Definition of "jenny"

jenny

/ˈd͡ʒɛni/

noun
plural jennies
1. A device for spinning thread from fiber onto multiple spindles (also called spinning jenny).
2. A female creature of certain kinds:
  1. a female donkey
  2. a female wren
  3. (Australia) a female crab.
3. A catmill.
4. In billiards and similar games, a powerful follow shot with plenty of topspin.
  Quotations
  Cream's potting had been extraordinary, extraordinary, I remember, said Goff. I never saw anything like it. We were watching breathless, as he set himself for a long thin jenny, with the black of all balls.
  1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, Olympia Press
verb
third-person singular simple present jennies, present participle jennying, simple past and past participle jennied
1. To wind finished lace onto cards ready for sale.