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Billy Graham talks about how he doesn't judge people. I don't either. Some people I am just pissed at.
Jessica Hahn

Meaning of "billy" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BILLY

Special use of the name Billy, pet form of William.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BILLY

billy  [ˈbɪlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BILLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Billy 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 BILLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of billy in the English dictionary

The definition of billy in the dictionary is a wooden club esp a police officer's truncheon.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BILLY


cantabile
kænˈtɑːbɪlɪ
chubbily
ˈtʃʌbɪlɪ
clubbily
ˈklʌbɪlɪ
crabbily
ˈkræbɪlɪ
Cybele
ˈsɪbɪlɪ
flabbily
ˈflæbɪlɪ
grubbily
ˈɡrʌbɪlɪ
hillbilly
ˈhɪlˌbɪlɪ
loobily
ˈluːbɪlɪ
memorabile
ˌmɛməˈræbɪlɪ
nobbily
ˈnɒbɪlɪ
psychobilly
ˈsaɪkəˌbɪlɪ
rockabilly
ˈrɒkəˌbɪlɪ
scabbily
ˈskæbɪlɪ
scrubbily
ˈskrʌbɪlɪ
shabbily
ˈʃæbɪlɪ
silly-billy
ˌsɪlɪˈbɪlɪ
snobbily
ˈsnɒbɪlɪ
stubbily
ˈstʌbɪlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BILLY

billon
billow
billowiness
billowing
billowy
billposter
billposting
billsticker
billsticking
billy goat
billy goat beard
Billy No-Mates
Billy the Kid
billy-bread
billy-ho
billyboy
billycan
billycock
billyo
billyoh

WORDS THAT END LIKE BILLY

Bareilly
Caerphilly
Chantilly
chilly
dilly
evilly
filly
frilly
gilly
hilly
Piccadilly
shrilly
silly
stilly
Tilly
tranquilly
twilly
willy
willy-nilly
willy-willy

Synonyms and antonyms of billy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «billy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BILLY

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

Translator English - Chinese

比利
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

billy
570 millions of speakers

English

billy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बिली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بيلي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Билли
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

billy
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ছোট ডেকচি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gamelle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Billy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kochgeschirr
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ビリー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

빌리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Billy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

billy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பில்லி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बिली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cop
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

manganello
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Billy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Біллі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

billy
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

billy
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Billy
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

billy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

billy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of billy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BILLY»

The term «billy» is very widely used and occupies the 6.852 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BILLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «billy» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «billy» 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 billy

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10 QUOTES WITH «BILLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word billy.
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Action Bronson
Billy Joel is an incredible musician. He just feels like one of the guys, you know. I grew up listening to his music.
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Tucker Carlson
Billy Tauzin is one of the most interesting people in Washington. He is smart, funny, and interesting.
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Lois Chiles
Billy Barnes signed me and got me my first role in an interracial love story filmed in Atlanta called 'Together For Days' with Clifton Davis. My mother thinks it was my best work. You cannot find a copy of it.
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Ben Folds
Billy Joel and Joe Jackson were both great, and they both play piano.
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Jessica Hahn
Billy Graham talks about how he doesn't judge people. I don't either. Some people I am just pissed at.
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Christie Hefner
Billy not only had a distinguished career in the Legislature, but he also has great business instincts and has done exceedingly well making investment decisions in both stocks and private ventures such as real estate.
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Jon Meacham
As a southerner born after the epic events of the civil rights movement, I've always wondered how on earth people of good will could have conceivably lived with Jim Crow - with the daily degradations, the lynchings in plain sight, and, as the movement gathered force, with the fire hoses and the police dogs and the billy clubs.
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Harold Ramis
Billy Crystal knows how to make people laugh. He's got 30 years on stage... there's no telling him what's funny.
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David Rudisha
Billy Konchellah with his World Championship titles, Paul Ereng with his Olympic gold and Wilson Kipketer with his World records are my role models.
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Rufus Sewell
Billy is a funny, cheeky, lovely boy and I love being with him. Parenthood is terrifying though. I can barely walk past a building without panicking that it's going to collapse on his head.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BILLY»

