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Spidey en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈspaɪdi/
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

From spider + -y.

Meanings

  1. (slang) The fictional superhero Spider-Man.
    • Only Spider-Man's spidey powers can get us out of this! 1983 Jan, Boys' Life, volume 73, number 1, page 21:
    • Seven months later he reappeared in his own comic book, The Amazing Spider-Man. In the 16 years since, Spidey (as his fans call him) has become the country's most popular superhero, appearing in 300 daily newspapers. 1978, Princeton Alumni Weekly, volume 79, page 8:
    • [H]e's also written a Spidey short story (“Arms and the Man” in 1997's Untold Tales of Spider-Man) and a Spidey novel (Down These Mean Streets in 2005). 2013, Gerry Conway, Leah Wilson, Webslinger: Unauthorized Essays On Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, page 32:
    • In the closet Marvin found his sea shell collection, baseball cards, a stack of Spidey comic books, a jar of dead flies he had forgotten about, a paper bag filled with pine cones, and five cans of mud from Lake Washington. 1981 Oct, Ebony Jr., volume 9, number 4, page 25:

Deriveds

Spidey-sense