indy

plural indies

1. An independent entity.

   To survive, an indy needed hits big enough that distributors would pay up overdue accounts to get them

   2004, Michael Lydon, Ray Charles: Man and Music, page 80

1. not comparableIndependent, unaffiliated (especially not affiliated with a major organization or company).

plural indies · plural indys

1. automotiveA car designed to meet the rules on the Indianapolis 500 car race.

   Synonyms: indy car, indycar, Indy car, Indycar, Formula Indy car, Formula Indy

2. broadlyautomotiveAn open-wheel open-cockpit single-seat racecar

   Synonyms: indy car, indycar, Indy car, Indycar

3. broadlyhobbiesA motorcar race that uses this type of car

   Synonyms: indy car race, Indy car race, indycar race, Indycar race

1. informalIndianapolis.
2. informalThe fictional archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones.

   But while Dial may have all the right pieces on the board to make for another classic entry in the saga, Indy’s latest adventure is a lackluster attempt at reconciling the old with the new.

   2023 June 28, Lauren Coates, “Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny review: Harrison Ford goes to the whip”, in AV Club

3. UKinformalThe Independent, a British newspaper.

1. abbreviationacronymAcronym of I'm not dead yet (“a fruit-fly gene, mutant versions of which are said to have increased the organism's lifespan”).