divvy

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Canada, UK/ˈdɪvi/

noun

A dividend; a share or portion.

“Put it down and stop being a divvy!”

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Meanings

divvy1

noundivvy (plural divvies)

plural divvies · alternative divy · alternative divvie

  1. informalA dividend; a share or portion.
verbdivvy (third-person singular simple present divvies, present participle divvying, simple past and past participle divvied)

present singular third person divvies · participle present divvying · participle past divvied · past divvied · alternative divy · alternative divvie

  1. informaltransitiveTo divide into portions.

    We divvied the money into equal portions to split between us.

    1 more example

    It is a sordid business, this divvying us up by race.

    2006, John C. Roberts, concurrence and dissent in part in League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry, 548 U.S. 399 (2006)

divvy2

noundivvy (plural divvies)

plural divvies · alternative divvie

  1. derogatoryslangA foolish person.

    Put it down and stop being a divvy!

    Synonyms: alcatote, asshat, arsehole, asshole, bayard, berk, birdbrain, blither

divvy3

adjectivedivvy (comparative more divvy, superlative most divvy)

comparative more divvy · superlative most divvy

  1. datedinformalDivine; very pleasant, wonderful.

    ‘You'd find,’ the priest said, ‘that it whittled down until the only divvy moment was when you stood waiting in the booking-office for the young man to take the tickets.’

    1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not... (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 36

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA foolish person.

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Origin

divvy · noun, verb

Clipping of dividend + -y.

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divvy · noun

Unclear. Suggested sources include a corruption of Davy lamp as used by miners; dividend as an unemployment benefit; or divot meaning "turf", used euphemistically in place of the vulgar sod.

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Translations

French partager, diviser
  • partagerto divide into portions
  • diviserto divide into portions
German Dividend, aufteilen
  • Dividendarithmetic: a number or expression
  • aufteilento divide into portions
  • auseinanderdividierento divide into portions
  • teilento divide into portions
  • dividierento divide into portions
Polish dywidenda, dzielić
  • dywidendaarithmetic: a number or expression
  • dzielićto divide into portions
  • podzielićto divide into portions
  • rozdzielaćto divide into portions
  • rozdzielićto divide into portions
  • wydzielaćto divide into portions
  • wydzielićto divide into portions

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with divvy

privychivvycivvygiveyskivvy
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Cite this entry
APA

divvy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/divvy

MLA

“divvy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/divvy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “divvy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/divvy.

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