Webby
adj, name, noun, slang
adj, name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Ellipsis of Webby Award. abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis
"The Oscars may want to copy one welcome aspect of the Webbys: winners' acceptance speeches are limited to five words."
Adjective
- 1 Consisting of, resembling, or having webs or a web.
- 2 Characteristic of the World Wide Web. uncommon
"Having a centralized package manager is not very webby, to use Dahl's words. The fact that millions of applications depend on a single registry to survive is a liability."
Adjective
- 1 having open interstices or resembling a web wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A nickname of the surname Webb.
Example
More examples"Having a centralized package manager is not very webby, to use Dahl's words. The fact that millions of applications depend on a single registry to survive is a liability."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From web + -y.
Etymology 2
From Webb + -y.
Etymology 3
From Web + -y.
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