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Murphy¹

  • /ˈmɜɹfi/ US
  • /ˈmɜːfi/ UK

Sounds like murphy · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)fi

Where it comes from

From Irish Ó Murchadha (“descendant of Murrough”), Mac Murchaidh (“Son of Murrough”), etc. See Muircath.

proper noun Morphis

  1. A common surname from Irish, the anglicized form of Irish Ó Murchadha After a long talk between these two, and a little broken English from the Frenchmen, our visitors took leave; but Father Murphy had hardly gone a dozen rods when back he came, inquiring whether we were in want of anything.
  2. A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage. Sonja made me promise I would go to college. She said she'd wanted her daughter, Murphy, to go. She'd named her baby Murphy because it could never be a stripper name. But her daughter had changed her name to London.
  3. A census-designated place, the county seat of Owyhee County, Idaho.
  4. A census-designated place in Jefferson County, Missouri.
  5. A town, the county seat of Cherokee County, North Carolina.
  6. A city in Collin County, Texas.
  7. An unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia.
  8. An unincorporated community in Barbour County, West Virginia.
  9. A town in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina.

noun Murphies · Morphis

  1. abbreviation, ellipsis, slang Ellipsis of Murphy game (“type of confidence trick”).

verb Murphies · Murphying · Murphied · Morphis

  1. slang, transitive To swindle by means of the Murphy game confidence trick.

murphy²

  • /ˈmɜːfi/ UK
  • /ˈmɝfi/ US

Sounds like Murphy · Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)fi

Where it comes from

From the common Irish name Murphy. Compare Donovan (“a potato”).

noun murphies

  1. An Irish or white potato. "[…

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: tater, spud, irish potato, white potato, potato, murph, martin, tattie, pratie, tuber, new potato, idaho, earth-apple, jacket potato, russet, tatty

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@misc{murphy_2026,
  title = {murphy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/murphy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}