Waddy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A heavy stick, especially a war club.
  • v. To strike with a waddy.
  • n. Western U.S. See cowboy.
  • n. Western U.S. A cattle rustler.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A cowboy.
  • n. A war club used by Aboriginal Australians; a nulla nulla.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An aboriginal war club.
  • n. A piece of wood; stick; peg; also, a walking stick.
  • v. To attack or beat with a waddy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To strike with a waddy or club. See waddy.
  • n. A war-club of heavy wood, grooved in such a way that the edges of the grooves serve as cutting edges to increase the efficacy of the blow: used by the Australian aborigines. Also waddie.
  • n. Hence A walking-stick.
  • Word Usage
    ""No not of fire-arms; but they have a machine of their own that they call a waddy, or something of that sort, which they throw like a harpoon; but the thing takes a twist in the air, and strikes behind them.""
    Verb Form
    waddied    waddies    waddying   
    Form
    waddied    waddying   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    stick    peg   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ahmadi    Mahdi    body    disembody    embody    roddy    shoddy    waddie   
    Same Context
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