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dealy

noun

Etymology

Variant of Deeley.

  1. inherited from *dʰail-✻
  2. inherited from *dailijaną✻ — “to divide, part, deal”
  3. inherited from *dailijan✻
  4. inherited from dǣlan — “to divide, part”
  5. inherited from delen
  6. suffixed as dealy — “deal + y”

Definitions

  1. An object, especially a gadget, whose name the speaker currently cannot recall.

    • What's that dealy behind the cab with a chain hooked to it?
    • He [...] hands Brooklyn his flashlight. It’s one of those survivalist dealies that needs to be cranked instead of having batteries.

  2. A surname from Irish.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for dealy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA