brady

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/ˈbɹeɪdi/

noun

Bradycardia.

“He is bradying down.”

OriginOld English brād ← Irish Ó Brádaigh →
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Meanings

brady1

nounbrady (plural bradies)

plural bradies

  1. colloquialmedicineBradycardia.
  2. colloquialmedicineBradypnoea.
verbbrady (third-person singular simple present bradies, present participle bradying, simple past and past participle bradied)

present singular third person bradies · participle present bradying · participle past bradied · past bradied

  1. colloquialintransitivemedicineTo have or experience an abnormally low heartbeat, defined as under 60 beats per minute for an adult; to have or experience bradycardia

    He is bradying down.

Brady2

proper nounBrady (plural Bradys)

plural Bradys · alternative Bradish

  1. A habitational surname from Old English of English origin.
  2. A surname from Irish.
  3. A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
  4. A number of places in the United States:
    1. A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Pondera County, Montana.
    2. A village in Lincoln County, Nebraska.
    3. A city, the county seat of McCulloch County, Texas.
    4. A census-designated place in Grays Harbor County, Washington.
    5. A number of townships in Michigan (2), Ohio (1) and Pennsylvania (5).

Origin

  1. IrishÓ Brádaigh
  2. Old Englishbrād“broad”
  3. EnglishBrady

From Old English brād (“broad”) + ēage (“eye”) and brād (“broad”) + ēġ (“island”); or from Irish Ó Brádaigh.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with brady

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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