Usually means: Nickname for John; colloquial term.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word Johnny:

General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. johnny: Merriam-Webster
  2. johnny: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. johnny: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. johnny: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Johnny: Vocabulary.com
  6. Johnny, johnny: Wordnik
  7. johnny: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Johnny, johnny: Wiktionary
  9. johnny: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. Johnny: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. johnny: Dictionary.com
  12. johnny: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Johnny (John Farnham album), Johnny (Johnny Mathis album), Johnny (Suicide song), Johnny (Yemi Alade song), Johnny (actor), Johnny (disambiguation), Johnny (given name), Johnny (personal name), Johnny (singer), Johnny: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Johnny: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. johnny: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. Johnny: Rhymezone
  17. Johnny: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. Johnny: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  19. johnny: FreeDictionary.org
  20. johnny: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. johnny: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. johnny: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Johnny: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. johnny: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Johnny: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. johnny: Medical dictionary
  5. Johnny: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. johnny: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. johnny, johnny, johnny, Johnny, Johnny: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. johnny: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. johnny: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Johnny)

▸ noun:  A diminutive of the male given name John.
▸ noun:  (slang) A jack (playing card).
▸ noun:  (slang) An Englishman.
▸ noun:  (UK, Ireland, slang) A condom.
▸ noun:  (New Zealand, derogatory) An inexperienced new worker, usually an immigrant.
▸ noun:  (New England) A hospital gown: a gown with a back opening closed with snaps or ties, worn by hospital patients.
▸ noun:  (US, slang, dated) Synonym of john: a toilet, lavatory, outhouse, or chamber pot.
▸ noun:  (Ireland, slang, archaic) A half-glass of whisky.
▸ noun:  (informal) Short for Johnny Reb (“Confederate soldier in the American Civil War”). [(historical, colloquial) Synonym of Confederate: a citizen of the Confederate States of America, particularly a Confederate soldier.]

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grayback, rebel, Johnny Reb, reb, Johnnie, Johnno, Jonny, Juan, Jane, john, more...

Types:
Johnny Appleseed, Johnny Cash, Johnny Depp, Johnny Carson, Johnny Rotten, Johnny Bravo, Johnny Mathis, more...

Phrases:
Johnny Carson, Johnny Cash, Johnny Appleseed, little Johnny, Johnny Mercer, more...

Adjectives:
little, old, poor, young, dear, good, door, handsome, bad, beloved, naughty



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Similar:
grayback, rebel, Johnny Reb, reb, Johnnie, Johnno, Jonny, Juan, Jane, john, more...

Types:
Johnny Appleseed, Johnny Cash, Johnny Depp, Johnny Carson, Johnny Rotten, Johnny Bravo, Johnny Mathis, more...

Phrases:
Johnny Carson, Johnny Cash, Johnny Appleseed, little Johnny, Johnny Mercer, Johnny Hodges, Johnny Reb, Johnny Depp, Johnny Bench, Johnny Mathis, Johnny Weissmuller, Johnny Unitas, johnny rotten, johnny cake, more...

Adjectives:
little, old, poor, young, dear, good, door, handsome, bad, beloved, naughty



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