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divvy - What does it mean?

Definition of 'divvy'

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviations, .

Alternative forms

*divvie (for noun only )

Noun

(divvies)
  • A dividend; a share or portion.
  • Verb

  • To divide something into portions.
  • :We divvied up the money to split between us.
  • Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • ‘Divine’; very pleasant, wonderful.
  • *1924 , (Ford Madox Ford), Some Do Not…'', Penguin 2012 (''Parade's End ), p. 36:
  • *:‘You'd find,’ the priest said, ‘that it whittled down until the only divvy moment was when you stood waiting in the booking-office for the young man to take the tickets.’
  • Etymology 2

    Origin uncertain.

    Alternative forms

    *divvie

    Noun

    (divvies)
  • A foolish person.
  • :Put it down and stop being a divvy !
  • Appalachian English

    Similar to 'divvy'

    defy, daffy, deify, dippy, dopey, dopy, dobby, dhoby, duppy, divey, dweeby, dubby, dauby, davy