Join free

gunny

English

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

gunny¹

  • /ˈɡʌni/

Rhymes with -ʌni

Where it comes from

From Hindi and Marathi गनी (ganī) or गोन (gon), from Sanskrit गोणी (goṇī), ultimately of Dravidian origin. Doublet of gunia.

noun gunnies

  1. uncountable, usually A coarse heavy fabric made of jute or hemp. Traffic is brisk, and goods consists of rice, gunny (hessian), maize and native implements.
  2. abbreviation, clipping, countable, usually Clipping of gunny sack

gunny²

  • /ˈɡʌni/

Rhymes with -ʌni

Where it comes from

A shortening of gunnery sergeant

noun gunnies

  1. countable, informal A gunnery sergeant. The gunny's voice reverberated between the barracks as we marched, “Ya left right . . . left right . . . left right left. […] Then the gunny unexpectedly stopped our forward movement. “Company, halt!”

gunny³

  • /ˈɡʌni/

Rhymes with -ʌni

adjective gunnier · gunniest

  1. informal Resembling or characteristic of a gun.
  2. informal Full of guns or gunplay. "Aw, ferget them two guns!" Bland surrendered. "This is sure the gunniest country I ever stopped in. Even the Janes–"

Translations

Every language

noun fabric

Françaisgony

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"gunny." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gunny. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

gunny. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gunny

Chicago

"gunny." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gunny.

BibTeX
@misc{gunny_2026,
  title = {gunny},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gunny},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}