eddy

Meanings

1. A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.
2. A circular current; a whirlpool.

1. To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle.

1. A marijuana edible.

1. A diminutive of Edward, Edgar, Edwin, or other male given names beginning with Ed-.
2. A surname.

Etymology

From Middle English eddy, from Old English edēa, from ed- (“turning, back, reverse”) + ēa (“water”), equivalent to ed- + ea. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁é, and, consequently, cognate with Latin et. Related also to Danish ide (“eddy”), Swedish eda (“eddy”), Norwegian ida, ia, ea (“eddy”), Icelandic iða (“eddy”).