Noun: divvy di-vee
Usage: Brit, informal
Usage: informal
Usage: Brit, informal
- Short for dividend; especially one paid by a cooperative society
"Members of the co-op looked forward to their annual divvy"
- An ignorant or foolish person
"Don't be such a divvy, it's obvious how to solve this problem";
- dumbbell [informal], dummy [informal], dope [informal], boob [informal], booby, pinhead [informal], div [Brit, informal], poon [Austral, informal]
Usage: informal
- Give out as one's portion or share
"The partners divvied up the profits at the end of the year";
- share, divvy up [informal], portion out, apportion, deal
Derived forms: divvies, divvied, divvying
Type of: distribute, dividend, give out, hand out, pass out, simple [archaic], simpleton
Encyclopedia: Divvy