English Explanatory Dictionary

billy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fellow, companion, comrade, mate; partner, brother.
  2. A good friend.
  3. A billy goat.
  4. A silk handkerchief.
noun
  1. A highwayman's club, billy club.
  2. A slubbing or roving machine.
  3. A tin with a swing handle used to boil tea over an open fire; a billycan; a billypot.
  4. A bong for smoking marijuana.
  5. A condom.
name
  1. A diminutive of the male given name William.
  2. The B-25 twin-engine bomber aircraft used during World War Two, commonly called the "B-25 Mitchell" in honor of U.S. Army General William "Billy" Mitchell.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɪli/ en-us-billy.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Billy.wav

Word forms

billy billies Billys Billie

Etymology

Of obscure origin. Perhaps a variant of bully (“companion, mate, comrade”). Compare Scots billie (“a comrade; companion”). Compare also Middle Low German billig (“equitable, reasonable, lawful, fitting, according to natural law, just”).

Related words

Billie

Derived words

billy boy billy buttons billy-cock billygoat billy-goat billyhood billy-o billy-oh hillbilly silly-billy Silly Billy swampbilly billy bread billycan billy-can billy cart billyful billy lid billy tea billy tin Christmas billy Bashful Billy Billster Billy Big Balls Billy Big Bollocks Billy bollocks Billy Dee Billygate billy goat Billyish Billyjean Billy no mates Billy Pugh Billys Creek Billy Webb Billy Wigglestick King Billy puffing Billy
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