divvy
English
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editdivvy (plural divvies)
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editdivvy (third-person singular simple present divvies, present participle divvying, simple past and past participle divvied)
- (informal, transitive) To divide into portions.
- We divvied the money into equal portions to split between us.
- 2006, John C. Roberts, concurrence and dissent in part in League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry, 548 U.S. 399 (2006)
- It is a sordid business, this divvying us up by race.
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editto divide into portions
Etymology 2
editOriginating from prison slang in the UK. A job often given to the lowest inmates was to put cardboard dividers into boxes. Someone given this job was a 'divider' or a 'div'. Now used as an insult to those who display stupidity.
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editdivvy (plural divvies)
- (slang, derogatory) A foolish person.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:fool
- Put it down and stop being a divvy!
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editAdjective
editdivvy (comparative more divvy, superlative most divvy)
- (informal, dated) Divine; very pleasant, wonderful.
- 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not... (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 36:
- ‘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.’
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