penny

1. (n) In the United Kingdom, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a pound sterling, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: p. 2. (n) In the US and (formerly) Canada, a one-cent coin, worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a dollar. Abbreviation: ¢. 3. (n) In various countries, a small-denomination copper or brass coin. 4. (n) Money in general. 5. (n) (historical) In the United Kingdom and Ireland and many other countries, a unit of currency worth ¹⁄₂₄₀ of a pound sterling or Irish pound before decimalisation, or a copper coin worth this amount. Abbreviation: d. 6. (n) (historical) In Ireland, a coin worth ¹⁄₁₀₀ of an Irish pound before the introduction of the euro. Abbreviation: p. 7. (n) A unit of nail size, said to be either the cost per 100 nails, or the number of nails per penny. Abbreviation: d. 8. (v) (slang) To jam a door shut by inserting pennies between the doorframe and the door. 9. (v) (electronics) To 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. (v) (Oxbridge slang) During 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. 11. (n) A diminutive of the female given name Penelope. 12. (n) A surname. 13. (n) A place name, presumably all taken from the surname: 14. (n) An unincorporated community in Calloway County, Kentucky, United States. 15. (n) An unincorporated community in Pike County, Kentucky. 16. (n) A small community on the Fraser River in central British Columbia, Canada.