adj
Meaning 1
Divine; very pleasant, wonderful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
divvy
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Canada, UK: /ˈdɪvi/
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rhymes with -ɪvi
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CMU ARPABET: D IH1 V IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A dividend; a share or portion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A foolish person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, slang
Examples
- Put it down and stop being a divvy!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: alcatote, asshat, arsehole, asshole, bayard, berk, birdbrain, blither, bobchin, bonehead, bozo, buffoon, brickhead, Charlie, chucklehead, chowderhead, chump, clart, clown, der-brain, dill pickle, dim bulb, dimwit, dingleberry, dipshit, dipstick, dirtbrain, div, divvo, divvy, dolt, donk, doodle, doofus, dope, dork, dote, dotterel, dullard, dumbass, dumbbell, dumbo, dumb fuck, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, dupe, fathead, fenderhead, fiddle, fuckwit, fuzznut, geck, gig, gink, goober, gooseberry, gowk, gubbins, gump, half-baked, ha'p'orth, Homer Simpson, ignoramus, imbecile, jamoke, jerk, jerkoff, jolterhead, jolthead, juggins, jughead, knucklehead, lamebrain, mameluke (US (Italian-American), slang), maroon, meathead, mong, moron, mug, muggins, mushhead, nimrod, nincompoop, nit, nitwit, not the sharpest knife in the drawer, numskull, numps, numpty, nupson, oaf, pillock, pinhead, plonker, prat, retard, shit for brains, shithead, shitwit, schmo, schmuck, smooth brain, snapperhead, softhead, sohai, sot, stupid, sucker, thickhead, tonto, tool, tosser, tosspot, tubelight, twat, twerp, twit, wally, wantwit, wazzock, yampy
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To divide into portions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
Examples
- We divvied the money into equal portions to split between us.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
short for dividend; especially one paid by a cooperative society
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dividend
History
Etymology
Clipping of dividend + -y.
Unclear. Suggested sources include a corruption of Davy lamp as used by miners; dividend as an unemployment benefit; or divot meaning "turf", used euphemistically in place of the vulgar sod.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- German: Dividend — arithmetic: a number or expression
- French: partager — to divide into portions
- French: diviser — to divide into portions
- German: aufteilen — to divide into portions
- German: auseinanderdividieren — to divide into portions
- German: teilen — to divide into portions
- German: dividieren — to divide into portions
- Sicilian: spàrtiri — to divide into portions