Phillips
name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A Phillips screwdriver.
- 1 A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Philip. countable, uncountable
"Thus we might ask Wittgenstein and Phillips if the structure of family resemblance does not dissolve the dichotomy of internal/external to which their semantic and criteriologic pragmatic contextualism is connected."
- 2 plural of Phillip form-of, plural
- 3 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in El Dorado County, California. countable, uncountable
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; A township in White County, Illinois. countable, uncountable
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; A town in Franklin County, Maine. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; A community in Minneapolis, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; A village in Hamilton County, Nebraska. countable, uncountable
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; A small town in Coal County, Oklahoma. countable, uncountable
- 9 A number of places in the United States:; A ghost town in Hutchinson County, Texas. countable, uncountable
- 10 A number of places in the United States:; A city, the county seat of Price County, Wisconsin. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples""This came for you." "Urgh..." "So hey, you remember that one that she sent you where she asked you to get her those pictures of Applejack's brother?" "Yeah." "And then she told you to write a critique on Mac's physical appearance." "Yeah." "Then she sent the critique to Mac." "...Yeah." "What did you tell her you learned from that?" "I found that a Phillips screwdriver is persuasive, but not seductive; and also Rarity charges up the butt for stuff I really think she should do as a friend.""
Etymology
From Phillip + -s.
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