divvy

[div-ee]Informal.

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verb (used with or without object), div·vied, div·vy·ing.

to divide; distribute (often followed by up): The thieves divvied up the loot.

noun, plural div·vies.

a distribution or sharing.

Origin of divvy

1870–75; div(ide) or div(idend) + -y²

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Related Words for divvy

ration, share, split, deal, divide, allot, dispense

Examples from the Web for divvy

Contemporary Examples of divvy

The December goal is there because it would give appropriators time to write their bills and divvy up the funds Congress approves.
Can Washington Stop the Next Shutdown?
Eleanor Clift
December 3, 2013
How did you divvy up material for the articles and the book?
Dodging Death in Pakistan
Marc Tracy
May 12, 2009

Historical Examples of divvy

Then he sees how selfish it would be to keep all that gold for himself.11 "But how'll I divvy it?"
Torchy
Sewell Ford
"Yes, count, and see if the rascals made a fair 'divvy' of it," added the captain.
Up the River
Oliver Optic
I was going to get Major Sherman to let me divvy up with you.
Battling the Clouds
Captain Frank Cobb
I am goin to divvy up, she announced in triumph, but not here.
The Turn of the Tide
Eleanor H. Porter
And now I dont want to divvy up, I dont want to divvy up, because I dont want themhere!
The Turn of the Tide
Eleanor H. Porter

British Dictionary definitions for divvy

divvy

noun plural -vies

British short for dividend, esp (formerly) one paid by a cooperative society

US and Canadian a share; portion

verb -vies, -vying or -vied

(tr usually foll by up) to divide and share

divvy

noun plural -vies

dialect a stupid or foolish person

Word Origin for divvy

C20: perhaps from deviant

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Word Origin and History for divvy

1872, American English, originally a noun, a slang shortening of dividend; the verb was in use by 1877 and is primary now (the noun is not in "Webster's New World Dictionary"), leading some (e.g. "Webster's") to think the word is a slang alteration of divide. Related: Divvying. In early 20c. British slang the same word was a shortening of divine (adj.).