster with saffron rice; rib-eye with Dungeness crab and béarnaise sauce; and johnny cakes with cured Arctic char and trout roe.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2014

Try me.” — johnny April 23, 2010 1:37 pm A few weeks ago, in Brooklyn Heights, I was trying to make a right turn but could not.

From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2010

Friday evening, when the light was failing and work over johnny took the silver pitcher and his own wax model and left the shop.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

Let the record show Pitino has recorded zero points and zero rebounds for the Johnnies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

Locals referred to them as Johnnies, a nickname that carries unsavoury connotations.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2025

JOHN’S: Coach Rick Pitino has built the kind of buzz around the Johnnies that hasn’t been felt since the high-flying days of Lou Carnesecca.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2025

While continuing the Johnnies rivalry is possible and desired by both schools, that seems a tough punt with the Tommies pursuing an invitation from the Summit League, a Division I conference with nine Midwest schools.

From Washington Times ● Oct. 21, 2019

“Thing I cannot understand. Thing I never will understand. How can they fight so hard, them Johnnies, and all for slavery?”

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara

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