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1.NounIn the United Kingdom and Ireland and many other countries, a unit of currency worth ⁄240 of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: d.
2.NounIn the United Kingdom, a unit of currency worth ⁄100 of a pound sterling, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: p.
3.NounIn Ireland, a coin worth ⁄100 of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p.
4.NounIn the US and (formerly) Canada, a one-cent coin, worth ⁄100 of a dollar. Abbreviation: ¢.
5.NounIn various countries, a small-denomination copper or brass coin.
6.NounA unit of nail size, said to be either the cost per 100 nails, or the number of nails per penny. Abbreviation: d.
7.NounMoney in general."to turn an honest penny"
8.VerbTo jam a door shut by inserting pennies between the doorframe and the door."Zach and Ben had only been at college for a week when their door was pennied by the girls down the hall."
9.VerbTo 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.
10.VerbDuring a meal or as part of a drinking game, to drop a penny in a person's drink with the expectation that they finish it (or some such variation thereof); commonly associated with crewdates at Oxford and swaps at Cambridge."You got pennied! Down it, fresher."