Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
Clipping of dividend + -y.
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| divvies | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| divvie | alternative | lexicographic | |
| divy | alternative | lexicographic |
de Dividend (arithmetic: a number or expression)
Clipping of dividend + -y.
It is a sordid business, this divvying us up by race.2006, John C. Roberts, concurrence and dissent in part in League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry, 548 U.S. 399 (2006)
We divvied the money into equal portions to split between us.
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| divvie | alternative | lexicographic | |
| divvying | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| divvied | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| divvied | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| divy | alternative | lexicographic | |
| divvies | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
fr partager (to divide into portions) · de teilen (to divide into portions) · fr diviser (to divide into portions) · de auseinanderdividieren (to divide into portions) · de dividieren (to divide into portions) · scn spàrtiri (to divide into portions) · de aufteilen (to divide into portions)
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.
Put it down and stop being a divvy!
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| divvies | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| divvie | alternative | lexicographic |
fathead · geck · dirtbrain · nincompoop · doofus · Charlie · goober · dote · berk · nit · sot · dingleberry · dingus · numpty · wazzock · smooth brain · arsehole · jerkoff · wantwit · bayard · dipstick · half-baked · dupe · moron · schmo · Homer Simpson · dim bulb · div · blither · chowderhead · fenderhead · dummy · buffoon · dope · der-brain · gubbins · slang) · clown · dork · dullard · alcatote · nitwit · thickhead · juggins · shit for brains · doodle · schmuck · pinhead · mameluke (US (Italian-American) · fiddle · oaf · stupid · tubelight · gowk · donk · tosspot · dumbass · muggins · dunderhead · dill pickle · plonker · retard · dimwit · bonehead · mong · snapperhead · wally · shithead · jolterhead · not the sharpest knife in the drawer · asshat · divvo · dumbbell · maroon · imbecile · clart · numps · twat · jolthead · yampy · chump · nimrod · softhead · dunce · gink · divvy · asshole · knucklehead · twerp · dumbo · gig · sohai · birdbrain · dipshit · bobchin · tosser · tonto · bozo · numskull · brickhead · jamoke · prat · meathead · tool · gump · mushhead · ha'p'orth · nupson · twit · chucklehead · mug · gooseberry · fuckwit · lamebrain · ignoramus · dolt · dumb fuck · shitwit · jughead · pillock · fuzznut · dotterel · sucker · jerk
‘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.’1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not... (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 36:
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most divvy | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more divvy | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |