dealy

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noun

An object, especially a gadget, whose name the speaker currently cannot recall.

“What's that dealy behind the cab with a chain hooked to it?”

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Meanings

dealy1

noundealy (plural dealies)

plural dealies

  1. USslangAn object, especially a gadget, whose name the speaker currently cannot recall.

    What's that dealy behind the cab with a chain hooked to it?

    1 more example

    He [...] hands Brooklyn his flashlight. It’s one of those survivalist dealies that needs to be cranked instead of having batteries.

    2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 419

    Synonyms: deal, thingamabob, thingy, whatsit

Dealy2

proper nounDealy (plural Dealys)

plural Dealys

  1. A surname from Irish.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn object, especially a gadget, whose name the speaker currently cannot recall.

Similar
dealthingamabobthingywhatsit
Also see
dealthingy

Origin

dealy · noun

From deal + -y.

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Dealy · proper noun

Variant of Deeley.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

delayDaleyDayleAdleyLedayleady
Cite this entry
APA

dealy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dealy

MLA

“dealy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dealy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dealy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dealy.

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