# tranny

Pronunciation: say "TRA-nee" /ˈtɹæ.ni/

## Noun

1. The transmission of a car or other vehicle. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: The part of a car or truck that changes the gears.
   - _The mechanic says the tranny is slipping and will cost two grand to rebuild._
   - _He swapped a five-speed manual tranny into his old pickup._
2. An offensive slang term for a transgender person, especially a trans woman. *(slang)*
   - Simple: A rude and hurtful slang word for a transgender person, especially a trans woman.
3. An electrical transformer. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: An electrical transformer, which changes electricity to a higher or lower voltage.
   - _The old tube amp hums because the tranny inside is starting to fail._
   - _A squirrel shorted out the tranny on the pole and knocked out power to the whole street._
4. A radio built with transistors; a transistor radio. *(colloquial, Commonwealth)*
   - Simple: A transistor radio, often small enough to carry around.
   - _Dad listened to the cricket on his tranny while he weeded the garden._
   - _She fell asleep with the tranny under her pillow, still tuned to the late-night station._

## Other meanings

- (noun) A Ford Transit van.

## Origin

Several separate clippings, each with the casual ending -y: transmission for the car part, transistor for the radio, transformer for the electrical device, Transit for the Ford van, and transgender or transvestite for the slur.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/tranny (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).