What does "neddy" mean?
A donkey or ass.
Neddy
/ˈnɛdi/ name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A donkey or ass.
- Grammar: neddy is listed as name, noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: ass, bathroom, donkey, jack.
- Usage evidence: Riding overland from Sydney to Brisbane, along the beautiful North Coast district of New South Wales, I tied my neddy up on the roadside and investigated a bark-shanty some little distance off in the Bush.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A donkey or ass.
- 2 Alternative form of netty (“outhouse, lavatory, toilet”). Geordie, alt-of, alternative, obsolete
"Neddy, Netty, a certain place that will not bear a written explanation, but which is depicted to the very life in a tail-piece in the first edition of Bewick's ‘Land Birds’ (1797), p. 285."
- 3 A cosh. obsolete, slang
"[…] it was Dan Mayne who broke his skull with a "neddy.""
- 4 A horse, especially a racehorse. Australia, UK, slang
"Riding overland from Sydney to Brisbane, along the beautiful North Coast district of New South Wales, I tied my neddy up on the roadside and investigated a bark-shanty some little distance off in the Bush."
- 5 The horse races. Australia, in-plural, slang, with-definite-article
"He′d usually be there at the same place most Saturdays and we ended up sharing a beer talking about the neddies. It just grew from there. I′d nod at him; ask him how he was going. We′d talk racing, have a dig at each other for backing losers."
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- 6 Horsepower. Australia, colloquial, plural-normally, slang
"Weird as it sounds, it was because you weren't going fast enough :-) I've found that if you wick it up too much exiting a curve you tend to do one of those feet off the pegs numbers. Fun, huh? Otoh, if you carry more corner speed the back is more likely to let go gradually, because the tyre is already closer to the edge, so it doesn't require a fist full of neddies to break it loose. I still wouldn't recommmend it for the road..."
- 7 An idiot; a stupid or contemptible person.
"1967, Royal Aero Club (Great Britain), Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom, United Service and Royal Aero Club, Flight International, Volume 91, page 496, The trouble is that the neddies in the Board of Trade would probably approve it."
Proper Noun
- 1 A diminutive of the male given name Edward.
Example
"Riding overland from Sydney to Brisbane, along the beautiful North Coast district of New South Wales, I tied my neddy up on the roadside and investigated a bark-shanty some little distance off in the Bush."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "neddy"?
Common synonyms include: ass, bathroom, donkey, jack, jackass, jenny.
How do you use "neddy" in a sentence?
Riding overland from Sydney to Brisbane, along the beautiful North Coast district of New South Wales, I tied my neddy up on the roadside and investigated a bark-shanty some little distance off in the Bush.
How do you pronounce "neddy"?
Pronounced /ˈnɛdi/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Ned + -y, Ned being a diminutive of Edward.
Etymology 2
Variant of netty.
Etymology 3
Perhaps from Kennedy.
Etymology 4
Suffixed -y, compare Noll and Nellie, respectively from Oliver and Eleanor