Discover the use of billy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to billy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Charming Billy: A Novel
Alice McDermott tells the story of Billy Lynch within the complex matrix of a tightly knit Irish American community, in a voice that is resonant and full of deep feeling.
Alice McDermott, 2009
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Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
Nineteen-year-old Billy Lynn is home from Iraq.
Ben Fountain, 2012
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The Afterlife of Billy Fingers: How My Bad-Boy Brother ...
Billy's ongoing after-death communications take his sister on an unprecedented journey into the bliss and wonder of life beyond death --
Annie Kagan, 2013
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Billy
As Lolly Leopold and the other elementary school students in Room 7 prepare for the annual Pet and Produce Day, Billy Button struggles to express his creativity under the watchful guidance of his teacher, Ms. Love.
Kate De Goldi, 2008
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Billy
Barton Royal, a deranged misfit, kidnaps twelve-year-old Billy Neary from the video arcade at the Crossland Mall and imprisons him in the secret black room beneath his house, in a tale of madness and evil
Whitley Strieber, 1991
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Billy Beast
FEATURES- Original black and white illustrations- About the Author and Illustrator information- Table of contents, index, glossary- Guaranteed sewn library binding and high quality paper- Accelerated Reader quizzes available Spring 2004
Laurence Anholt, 2004
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Billy
A portrait of the comedian describes the forces that shaped his life and career, from his abuse-stricken and poor childhood in Glasgow to the social and theatrical movements of his youth, noting his stage, television, and movie credits.
Pamela Stephenson, 2003
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The Billy Graham Training Center Bible: Time-Tested Answers ...
With an easy-to-use index, each topic is covered in a series of helpful chained notes throughout the Bible text, which clearly guide the reader to discover what the Bible says about his or her deepest needs.
Thomas Nelson, 2004
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Death and the Life After
In Death and the Life After, Billy Graham answers these questions and more, addressing such complex modern day issues as euthanasia, suicide, and living wills.
Billy Graham, 1994
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Jack and Billy
This is the second book in the series about Jack and Billy. Jack has made a car by painting a box and is very happy to share it with his brother. But Billy wants his own car and Jack helps him to achieve this.
Jenny Giles, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BILLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term billy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Alexa Ray Joel Celebrates Dad Billy Joel's Wedding With Sweet Poem
For better or for verse! Alexa Ray Joel couldn't be happier for her famous father, Billy Joel, and his new wife, Alexis Roderick. She even wrote a ... «Us Magazine, Jul 15»
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Billy Joel marries for the fourth time in surprise wedding
Billy Joel turned a Fourth of July party into a surprise wedding Saturday, marrying pregnant girlfriend Alexis Roderick at his sprawling Long ... «Fox News, Jul 15»
3
Hoops junkie Billy Donovan is getting his fix with Thunder
If you want to know why Billy Donovan left Florida, you needed to watch him Monday at an Orlando Pro Summer League game. He appeared to ... «Orlando Sentinel, Jul 15»
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Ex-fullback dad keeping up to speed on A's Billy Burns
Oakland A's center fielder Billy Burns prepares to play against the Colorado Rockies in the dugout at the O.co Coliseum in Oakland, Calif. on ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Jul 15»
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Gorgeous Celeb Wedding Dresses You Can't Miss (PHOTOS)
See below for photos from James Wolk's wedding to Elizabeth Jae Byrd, Billy Joel and Alexis Roderick's big day and the Biggest Loser's Tara ... «PEOPLE StyleWatch, Jul 15»
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Are Billy Miller And Kelly Monaco Dating? 'General Hospital' Stars …
It looks like a real life romance may be happening between Billy Miller and his on-screen wife, Kelly Monaco. Apparently, the General Hospital ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
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Determining Billy Hamilton's Major League Potential
When the Cincinnati Reds drafted Billy Hamilton with the 57th overall pick back in 2009, they projected him as a Major League prospect with ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Billy Bob's Fourth of July Picnic Was Stacked, Even Without Willie …
Every year, thousands of people poured into Billy Bob's to see Nelson and a host of other great country acts, but the venue promised to keep ... «Dallas Observer, Jul 15»
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Madison County Sheriff's Office investigating vandalism at Hazel …
MADISON COUNTY, Ala. – The Madison County Sheriff's Office is investigating vandalism found at Billy Hunter Park in Hazel Green. «whnt.com, Jul 15»
10
William “Billy” Hills
MUSCATINE, Iowa — William “Billy” Hills, 50, of Muscatine, Iowa left this earth to his heavenly home to celebrate his mother's birthday on ... «Muscatine Journal, Jul 15»

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