billy
Also called billy club. a police officer's club or baton.
a heavy wooden stick used as a weapon; cudgel.
Scot. Dialect. comrade.
Also called bil·ly·can [bil-ee-kan]. /ˈbɪl iˌkæn/. 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.
Textiles. (in Great Britain) a roving machine.
Origin of billy
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Other definitions for Billy (2 of 2)
a male given name, form of William.
Also Billye. a female given name.
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How to use billy in a sentence
When Wanda breaks open the Hex for the Westview townspeople to escape in the finale, Vision, Tommy and billy all begin to come apart in pieces.
As for her kids, the scene is heavily referencing billy and Tommy’s comic book storyline in which they’re created by magic — as they are in WandaVision — and then absorbed by a demon named Mephisto.
WandaVision’s series finale sets up the future of Wanda and the MCU | Alex Abad-Santos | March 5, 2021 | VoxShortly after that encounter, a young man named billy — who is obsessed with serial killers and who’s just escaped from a hospital psychiatric ward — breaks into Isaiah’s kitchen.
Joe Ide’s IQ series continues with the idiosyncratic marvel ‘Smoke’ | Maureen Corrigan | February 26, 2021 | Washington PostEven as he knows not to get involved, Isaiah agrees to hide billy from that same local police officer who gave him such a nasty welcome to Coronado Springs.
Joe Ide’s IQ series continues with the idiosyncratic marvel ‘Smoke’ | Maureen Corrigan | February 26, 2021 | Washington PostWhile Jimmy Carter was president of the United States, his younger brother, billy, a brewer, endorsed billy Beer, which featured his signature.
Why We Judge People Based on Their Relatives - Facts So Romantic | Diana Fleischman | November 11, 2020 | Nautilus
How fitting that Joe Cocker would get a little help from his friend billy Joel.
The Greatest Rock Voice of All Time Belonged to Joe Cocker | Ted Gioia | December 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn piano was legendary session man billy Preston, who co-wrote and recorded the original version one year before Cocker's.
“So I tell you this, billy-boy,” he writes to William Styron in 1958.
Mailer’s Letters Pack a Punch and a Surprising Degree of Sweetness | Ronald K. Fried | December 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut billy Childs absolutely delivers the goods in this poignant collection of Laura Nyro songs.
Singers Nancy Wilson and billy Eckstine attended, and actor and activist Ossie Davis delivered a well-received speech.
When Bill Cosby N-Bombed the Congressional Black Caucus | Asawin Suebsaeng | December 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd saying a hasty good afternoon, he popped through his doorway and vanished at billy Woodchuck's feet.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole | Arthur Scott BaileyAnd being very fond of clover blossoms, billy hated to spend his time digging.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole | Arthur Scott BaileyThere was only one reason why billy Woodchuck didn't exactly care to dig a new home for himself in the pasture just then.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole | Arthur Scott Baileybilly Woodchuck exclaimed, for he had heard somewhere that if you want a thing done, you should get a busy person to do it.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole | Arthur Scott BaileyAnd he had already turned away, as if the business were ended, when billy Woodchuck stopped him again.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole | Arthur Scott Bailey
British Dictionary definitions for billy (1 of 2)
/ (ˈbɪlɪ) /
US and Canadian a wooden club esp a police officer's truncheon
Origin of billy
1British Dictionary definitions for billy (2 of 2)
billycan (ˈbɪlɪˌkæn)
/ (ˈbɪlɪ) /
a metal can or pot for boiling water, etc, over a campfire
Australian and NZ (as modifier): billy-tea
Australian and NZ informal to make tea
Origin of billy
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