eddy
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eddy¹
- /ˈɛd.i/ UK, US
Rhymes with -ɛdi
Where it comes from
From Middle English eddy, from Old English edēa, from ed- (“turning, back, reverse”) + ēa (“water”), equivalent to ed- + ea. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁é, and, consequently, cognate with Latin et. Related also to Danish ide (“eddy”), Swedish eda (“eddy”), Norwegian ida, ia, ea (“eddy”), Icelandic iða (“eddy”).
noun eddies
- A current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current. In the bow old Dobbs fought the stream cunningly, twisting the nose into eddies and backwaters, taking advantage when he could of set of current, and when he could not, paddling doggedly, not so powerfully, perhaps, as his partner, but with equal steadiness.
- A circular current; a whirlpool. And smiling eddies dimpled on the main.
verb eddies · eddying · eddied
- To form an eddy; to move in, or as if in, an eddy; to move in a circle. He waded out, the stream eddying around his legs.
eddy²
- /ˈɛd.i/ UK, US
Rhymes with -ɛdi
Where it comes from
Clipping of edible.
noun eddies · eddys
- A marijuana edible. I never really was into weed until recently. On my "Chrissy Chaos" podcast on Patreon, I do a segment every Friday called the "Chris and Eddy Show" 'cause I call edibles "eddys,' so I take an eddy and I do a show.
Eddy³
- /ˈɛdi/
Rhymes with -ɛdi
Where it comes from
Diminutives + -y.
proper noun Eddie
- A male given name, variant of Eddie.
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: whirlpool, swirl, whirl, twist, purl, gurge, backwater, whirlwind, flurry, turbulence, rotor, wash, vorticity, maelstrom, vortex, suck
Translations
Every language
noun air or water running in an opposite direction to the main current
| Español | contracorriente, revesa, remolino |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 회오리 hoe'ori, 소용돌이 soyongdori |
| 日本語 | 渦流 karyū, 渦 uzu |
| 中文 | 渦流 /涡流 wōliú |
| Português | vórtice, remoinho |
| Français | contre-courant, remous |
| Deutsch | Wirbel |
| Italiano | vortice, gorgo, mulinello, controcorrente |
| Română | contracurent, bulboană, volbură, vârtej |
| Русский | завихре́ние zavixrénije, вихрь vixrʹ |
| العربية | دُوَّامَة duwwāma |
| עברית | זֶרֶם עַרְבֹּלֶת zérem arbólet |
noun whirlpool
| Français | tourbillon |
|---|---|
| עברית | עַרְבֹּלֶת arbólet |
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