Penny

/pΙ™ni/

The meaning and definition of Penny, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun
  1. Money in general.
    β€œto turn an honest penny”
  2. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, a copper coin worth 1/240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation. Abbreviation: d.
verb
  1. To jam a door shut by inserting pennies between the doorframe and the door.
    β€œZach and Ben had only been at college for a week when their door was pennied by the girls down the hall.”
  2. To circumvent the tripping of an electrical circuit breaker by the dangerous practice of inserting a coin in place of a fuse in a fuse socket.

Definitions from the Free Dictionary API

Synonyms new penny old penny cent

Origin

From Old English penning.

Source: Etymological Wordnet (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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