tranny

¹ American  

[tran-ee] / ˈtræn i /

Or trannie

noun

Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.

plural

trannies

1. a contemptuous term used to refer to a transgender person, especially a transgender woman, or a crossdresser.

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tranny ² American  

[tran-ee] / ˈtræn i /

noun

Slang.

plural

trannies

1. a vehicle's transmission.

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Etymology

Origin of tranny¹

First recorded in 1960–65; by shortening and alteration

Origin of tranny²

First recorded in 1975–80; by shortening and alteration

Example Sentences

Before he could afford a four-wheel-drive vehicle, Koller traveled to camp in his 1959 Plymouth Savoy station wagon V-8 with a typewriter push-button tranny.

From Washington Times • Nov. 19, 2016

Aside from a lot of wallrides and airs, Corey Martinez found a unique line from the tranny wall-to-roll in landing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Approach the lip at sort of a frontside grind slash speed and slide your tail up the tranny about a foot below the coping.

From Time Magazine Archive

First, learn to skate tranny well enough that you're comfortable doing five-0s, tailslides, and, of course, backside disasters.

From Time Magazine Archive

There's other more skatepark-style street, i.e., pyramids, funboxes, a manual pad, two planter boxes with palm trees, one with tranny, the other has a four-sided curved bench.

From Time Magazine Archive