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PRONUNCIATION OF ALKY

alky  [ˈælkɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALKY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Alky is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ALKY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of alky in the English dictionary

The definition of alky in the dictionary is a heavy drinker or alcoholic.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ALKY


alkie
ˈælkɪ
bulky
ˈbʌlkɪ
hulky
ˈhʌlkɪ
milky
ˈmɪlkɪ
Mulki
ˈmʊlkɪ
pulque
ˈpʊlkɪ
selkie
ˈsɛlkɪ
silkie
ˈsɪlkɪ
silky
ˈsɪlkɪ
sulky
ˈsʌlkɪ
talcy
ˈtælkɪ
unbulky
ʌnˈbʌlkɪ
whelky
ˈwɛlkɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALKY

alkannin
alkene
alkie
alkies
alkine
Alkmaar
alko
Alkoran
Alkoranic
alkoxide
alkoxy
alkyd
alkyd resin
alkyl
alkylate
alkylating agent
alkylation
alkylic
alkyne

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALKY

balky
baulky
chalky
folky
funky
husky
Kentucky
kinky
ky
lucky
rocky
sky
stalky
sticky
Sydney silky
talky
tricky
Vicky
walky-talky
yolky

Synonyms and antonyms of alky in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «alky» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ALKY

Find out the translation of alky to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of alky from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «alky» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

烷基
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Alky
570 millions of speakers

English

alky
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

alky
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

alky
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

алкил
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alky
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

alky
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Alky
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Alky
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

alky
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アルキル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

알킬
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Alky
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Alky
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

alky
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अल्कय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

alky
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

alky
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

alky
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

алкіл
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

alky‖
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αλκυλο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

alkie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

alky
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

alky
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of alky

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALKY»

The term «alky» is normally little used and occupies the 111.557 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ALKY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «alky» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «alky» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about alky

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALKY»

Discover the use of alky in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to alky and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Fuels and Lubricants Handbook: Technology, Properties, ...
But the "alky" process that is part of the typical refinery flow plan (Fig. 1) is the reaction of C3-C5 olefins with the paraffin isobutane. The process requires that the paraffin be branched to provide a reactive tertiary carbon atom, bonded to only ...
George E. Totten, Steven R. Westbrook, Rajesh J. Shah, 2003
2
The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
alfalfa | alky 20 alfalfa noun i money us, 1917 Circus and carnival usage. • — Don Wilmeth, The Language of American Popular Entertainment, p. 7, 1981 2 marijuana us • —Lois Stavsky et al., A2Z, p. 2, 1995 alias man noun a confidence  ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
3
Bootleggers and Beer Barons of the Prohibition Era
18. Country. Cousins: Dew. Boys. and. Alky. Cookers. Rightly or wrongly, the mountaineer was never able to discriminate between corn turned into pork and corn turned into whiskey.—Francis Pridemore, retired moonshiner, West Virginia1 ...
J. Anne Funderburg, 2014
4
Loopholes: Reading Comically
A moment of recognition and the dance continues—this one verbal, with Groucho taking lead: Alky: Come out of there. I want to talk to you. Groucho: I'm sorry, but we're using the old-fashioned iceman and we find him very satisfactory for ...
John Bruns, 2014
5
Troubleshooting Process Operations
Few processes are as unforgiving of errors or lack of attention as an alky unit. Mistakes that one might get away with on another unit precipitate terrible corrosion rates on alky units. Operating errors that permit H2SO4 to escape from the reactor ...
Norman P. Lieberman, 2009
6
Cycle World Magazine
I have been running alky for many years in a Yamaha 25OMX and in a Webco Hodaka 125. The original purpose was to achieve a cooler running engine with higher than normal compression ratios. Alky provided this benefit along with a few ...
7
Harpo Marx as Trickster
To resolve these questions, Harpo helps illuminate the distinction between the two kinds of gangsters on board: good bad Joe and bad bad Alky. This may actually be the distinction between mischiefand evil. For example, the racketeer Joe is ...
Charlene Fix, 2013
8
The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and ...
144, 2000 alky; alkie noun 1 an alcoholic US, 1952 • I get high drunk, drop money on floor, am panhandled, play Ruth Brown wildjump records among drunken alky whores. —Jack Kerouac, Letter to John Clellon Holmes, p. 338, 8th February ...
Tom Dalzell, 2008
9
Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1975: ...
A668238 1928 Alkoholismus in Oesterreich. AFO-82811 2791 Alkylamines for industries worldwide. A691565 2493 Alkyl leads. A685484 2346 Alky unit manual no. 3. A682289 2269 Alky unit manual number 1: overview. A682297 2269 Alky ...
Library of Congress. Copyright Office, 1977
10
Petroleum Refinery Process Economics
BPCD LB/HR ALKYLATION UNIT LPG Propane 2794 20651 Alky Butane 1605 13658 Alky Pentanes 3979 36306 Propylene Alkylate 4358 45616 Butylene Alkylate 5213 54132 Amylene Alky 2941 30478 Alky Tar 139 1888 SGP Feed 1549 ...
Robert E. Maples, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALKY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term alky is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'Safekeeping: A Novel' by Jessamyn Hope
When he's sober — and especially when he's not — his survivor's guilt is powerful: “His alky mom died when he was a kid. Okay. He never got ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
2
Live Music Roundup – June 25, 2015
Special guest vocalists Clelia Adams, Ash Bell and Parissa Bouas lead the fray in kid-friendly tunes about alky, reefer and blow… The monthly ... «Echonetdaily, Jun 15»
3
This Day in Jewish History / Police presumably relieved as Kid Cann …
... which existed for the sole purpose of being able to legally purchase industrial alcohol, which they then turned into 139-proof “bang-up alky. «Haaretz, Jun 15»
4
The Finest Surf Contest Coverage Ever?
... Hawaiian patois—a nearly unintelligible melange of surfer dude-isms and mangled English—and coming off like a real parking lot alky with a ... «Surfer Magazine, Jun 15»
5
Rundle: RIP Charles Kennedy (and capitalism)
He was also an alky. This will be brushed over because the term “alcoholic” has become overused for anyone who likes more than three beers ... «Crikey, Jun 15»
6
Will China overshadow Elon?
In dollar amounts, number one was multi-commodity miner Alkane Resources Ltd. (OTCQX: ALKY | ASX: ALK), who were up $0.36, or 17.48%, ... «InvestorIntel, May 15»
7
Vintage Microammeter Now Tells Temperature
@14:00 “10 years is good enough for me”. Forget everything I just said. I don't think standard Alky batteries can even be stored that well. Damn ... «Hackaday, May 15»
8
World's Fastest Cadillac CTS-V Breaks Records With A Stock Bottom …
... ZL1 supercharger lid, Alky Control methanol kit, ported blower and snout by Vengeance Racing and a 102-mm Nick Williams throttle body. «GM Authority, May 15»
9
Philly420: The toxic potpourri masquerading as marijuana
... these herbal mixtures of designer drugs can contain cathione analogues, tryptamine analogues of LSD, phenethylamines. piperazines, alky ... «Philly.com, May 15»
10
Top 10 Mustang Funny Cars
Appropriately for an event then titled the U.S. Fuel & Gas Championships, Gas was burning the good stuff: a 25/75 percent nitro/alky mix. «Mustang 360, Apr 15»

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