Usually means: Improperly tied, unreliable square knot.
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We found 23 dictionaries that define the word granny knot:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. granny knot: Merriam-Webster
  2. granny knot: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. granny knot: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. granny knot: Collins English Dictionary
  5. granny knot: Vocabulary.com
  6. granny knot: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. granny knot: Wiktionary
  8. granny knot: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. granny knot: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. granny knot: Dictionary.com
  11. Granny knot (mathematics), Granny knot: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. granny knot: Rhymezone
  13. granny knot: FreeDictionary.org
  14. granny knot: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. granny knot: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. granny knot: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. granny knot: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. granny knot: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Granny Knot: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (granny knot)

noun:  A knot similar to the reef knot but crossed the opposite way.

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