Wally
adj, name, noun, verb, slang ·2 syllables ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 A fool. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang
"'Don't be such a wally,' Ruby said. 'Felicity is way smarter than you could ever hope to be.'"
- 2 a silly and inept person; someone who is regarded as stupid wordnet
- 3 A large pickled gherkin or cucumber. Essex, London, colloquial
"Mushy peas (£1.40) are ... mushy, and wallies (45p) – pickled gherkins to you – come sliced and prettily served in the shape of a flower."
- 1 Alternative pronunciation (and hence spelling) of value Essex, colloquial, obsolete
"Let them that wallys the sheep watch 'em."
- 1 Alternative form of whally alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
"[…] one of his eyes was wally, a condition common among the natives of the land. (Here the meaning 'pale' is intended, as indicated later in the text:) […] turned his one black eye on the kindly man […] (p. 183)"
- 1 A diminutive of the male given names of Waldo, Walter, Wallabee, and Wallace.
""'Mr. Szalla' is my eighty-two-year-old father, Nikki. Please call me 'Wally'." "Well. 'Wally'." I felt my face burn pleasantly. "Wally" was such a comfortable old-shoe kind of name."
- 2 The trophy awarded to winners of an NHRA national event (named after founder Wally Parks).
Example
More examples"Who's the wally who's chucked his socks in the loo?"
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