What does "mckinley" mean?
A United States five-hundred-dollar bill.
Mckinley
/məˈkɪn.li/ name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A United States five-hundred-dollar bill.
- Grammar: mckinley is listed as name, noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: denali, family name, last name, mount denali.
- Useful contrasts: given name, lowland, valley.
- Usage evidence: Prices have climbed higher than Mount McKinley.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A United States five-hundred-dollar bill. US, rare, slang
"Presidents: Cash money, folding bills, the green stuff, cabbage, lettuce, bucks, dough, i.e., Washingtons ($1), Jeffersons ($2), Lincolns ($5), Jacksons ($20), Grants ($50), McKinleys ($500), Clevelands ($1,000), Madisons ($5,000), and Wilsons ($100,000)."
- 2 A processor of Intel’s first Itanium 2 brand, code-named McKinley. historical, informal
"This may or may not be true, but the masses are going to believe it and buy Merceds ( or hold off buying anything ) on the promise that in a year or two they'll be able to upgrade to McKinleys that will blow away anything the competition has."
Proper Noun
- 1 A female given name transferred from the surname.
- 2 A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
"The ceremony was performed at the commodious old Saxton homestead, formerly the home of the McKinleys, now occupied by the Barbers, and was witnessed by Mrs. McKinley."
- 3 A male given name transferred from the surname, briefly popular in the US when William McKinley was President (1897-1901).
- 4 A female given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
- 5 An unincorporated community in Marengo County, Alabama, United States.
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- 6 An unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Washington County, Indiana, United States.
- 7 A tiny city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States.
- 8 An unorganized territory in Kittson County, Minnesota, United States.
- 9 A neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.
- 10 An unincorporated community in Elk County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- 11 An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- 12 A former unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia, United States.
- 13 A town and unincorporated community in Polk County, Wisconsin, United States.
- 14 A town in Taylor County, Wisconsin, United States.
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"Prices have climbed higher than Mount McKinley."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "mckinley"?
Common synonyms include: denali, family name, last name, mount denali, surname.
How do you use "mckinley" in a sentence?
Prices have climbed higher than Mount McKinley.
How do you pronounce "mckinley"?
Pronounced /məˈkɪn.li/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Rare spelling variant of McKinley.
Etymology 2
Anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Mac Fhionnlaoich, "son of Fionnlaoch (=Fair Warrior)". The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of William McKinley featured on it.