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divvy

noun
/ˈdɪvi/CA

Etymology

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.

Definitions

  1. A dividend

    A dividend; a share or portion.

  2. To divide into portions.

    • We divvied the money into equal portions to split between us.
    • It is a sordid business, this divvying us up by race.

  3. A foolish person.

    • Put it down and stop being a divvy!
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Divine

      Divine; very pleasant, wonderful.

      • ‘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.’

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for divvy. 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