divvy

[ div-ee ]

/ ˈdɪv i /

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.

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Origin of divvy

1870–75; div(ide) or div(idend) + -y²

Words nearby divvy

divulge, divulgence, divulse, divulsion, divulsor, divvy, Diwali, diwan, Dix, Dix, Dorothea, dixie

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How to use divvy in a sentence

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|DAILY BEAST
Unable to come to an agreement over alimony, God intervenes to help Adam and Eve divvy up their marital belongings.
Johnny Carson’s Greatest Moments From Carnac to a Python Grapple|Brittany Jones-Cooper|May 7, 2012|DAILY BEAST
How did you divvy up material for the articles and the book?
Dodging Death in Pakistan|Marc Tracy|May 12, 2009|DAILY BEAST
General Divvy pounded the desk before him frantically and screamed for order until he was black in the face.
Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York|Lemuel Ely Quigg

They both laughed, and when Fulkerson was gone, Mrs. March asked her husband what a divvy was.
The March Family Trilogy, Complete|William Dean Howells
"Divvy, Mike," said the men hanging upon the bar, winking openly at one another.
Strictly Business|O. Henry
He seemed to be speaking to the Maggie of long 206 agothe little girl who stood ready and anxious to divvy up with all the world.
The Turn of the Tide|Eleanor H. Porter
It aint no millionaire stunt, but it sure does pay a steady divvy, Mr. Bates assured him.
The Making of Bobby Burnit|George Randolph Chester

British Dictionary definitions for divvy (1 of 2)

divvy¹

/ (ˈdɪvɪ) informal /

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

British Dictionary definitions for divvy (2 of 2)

divvy²

/ (ˈdɪvɪ) /

noun plural -vies

dialect a stupid or foolish person

Word Origin for divvy

C20: perhaps from deviant

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