phy

P3H4Y4
/faɪ/

noun

The drug physeptone.

OriginKhmer ភី →
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Meanings

phy1

nounphy (uncountable)
  1. slanguncountableThe drug physeptone.

    "The phy is doing me in", she says […]

    1996, Fortnight, numbers 346-356, page 23
    1 more example

    Phy is much harder to come off than heroin.

    2015, Julie O'Toole, Heroin: A story of drug addiction, hope and triumph

PHY2

nounPHY (plural PHYs or PHY's)

plural PHYs · plural PHY's

  1. computingAn electronic circuit implementing the physical layer of the OSI model.

Phy3

proper nounPhy (plural Phys)

plural Phys

  1. A surname.

Origin

  1. Khmerភី
  2. EnglishPhy

Derived from Khmer ភី (phii).

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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