different between johnny vs max

English

Etymology

Alternative letter-case form of Johnny, diminutive of John.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??ni/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d??ni/
• Rhymes: -?ni
• Hyphenation: john?ny

Noun

johnny (plural johnnies)

1. (Britain, slang) A condom.
2. (New Zealand, derogatory) An inexperienced new worker, usually an immigrant.
   • 1913, Katherine Mansfield, "Millie":

     Willie Cox said they found him in the barn, shot bang through the head, and the young English johnny who'd been on the station learning farming - disappeared.

3. A hospital gown: a gown with a back opening closed with snaps or ties, worn by hospital patients.
   • 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things

     His hand shook. A little water spilled down the front of the hospital johnny Sean wore.

4. (US, slang, dated) Synonym of john: a toilet, lavatory, outhouse, or chamber pot.
   • 1935, John O'Hara, BUtterfield 8, Ch. ix, page 279:

     The women's toilet (as distinguished from the ladies' room in a speakeasy, the johnny at school, the little girls' room at a party in an apartment, and the wash-my-hands on a train) was clean enough.

   • 1935, John O'Hara, Appointment in Samarra, Ch. iv, page 98:

     Kitty Hofman came in the johnny.

Synonyms

• (condom): See Thesaurus:condom
• (place or device for urination and defecation): See Thesaurus:toilet, Thesaurus:bathroom, and Thesaurus:chamber pot

Translingual

Symbol

max

1. (mathematics) maximum

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of maximum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mæks/
• Rhymes: -æks

Adjective

max (not comparable)

1. (informal) maximum; maximal.

Derived terms

• max Q

Synonyms

• maxi

Translations

Noun

max (countable and uncountable, plural maxes)

1. (informal) Clipping of maximum.
2. (informal) An extreme, a great extent.

   He pushed himself to the max.

3. (obsolete, slang) Gin.
   • c. 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan

     Oh! for a glass of max!

   • 1861, The Old Roman Well (page 243)

     'I remember,' said the pale man, 'the fust night as the Dandy ever came to this crib; he sat at this very table, and drank max with Charley Chatfield. […]

Antonyms

• min

Verb

max (third-person singular simple present maxes, present participle maxing, simple past and past participle maxed)

1. (usually with out) to reach the limit, to reach the maximum.

   He maxed out his odds of dating Rebecca

   She maxed out all her credit cards while she was out of work

Derived terms

• max out

Anagrams

• XMA, ?Xam

Bouyei

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ma?? (“horse”), from Middle Chinese ? (MC m?a^X). Cognate with Thai ??? (máa), Northern Thai ???, Lao ??? (m?), Lü ??? (maa²), Tai Nüa ??? (m?a), Shan ??? (mâ?a), Ahom ???????? (ma), ???????? (maa) or ???????????? (maaa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma??/

Noun

max

1. horse

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maks/

Adverb

max

1. (archaic) most
   • 1909-1910, Progreso – duesma yaro, page 40:

     Segun sa (sua) opiniono la max importanta neceso por I.L. esas la max granda perfekteso, e ne la amaso di adheranti, [...]

     According to his opionion the most important necessity for an I.L. is the perfection, and not the amount of adherents, [...]

Synonyms

• maxim

Italian

Adjective

max

1. Abbreviation of massimo (“max”).

Old French

Noun

max m

1. inflection of mal:
   1. oblique plural
   2. nominative singular

Zazaki

Noun

max f

1. (Kuzarg) palm, palm tree

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *ma?? (“horse”), from Middle Chinese ? (MC m?a^X). Cognate with Thai ??? (máa), Northern Thai ???, Lao ??? (m?), Lü ??? (maa²), Tai Nüa ??? (m?a), Shan ??? (mâ?a), Ahom ???????? (ma), ???????? (maa) or ???????????? (maaa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ma??/
• Tone numbers: ma⁴
• Hyphenation: max

Noun

max (classifier duz, Sawndip forms ? or ? or ? or ????, old orthography ma?)

1. horse