Definitions for Billy
Billy
bil·ly
Spelling: [bil-ee]
IPA: /ˈbɪl i/
Billy is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.
You can make 29 anagrams from letters in Billy (billy).
Definitions for Billy
noun
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Also called billy club. a police officer's club or baton.
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a heavy wooden stick used as a weapon; cudgel.
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Scot. Dialect. comrade.
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Also called billycan [bil-ee-kan] /ˈbɪl iˌkæn/ (Show IPA). Australian. any container in which water may be carried and boiled over a campfire, ranging from a makeshift tin can to a special earthenware kettle; any pot or kettle in which tea is boiled over a campfire.
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Textiles. (in Great Britain) a roving machine.
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a male given name, form of William.
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Also, Billye. a female given name.
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Katharine Meyer, 1917–2001, U.S. newspaper publisher.
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Martha, 1894–1991, U.S. dancer and choreographer.
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Thomas, 1805–69, Scottish chemist.
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William Franklin ("Billy") born 1918, U.S. evangelist.
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a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “gray home.”.
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William ("Billy") 1915–67, U.S. jazz pianist and composer: collaborator with Duke Ellington.
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Elizabeth, 1911–79, U.S. poet.
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Hazel (Gladys) 1906–1998, U.S. chemist and businesswoman.
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John Peale, 1892–1944, U.S. poet and essayist.
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Morris (Gilbert) 1893–1973, U.S. humorist, poet, and biographer.
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William Avery ("Billy") 1894–1956, Canadian aviator: helped to establish Canadian air force.
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George William (Johann Gottlob Wilhelm Bitzer"Billy") 1872–1944, U.S. cinematographer.
Origin of Billy
perhaps all independently derived generic uses of Billy (male name); for Australian sense compare Scots dialect billy-pot cooking pot
Examples for Billy
Singers Nancy Wilson and billy Eckstine attended, and actor and activist Ossie Davis delivered a well-received speech.
"That's right," said billy Brue, with the quick sympathy of the experienced.
It was thus billy Brue found him at the end of his second day's search.
“There are various iterations of my life out there,” says billy Hayes, digging into his Eggs Benedict at a Manhattan diner.
"He said he was poor," urged billy, who had been rather taken with the ease of Arledge's manner.
On piano was legendary session man billy Preston, who co-wrote and recorded the original version one year before Cocker's.
But billy Childs absolutely delivers the goods in this poignant collection of Laura Nyro songs.
How fitting that Joe Cocker would get a little help from his friend billy Joel.
billy, go up to the address he gives you, and get some of these se-gars.
To billy Brue was allotted the easiest as being the most probable route.