Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, derogatory, offensive, slang, uncountable, vulgar)A transgender person, especially a trans woman, or (especially historically) anyone who cross-dresses, especially MTF: a transvestite, drag queen, transgender person, etc.

    Transe

    трансикtransik, трансу́хаtransúxa

  2. (Commonwealth, colloquial, countable, uncountable)A transistor radio.

  3. (colloquial, countable, uncountable)A vehicle's transmission.

  4. (colloquial, countable, uncountable)An electrical transformer.

  5. (countable, slang)A transition between moves.

  6. (slang, uncountable)A style of skateboarding based on transitioning from one move to the next.

  7. (Northern England, countable, slang, uncountable)A Ford Transit (type of van).

Examples

3 sentences
  1. The word "tranny" is a transphobic slur.

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  2. He is a tranny.

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  3. Dan accused Linda of being a tranny.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
(colloquial, derogatory) a transsexual, transgender or transvestite person:
Deutsch
(colloquial, derogatory) a transsexual, transgender or transvestite person:

Origin

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