Whitney

American  

[hwit-nee, wit-] / ˈʰwɪt ni, ˈwɪt- /

noun

1. Eli, 1765–1825, U.S. manufacturer and inventor.

2. John Hay, 1904–82, U.S. diplomat and newspaper publisher.

3. Josiah Dwight, 1819–96, U.S. geologist.

4. William Dwight, 1827–94, U.S. philologist and lexicographer (brother of Josiah Dwight).

5. Mount, a mountain in E California, in the Sierra Nevada. 14,495 feet (4,418 meters).

6. a male given name.

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Whitney ¹ British  

/ ˈwɪtnɪ /

noun

1. Eli. 1765–1825, US inventor of a mechanical cotton gin (1793) and pioneer manufacturer of interchangeable parts

2. William Dwight. 1827–94, US philologist, noted esp for his Sanskrit Grammar (1879)

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Whitney ² British  

/ ˈwɪtnɪ /

noun

1. a mountain in E California: the highest peak in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and in continental US (excluding Alaska). Height: 4418 m (14 495 ft)

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Example Sentences

A DJ, dressed in a traditional barong, blasts a dance remix of Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” as a crowd gathers to take a shot of fish sauce together.

From Los Angeles Times

“Pratt & Whitney’s failure to commit to the number of engines ordered by Airbus is negatively impacting this year’s guidance and the ramp-up trajectory,” Airbus said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Alyse Whitney’s “Big Dip Energy: 88 Parties in a Bowl for Snacking, Dinner, Dessert, and Beyond!” is basically a manifesto on the subject.

From Salon

With Kelly, Steinberg scored four more No. 1s on the Hot 100: “True Colors,” Whitney Houston’s “So Emotional,” the Bangles’ “Eternal Flame” and “Alone.”

From Los Angeles Times

Animator John Whitney used an early computer to produce images for Alfred Hitchcock’s “Vertigo” in 1958, but the breakthrough into cinematic world-building came in the 1990s with “Terminator 2” and “Toy Story.”

From The Wall Street Journal